Tattered Need (vow kept)

English [Shakespearean] Sonnet

Author's Note

Illustration, courtesy of Pinterest.

Please, feel free to offer well-meant constructive critique! : )

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Hi Richard,
Found this lovely (truthful) Sonnet while working on my computer ... here on a short vacation.
I totally believe that vows are not what is important in keeping a marriage (relationship) together.
The only thing, in my opinion, that helps a "love affair' to continue is communication.
I have been known to say of my relationships ... "Whats love got to do with it." I know that sounds harsh..But for me being around for as long as I have and having been married...well, a few times .. I have come to realise that, and again for me, true love is actually a truthful relationship. So, with that I feel vows are useless...easy to say but not so easy to live by. Respect for me is a more accurate word to describe a good marriage. Not trying to control ones partner, etc. Life is too short to play games...As time with a partner flows by ones love grows or diminishes. Hopefully, it grows and then one can truthfully say..Hey "I have fallen in love with you!"
Lisa, on vacation

[Richard🖌]

Well, Lisa 😎

I can see this one set the wheels in your head a'turning, and I tend to agree with most of what you've said … good points.
Whatta ya think about the poem? 🤔

Thanks for lookin' in. 🤓
i hope you're enjoying your mini-vacation! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Lisasview]

Sorry Richard,
Right after I wrote my rather long message I thought "Oh no, what about the poem!" and, was just coming back to review it.
I really enjoyed the theme...well, that is why I got carried away with my own thoughts. I believe that when a poem is excellent (as yours always are!) they tend to stir up many emotions...which is good...right ...
Your beautiful Sonnet and, oh so perfect Image inspired me to write. I studied every line with hopes of really understanding the rhyming... I do have one quick question. For me I see the perfect rhyme on every line except for hi and sky and side and lied. They sound perfect but because they are not a perfect match does this mean they are considered slant rhymes?
Lisa

[Richard🖌]

Rhyme depends entirely on sound, not spelling.

[Lisasview]

Okay, thanks...

[Karmee]

felt tugging in this write, such an emotional read here but nicely written.

[Richard🖌]

Aw, thank you ever-so warmly, Lady Korin 🍂
How lucky I am to have two of my pieces read and reviewed on this early Saturday morning.

Makes my steamy mug of lapsang even warmer and more enjoyable … big hug, dear Poetess! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

very emotional read, found this heart tugging. Nicely written

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, Kesha : )
Your words of expressed enjoyment, emotional connection, and a very nice compliment make writing and sharing my poems feel so worthwhile.

Happy blessings, Lady-Poet! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Susan 🦋]

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

True love never fades, but prehaps it learns to accept and adjust. The stunningly beautiful Sonnet that tugs at the heart.Felt deeply within as many of your words ring true.

[Richard🖌]

Warmly beautiful, Dear Susan 🌺
Your touch my heart.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But, if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
When love beckons to you, follow; though, its ways are hard and steep, and when love's wings enfold you, yield to them; though, the sword hidden among its pinions may wound you, and when love speaks to you believe; though, its voice may shatter your dreams, as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For, even as love crowns you so shall it crucify you. Even as love is for your growth, so is it for your pruning … even as love ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun ⁓ so shall love descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Kahlil Gibran

Bless thee true and sweet, in all things under your sun and stars … warmest blessings! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, Susan. : )

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Many a true word runs so deep....another wonderful deep thoughtful piece🌹

[Richard🖌]

Thank you ever-so kindly, Dear Kelly.
I always appreciate your keen shares of wisdom and insight.

You praise is wonderfully gratifying … warmest hugs! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[kitty]

Meaningful composition, one which many of your readers would relate and even give their own version of a reply...."True love will stay with thee. Though in the shadows be. Passion grows ~ it never dies. If in a sincere heart it lies. The tweed it wove ~ in hearts of gold:
may it live forever ~ never grow cold!"

[Richard🖌]

Dear Kitty,

Such is the sweet wonderment glowing from your poetic words,
my bardic heart sighs with warming bliss …
'twas as tho' my lips were softly kissed. ; )

Smile's 'n grateful hugs to Thee! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[kitty]

The ink is flowing because it prompts your subject to think of words to compliment the prose. "For when the dawn begins to rise, I see it in loving eyes. A dream so real, it never dies - it lives within the softest sighs!"

[R.E. Ray]

Richard, this is extraordinary because it so well captures the reality of vows between two. Time has a way of eroding promised bonds, especially when one or both abuse or deceive the other. Tattered often we are, the most loyal.

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, Sir,
For selecting this poignantly fated Sonnet to read and review, and most especially for your wise comments in how it relates to your own understandings and insights.

For what better could a hopeful bard wish … bless your day with sunny joy! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[NotUsinganymore]

Sometimes people doubt your intentions and it can cause a rupture between relationships.

[Richard🖌]

So very wise and true, Jung Lee, Sir.
One should always consider the words carefully before they speak them … especially, when they're a promise.

Thank you most humbly and gratefully for reading and commenting on my sad Sonnet! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

This is what happens the most to people with the heart of sincerity.
They made a promise, with integrity they kept their vow but later realize that those they think would appreciate their loyalty are just to have been taken suspect in the first place.

This is truly a heartfelt poem, Sir.

[Richard🖌]

Thank you most gratefully for your wise words, Sir Titilola.
One should never take lightly an oath sworn with sincerity and deep meaning, knowing another will depend on their dedication to it.

Most humbly yours! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

My pleasure... Sir.

[Relic]

So often it happens that our good intentions are mistakes we don't know we're making. This is a sad one but a lesson nevertheless.

[Richard🖌]

True, my fine, wise friend, Tim!
When vowing, who knows what fate might hold?

Thanks for sharing a bit of your foresight, in reflection on this poignant little Sonnet! ⁓ Richard 🍃