love, the rhetorical question

love, the rhetorical question

 

 

 

could you still say you love me

when the edges fray

and break

 

the passion simmers

but does not boil into explosion

could you still say you love me

 

when I have veered into madness

when my words no longer make sense

even to me

 

is your smile only meant for Occasions

of moribund laughter

skipping through fields of wildflowers

holding hands and meshing tongues 

in fostered embrace

 

are forever orphans searching for unattached hearts

to adopt

and if so,

are we meant for each other

and could you still say you love me

 

even if only in a rhetorical sense.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/22/24

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Love will never be like Woodstock only lasting until the last flower petal is plucked but endearment maybe the final stage of love.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for visiting this one, andrew. Sorry, I don't have a video of Hendrix doing the Star Spangled Banner to accompany the poem...should.
j.

[redzone]

LOVE: the rhetorical answer-
holding hands while walking to the grocery store; cuddling in the same bed, even at 70+; silence often broken by new words of enjoyment; doing the sunday crossword puzzle together... perhaps love is finding joy in discovering new things together, even when wrinkled and grey. Sometimes, questions have more than one answer, eh!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

never too old to love....
Right my friend?
thanks,
j.

[Tumi]

Rhetoric, yes very much, strong questions in your splendid piece
The beloved is left with no choice but to think about the bad habits or bad state and still be a ble to show love
A splendid write

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for the kind words, tumi,
j.

[JD Major]

Rhetorical! Insightful! I've never thought of it exactly this way before.
...not sure I'll ever forgive you, Jacob :)haha

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Oh no, my life is over...ha ha.
thanks, JD,
j.

[mabel mae]

i fear the ask of the inevitable question- will you still love me? because the answer will continue to be yes. always. and fear it be a no, maybe they never loved you at all.
love -mabel

[jacob erin-cilberto]

or just thought they loved you...but didn't really know what it is or meant.
Thank you, mabel,
j.