All The Love I Have Ever Known

All the love I have ever known

is the love that I gave to you,

a fruitless seed that I have sown

from which no blossoms ever grew.

 

I loved you deeper than the night

and loved you brighter than the day.

I was the string; you were the kite.

I fell as you were blown away.

 

A cold rain splashed upon the ground.

I drowned in pools of endless woe.

You had love that was not unfound!

Love was something you could not show.

 

I planted all my dreams midair.

I found heaven inside of you,

but love and life are most unfair.

A happy ending will not do.

 

The branches fall; the willows weep.

A teardrop falls upon the moon.

I think of you before I sleep

and pray the morning finds me soon.

 

All the love I have ever known

is no more I am sad to say.

My heart has hardened into stone,

and I no longer love that way.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Poet… I think of Shakespeare … “perchance to dream”… my prayers are with you.. gently, Pat

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Thank you, sweet Pat.