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a morning love poem

 

 

 

   It must be an annoyance for tall ships to approach a distant bridge.

   You are far too reckless for me.

   Some whisper under tallith of your brave and unqual spirit,

   (you remember)

   you can show your hoofs while

   shrinking in the freeze.

   I place my feet in your snowy

   footpaths to hold your

   scent for hearing.

 

   Some sidestep your unfailing sainthood

   and strech you out like liquid silver.

   Some would rather the parody than you,

   and attach their straps to your mocking

   stipple.

   Some would rather merchandise than you,

   referring your miscreant love notes as

   mirrored or misguided,

   though clamoring to purchase

   your gold braid.

   Some choose your ornaments than you;

   your tending beauty and grace

   of leafs invite.

   Some organize their chatter as ordnance

   for your future fortresses, slain

   by Artimis but

   holding the raibows of

   Orion.

   Some are far clearer in their

   demise, and would rather a

   beakless you

   than a wormless earth.

 

   But I adore you and have

   called the jussive planets,

   for comfort only,

   not righteous construct:

   to sail on fact alone,

   and to moor only as

   conformity to truth

 

   and if necessary, to love

   only with the purest heart.

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

A remarkable poem of very high quality, not only with metaphorical richness but also consistent with content and message,a poem written with great care, with a superb use of words, and startling first lines, visual and true.
A really good piece of literature,one of the best poems I have read on this site.

[Emily B]

sometimes i find a poem in the writer's cafe and for just a beautiful blessed moment i can imagine that it was written just for me, an amazing thing about poet's words that so many hearts can bask in the glow of them