A Love Song

The Traveling Troubadour sings to his lady from beneath her balcony

Slender shafts of moonlight

pierce the silvan night.

Gossamer strans of angel's hair

shredding darkness into surreal

patches of mismatched shadow.

 

Thou art Daphne in starlight,

Echo, near the fountain,

Elaine of Astolate, Guinevere;

the fabled lady of Shalott

and I,  a befuddled Lancelot.

 

Burgundy roses gilded by dew

are scarlet embers in the night,

revealing first thy form then thy face

as thou glideth, half-hidden

beneath blue shadowed boughs.

 

Like sphere's of Greek Fire

Starlight glances from thy

hair. Thy slyph-like body

stands; a silhouette against the deeper

darkness of the trees.

 

To thee I wouldst fain belong.

To thee I dedicate this song.

Lady, may our hearts entwine

and we together find what lovers

have forever sought. deathless love

in passion's heart!

 

Reviews

[quinfinn]

jeez, can you emote! lovely, lovely piece of work! beautifully written and deeply honest. i love it! i have a similar entry in my library called "camelot" yours reminded me of this. see if you agree. great job!

[Vanessa Rico]

This was a truly heartwarming love poem...and I am particularly in love with the second stanza, especially when you say: "I, a befuddled Lancelot". This was a rather great and original love poem! I will give you a 100 for this!

[misha]

"Burgundy roses gilded by dew are scarlet embers in the night" what a beautiful way of describing these few lines. I love the way you write. You use such vivid wording. Keep up the great work!

[Valentine]

Very warm and a loving poem..Well written and flows beautifully..Good job Robert..Lola nd God bless..Kathie

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

lovely heart streams~ beautiful writing~

[Angela]

Beautiful poem. I love the line "and i, a befuddled Lancelot. Your tales always draw me in Robert. They are what love poems should be.

[Robin]

yet another lovely heartsong to your ladyfaire

[SpokenWord]

Such the romantic this time period was awesome for poetry because the way they talked was poetic naturally and you captured it here with this wonderful romantic write.

[Alice In My Own Wonderl..]

This was good.

[C. Rose]

A wonderful declaration of love, a true melody of the heart! ~ Rose