This Is Not A Love Story

 This is not a love story

But a tale of those who

give in to love

living a vision

 

We have confused a fairy-tale

With the craving of the soul

and longing of the heart

to be branded by another

 

We put on our masks

and take false names.

Adorning our consciousness

with roles suited to the

fantasy of the love myth

we danced.

 

A rather mundane life

made into an astonishing

story of love existing in 

a shocking reality

 

We believed it was a love story

a story we wanted

dreams dancing 

under the masks of  the ball.

 

The music stops

and lights go out

and our masks are

dropped one last time

 

This is the love story

we wrote in our dreams

danced in our fantasy

and finally accepted as our own.

 

April 23, 2008

 

© 2008 by Suzanne Deakins

From Double Chocolate, A Book of Exotic Love

 

 

 

Reviews

[lauren emily]

This is great!
"We put on our masks
and take false names.
Adorning our consciousness
with roles suited to the
fantasy of the love myth
we danced."
This is a very powerful piece and I think it may speak differently to every person.
Again, great work,
~Lauren

[~amanda~]

gorgeous! i loved the title, but the poem was just sweet and brilliant! good job