How Pages Turn

A romance poem

How Pages Turn                by Sami Khalil

 

How pages turn and love for you still burns

Filling the books of yesteryears and now

As we bargain “Father Time” who but yearns

To charge us ‘health’ where uncertainties plow.

 

Mornings return when sunsets shy away

A lion caged beholds beacons of hope

For his kingdom had felt actively prey

As the queen’s reign danced upon a tight rope.

 

I know what is etched deep is designed for

For full living and to fill the great void

To stir the souls deadlocked, sacredly pour

The insatiable dreams slaked and wheels oiled.

 

Succumb not to despair, but build upon

Time departs hence, love lingers when all gone.

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Yes, love is eternal and the real thing that lasts.

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy woooo! I so appreciate and agree with you dear poet and friend.
All rich blessings.

[ronnieperrie]

To do a simple review in return...but, alas! Not so!
I read a deeply ingrained seed of lasting love.
The author cannot bargain Father Time away. I feel you.
The rest of the poem is chilling to my soul with hope, memories and the fact "love lingers on".
Beautiful.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! I love how you summed it up marvelously. Thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts and experiences with.

[Pete]

... and to think that i thought that all it takes is a wet finger. thank heaven that something yearns to stick around. so eloquently said.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! So true and well said dear poet and friend. Thank you so much sir Pete for the smile and review. I hope you linger in love.

[MsJewel]

I love the wonderful rhyme in this beautiful romantic poem. Lovely :) Julie

[Sami Khalil]

An English sonnet; glad to see you visit and share your thoughts and experiences with us.
Always a pleasure. Thank you kindly.