the love of man

let our love be like the greats,

echoing passages of pages past,

worshipping history with every kiss

and praising the masterpieces with every touch.

let the gaze between you and i

electrify the world like grand architects did

and build a majestic monument to them,

your hand guiding mine, and i yours.

let each breath exchanged hold the grace

of each arching note played in ancient halls,

tempted out by brilliant fingers,

resounding in awestruck hearts.

let the space between us vanish;

create an indecipherable line,

curving and slanting as smooth as ink,

writing a romance with no words.

let each kiss leave blushes of pink,

like roses splashed across a canvas,

blooming eternally in velvet perfection

with intoxicating vitality and warmth.

let our love never die,

as the works of geniuses survive.

let it be a testament to what man can do

with just his head, hands, and his heart.

Author's Note

this poem was inspired by the book "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. I highly recommend it to everyone, including the mini-series that BBC produced. I'm in the middle of his sequel at this very moment. Good stuff!!!

Reviews

[Art Sun]

nice work...if only..

if only the world had your thoughts embedded to see how beautiful this world could be...nice

[OT]

very nice!! such poetic flare and wonderful descriptions, such vivid imagery painted! favourite lines from this have to be:

"let each kiss leave blushes of pink,
like roses splashed across a canvas,
blooming eternally in velvet perfection
with intoxicating vitality and warmth."

such a great and clever choice of words and comparisons!! rolls off the tongue! great poem!!!

[xx_strawberry_xx]

I agree that this was very good. I don't know what else to say other than that XD
Keep writing, you're doing very well :)

[Stephen]

This was actually very good. I've been going through some of the writing on this website and it generally is very amateurish but this is quite lovely.