~ True Love ~

 

 

 Tr.u.e. L.o.v.e.

 ‘Bridges’ yet crossed - or even burned

 

That afternoon in autumn,

 

 the Sun began releasing ‘Her Tears of Hope’,

 

 Standing there embracing,

 

looking up, as a light mist caressed our faces…

 

True Love, Indeed… the strongest, matched by no other

Lost in attraction, steady ones breath, are you listening?

Interpersonal love, shaped of elements of fallacy -

Spawns the birth, now borne of Love or Infatuation?

 

Jane Doe: “When we talk, you're always attentive to everything”

John Doe: “I Love how you cook, clean and treat me like a King”

 

Love begins of innocence, nothing short of harmless

Craving sense of mystery, passing boundaries, no expectations

Desire to please; you do not want to possess…

Engulfed in Flames of shadowed passions, your heart at rest!

 

Jane Doe: “You used to dive in, exploring my shores”

John Doe: “You appreciated, respected my Love. Now…you Expect so-much-more.”

 

Choices made, perceptions viewed, push to shove…

Could you spend your life, 24 hours a day with the one you Love?

Can Love last forever…? What do we 'choose' to sacrifice…? Exactly…  

Explore the nature, understanding the function of Love.

 

Jane Doe: “Ashamed I am, concealing pain with silent cries �" you never cared”

John Doe: “You thrive on mind games of torment and despair”

 

Pain vibrates, shattered dreams, crossing lines of gray

Tomorrow, soon will deliver an 'envelope of dismay'

Rhythm of dance, life once treasured, now lost forever…

To each left scars, unseen, chiseled within their soul...

 

Jane Doe: “I guess you never really loved me at all!”

John Doe: “Go ahead and take another picture off the wall!”

 

 

 

On first glance, Love (First Love, for the second time, third or so-on)

We believe this is {True Love}…

 

Is this possible?

Do we have an idea of their favorite color, number, T.V. show and/or what makes them (tick)?

No~… We seem to judge the visible aspects such as appearance, smell, things outwardly that pulls us in.

 

Can Love really be defined?  Does True Love ever fail us?

 Are 'We' willing to work through differences together? (Not by looking in front of 'Us')

 We seem to exclude ourselves �" that’s right… This is a one-way-street, right…?

Love...in all facets -

A development of ‘who we are'...Want to ‘be’...What we can ‘do/be’ for others…

SILENT PROMISE 'ONCE MADE', LEFT DROWNING IN A SOUR GLASS OF WINE... 

Does True Love 'Ever Die'...?

  

 ~Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Tania Leigh]

A unique format made this fun to read.....the stanzas in red, to me, are like a narrator speaking his piece, and then his voice fades away in time for the vignettes of dialogue.

I can easily see this acted out on a stage with spot lighting alternating between Jane & John Doe and the narrator, who is off to the side.

A wonderfully insightful write about the cycles of love and human relationships.

[Michael K. Mullen]

Sad but nakedly true. We become intoxicated by love's wine and often awaken to it's awful hangover. Your poem covers alot of ground, but it does a fair job of revealing what many don't care to see. Young people fall in love. Fools fall in love, and love makes a fool of us all.

[WitchfinderGeneral]

What a magnificent display of free verse !!!

Your pearled words of wisdom could have not been any finer on what Love really is supposed to be about .

[stipe]

Dude... hail! you have deep understanding, and a knack for conveying your ideas well.

[Ralphy]

Find choice of words, seems your on your way to that legacy...

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This is very unique! I thought the words made for a powerful poem. It could have gone on and been so much longer. Very good work!!

[Stacy]

I like the way you have expressed yourself. Nicely done.

[TL Boehm]

my apologies for the delay in reading, this is eloquent and sad. A unique treatment of love and loss. Well written.

[Mary Elizabeth Meade St..]

Very intriguing style here and I rather liked the "uniqueness" of it....Makes the reader feel all the varying emotions that go with finding love and then losing it. One that I can relate with only so well. Have begun to wonder if "true love" is a reality or just an illusion. Great write from a superb writer!

[Chris Willits]

I like how you put this peom together. I found it very creative. It also made me think of past relationships I have had.

[Kaleidoscope Apocalypse]

The format for this piece, although it works to an extent here, is not one that I would commonly use. It tends to drag the piece out too far and it can confuse the reader. I would think more about that with the rest of your work. All in all though, you do have a great deal of talent and I did enjoy this piece. Nicely done.