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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2013-05-16 02:02 AM

There once was a time that gypsy recalls
when a feeling of love gripped everyone
in a vice not made by words alone
but by the true essence of man.

That essence has fallen prey to this world
that decrees a false manner of being
and the remnants left over too weak and frail
to debate on this life’s shaky platform.

Love simply creeps in and lives within
man’s self-imposed boundaries
holding hope like a candle in the dark
that boundaries will shatter and set it free.

It happens sometimes to those in the know
that something must break before release
and there is a measure of pain and anguish
with the drop-away of false veneers.

But we pick up the pieces and smile merrily
in order to blend into humanity
and pretence has a way of becoming real
to each and every perpetrator.

So we walk and talk the expectations
of a world unversed in the ways of love
but thankfully so the candle still burns
awaiting sincere validation.

But no clap or bow enough to ignite
the full worth of love’s silent hope
without a return to the essence of man
flickering in the dark of this world
like an, oh, so little candle!

Helen / 16 May 2013

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-05-16 06:21 AM

I have to say I believe in every word of this poem, Helen. True love has been swept away by the modernization and fast track energy of today's world. We want everything now and loves takes a beating because it doesn't have time to grow into maturity.

~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2013-05-16 07:10 AM

Thanks, Jerry. The "devil's" energy perhaps? However, we can see how many distractions have burst on the world in a relatively short space of time and it's those distractions that veer us away from the meaningful leaving, as you say, no time for love to grow into maturity. The pity of it is that so many people say "I love you" without the foggiest idea of what it actually means. Oh, well, it is the world today and we can only but make the best of it.

Helen

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2013-05-16 09:41 AM

Extremely well said and (unfortunately) so very true
in this double-post-modern world of illusions particularly
amid the 'Runaway American Dream' ...

"we pick up the pieces and smile merrily
  in order to blend into humanity
  and pretence has a way of becoming real
  to each and every perpetrator."

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2013-05-16 01:53 PM

Another great thought provoking poem from you, dear Helen.

When we ascribe commitment to Love, then no doubt many young people (especially young men) get panic attacks, for they fear responsibility. What indeed do we mean when we say "I love you"? Everyone may have their own ideas and really mean it when they say it. It's still a precious moment, when it is born of emotion, whether due to passion or to tenderness.

We are still in the process of awakening to LOVE, the kind of Love that is the motor of life and leaves no one unloved.

Love, (I mean it!

)
Margherita

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2013-05-16 02:13 PM

Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate you commenting.

Thanks, Margherita. Yes, everyone has their own perspective (or agenda) and we like to hear the words even though we don't think to ask them what they really mean when they say them. But give me actions instead - words are fickle.

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

6 posted 2013-05-20 05:49 PM

God = Love God breathed life into man. Love = the essence of man.

Makes sense to me! ...and, yes, oh, thank God, thank God there's still a hope! There's still a flicker! Enjoyed!

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2013-05-22 07:59 AM

Vividly expressed in the eloquence of your poetry.
The clarity of the message rings throughout.
Thank God for Love, thank God for God, and thank you for the reminder of it all

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

8 posted 2013-06-01 10:37 PM

astutely observant and wise ... as well as VERY well 'penned' indeed!

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