Love Poem

Written in 2008, where a fling turned into love.

The slippery walls, I tried to grope

While I stumbled down the half-lit street,

And on this path toward shrouded hope

I fell on my too confident feet.

 

I’d like to say you caught me there,

Or that our hearts had surely met.

But when you tripped, it’s only fair,

To say that lust would be our pet.

 

A pet to feed, and hold, and grow.

It was nothing but some fleeting guilt.

But there was no way I could know

What sort of love this pet had built.

 

We staggered along that half-lit street.

Our pet an accidental guide.

And while our path was mere deceit,

We wandered there with honest stride.

 

You held my hand, and I held yours.

The end had finally come at last.

And while my hopes expected chores,

The proper goal had come to pass.

 

We tried again to stand alone,

With eyes set on a course too great.

But then we heard a pet far gone,

The whimpers of a tearing Fate.

 

The cries immense, and deep, and sharp

Were more than what we had expected,

And when they’d finally met, our hearts,

The true love there was at last reflected.

 

All that was supposed to be

Could not matter in the least.

For now that we were truly free,

Our love could tame the wildest beast.

 

And when I look back at the reason I fell,

It only makes me realize

That every heartbreak, I now can tell,

Can always be healed in your loving eyes.

 

So should you break, or fall, or cry,

My love for you can do the same.

And with every tear, or hurt, or lie,

All you need… is to whisper my name.

Reviews

[xSummer'sPatient]

I really do enjoy this. I think the metaphor is fitting and it gets the point across well. It made me happy to read this. I thought that flings only turned to love in movies. Not only a well-put poem you have here, but a hopeful one, too. Can't find many of those. The vocabulary in here was very fitting as well. Nice job.

[V]

a wonderful poem about love :) I really enjoyed reading and I like how you used the words (pretty good choice of words btw) to create this nice story. I have read too much about broken hearts and love that has turned out to be bad lately, so I'm glad that I found yours :)