Time bandit

I stole happiness from your years, white haired time wants it back

In a closed bag illusions glimmer and fade

I threw gilded love into a bandit's memory sack

zirconian diamond, of which your devotion was made

Delusions believe what's stolen won't decay

Golden laughter pilfered from your pocket of moment's

Robbed decades of happieness I'm not able to repay

Locked up, fearing costume jewelry will be stolen by opponents

Sorry while you weren't looking I took your dance

stole your dreams, robbed you of fame

took your youth, cheating you of desired romance

your beauty spent, now only cobwebs to reclaim

Reviews

[carl]

sadly but I hope this is meant as one speaking in introspection - but it seems to be addressed to another rather than the writer - personal application made me think of my dad's selfish treatment of my mom but there never was regret or apology - applied from myself to myself this could have been my fate, thankfully there was a turning point and I ended up better than I could have dreamed. - Intriguing write just that same - very powerful piece of work - your rhymes fall very gently on the ear, so much so I had to go back and check to see the scheme -

[Soren]

Thank you Carl your words are most appreciated and welcomed.

[Beren]

I have so many questions in my mind about how you could write these things, it's unbelievable...

We've all done things in life that we shouldn't have done, said things we shouldn't have said, loved people we shouldn't have loved, broken hearts we shouldn't have broken, and all that's left is the past engraved in our minds. The past.
You can't turn back time, and believe me, even if you went back to the same time, I think you would have done most of the same things. I don't know what this poem says in your head or how you felt when you wrote it, but I'm more inclined to interpret it as regret from my own perspective. It's both a regret towards yourself, your own potential, and maybe towards others... Life still got somewhere, right?

"Delusions believe what's stolen won't decay"
"Robbed decades of happieness I'm not able to repay"

"Sorry while you weren't looking I took your dance
stole your dreams, robbed you of fame
took your youth, cheating you of desired romance
your beauty spent, now only cobwebs to reclaim"

i can't breathe to these.. on favs

[Soren]

You humble me with your highly generous remarks. I thank you deeply for your kindness and appreciate so much your reading and interpretation.

[Beren]

Most welcome! Take care sir!