Red Beret

Red Beret

A Poem by The Lark
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Just one more token for the memory box.

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Upon my desk a red beret

Awaits you, though you’ll not return,

And rests expectant through the day,

In presence of the one you spurn.

 

I had retrieved it off the road

You barely touched amid your flight,

Once struck by that peculiar mode;

From out my arms into the night.

 

Most tenderly, within my hands

I hold it as I held you once,

To ask it if it understands

What baffles still this lonesome dunce.

 

What cause had you to turn on heel

When I desired you so near,

And needed you corporeal

Just as you chose to disappear?

 

The memory seems long ago,

And why you went I cannot say,

That mystery I long to know

You left here with your red beret.

© 2013 The Lark


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I am reminded of rasberry beret by prince but instead of the beginning this is the end.....very simple structure but the words paint honest.

Posted 14 Years Ago


It seems you stick a lot with form and pay close attention to it in your writing, it definitely brings out a lot of skill and you make beautiful work with it that can definitely be appreciated by many. This piece of writing in particular was calming, thanks for sharing it.

Posted 14 Years Ago


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Wow this is so touching and sincere. I really liked this write. You have talent. Lovely and amazing flow and rhyme. Wonderful write!!

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Added on October 13, 2010
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The Lark
The Lark

Melbourne, Australia



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I guess I'm something of an old-school poet. I always write with fixed meter and rhyme, and for the most part that's what I enjoying reading too. "I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with th.. more..

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