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than love itself
composed in blood
at first blush we know
tomorrow is ours.

farther than an eagle
can fly
in pursuing perfection
our love is painted
in mountains
and sky.

Deeper than any ocean
depth we can dive together,
we are the sun and moon and sea and shore
and any metaphor devised by any poet
for a love pair.

We shall write the next great
novel and beat Romeo and Juliet.
Noah had us a berth reserved,
among the lions and tiger pairs,
to drown their purring with
our sighs.

So, bring me from Ohio, to me, here alone in
Alabama, one sweet poem, to read forever and
hold next to my heart as I await
you next to me.
the world turns never so dark

light is seen
only with closed eyes.
i'm fed up with isms and faiths and dogmas with apparently lofty goals in effect battering humanity.
 Dec 2014 Jolene D'Souza
Belle
We've barely felt the sun rays
When the shadows took over
I've let you hold this heart
But you just let it shatter.

Shaken and battered is the ground
Where the roots spread and grow
Wind, quake and hurt bound
Breaking in a single blow.
When I was a kid, I had a field trip with my classmates in an amusement park. I was walking relentlessly when a certain doll caught my eye. For a child like me, acquiring it would be the greatest gift of all. And so my dad aka chaperone bought it for me.

I was enjoying my time at the park but I was already  imagining ways of how I would play with that doll as soon as I get home - I would comb its hair, fix it's make up and dress it all up.

I explored that park and rode the ferris wheel last.  It was the night I discovered that I have fear of heights. I was crying when we were on top of the wheel. Relief poured through me when the ride was over and I was just longing to go home.

On the way home, I opened my bag to look for my doll. To my utmost horror, it wasn't in the bag. It was then I realized that I left it in the ferris wheel. :(

The feeling of excitement and anticipation dissipated like bubbles in the wind. All that was left was major dissapointment and plain sadness.

Just like that doll, love has given me dissapointments. I expected and planned too much only for it to be taken away before things even began.  

In the end, I could say that life ***** sometimes. We can't change it. But we can control how we react to it.
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