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Open Poetry #46

If I Had Never Loved

Chalmette Guy
Senior Member

since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

0 posted 2010-06-14 10:19 AM

If I had never loved, I never would have cried
‘All things come full circle’ said I
‘I’ll just gather my things now that I’m homeward bound’
And she sat stone faced, daring not to make a sound
Somehow I knew we’d be strangers forever more
As soon as I walked out the door

Now I hear the drizzle of rain outside my window
With a voice that fills my head like an echo
I wonder what she is doing on this day
If chance brought us together, what would I say?
I would surely be a different man in her eyes
From the corner of her mind where memory lies

Back then was a time of innocence
Unafraid we were of the consequence
A moment of time that will never be again
She helped to shape the man that I am
How could time rob me so surely of this memory
Every day brings another loss of mental clarity

But a sense of who I was always remains
Even so long after the growing pains
Still there are questions left unasked
And I resign myself to the torturous task
Of wondering about a love that has died
And simply wondering …why?

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

1 posted 2010-06-14 11:08 AM

Love this.. love the nod to Simon & Garfunkel, a perrenial favorite.. liking the new ways you fit the words.. great stuff, ChalmetteGuy!

Best to you~Amaryllis

SlowlyFallAway
Member

since 2008-08-29

Posts 279
North Carolina

2 posted 2010-06-15 03:22 AM

Very painful. Enjoyed.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2010-06-15 10:58 AM

I believe all love dies... and goes to heaven
where God takes care of it, I'd surmise.

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

4 posted 2010-06-15 12:29 PM

Well, there is always the New York Times (S & G reference) if one can stand the guff that's put in it these days. An interesting read and a somewhat sad question...

Chalmette Guy
Senior Member

since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

5 posted 2010-06-15 12:37 PM

Easy1, thank you.
And I never believe anything I read in that trash newapaper.
The Propaganda Times.

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