Love...

This is in response to 2 recently read poems (inspired you might say) by those friends I have recently found :)

Our hearts aren't foolish, just hopeful and optimistic,

the last part of us to become cynical,

but when it does it goes forever or a long time

Takes a good heart to bring it back from exile

 

So when you're feeling the blues

Of Love lost or never found

Try to close your mind to hopelessness

and Love may still be found

 

We all know Love is Blind

But it is also ellusive too

Whenever you grasp for it

It runs away from you

 

But the Love that matters most

The one thats hard to give

Is the love you should feel for yourself,

The only one you really need.

Reviews

[shadadakiya]

sweet!!

[Jessica Benfield]

wow... that last stanza really hit home... im at a loss of words... it reminds me of a quote - shakespeare once said: "self-love, my leige, is not so vile a sin as self-neglect." not a perfect analogy, but in the same subject lines. this is beautiful work - truly lovely...
smiles,
jess

[Susan]

Oh so true. the harder we hang on, the harder we fall...
Thanks so much for writing and sharing it. I know i needed it.

[Bear]

Brava!! Fine right, good advice, fine wisdom which is OH SO TRUE!!
Thanks for sharing... we all need a reminder periodically of the good things of life.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention!!! Sallie Bear

[Angel's Lady]

the last part of us to become cynical -- What a very clever line!

But the Love that matters most
The one thats hard to give
Is the love you should feel for yourself,
The only one you really need.

Ah, so very true indeed! Thank you for this timely reminder! Nicely done! Beautifully written....
Great write, dear Mz. Stormzz!

[Samuel Dickens]

Such wise and good advice! There are so many here that write of love lost and how they'll never find it again---they need to read this poem of yours, dear Melanie.

[Albert Freeman]

Excellent poetry, my dear. As I always say, there is no greater love than self love and one must first love ones self before one is ready to love another.