Open Poetry #30 |
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Ladybug |
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Astro Member
since 2003-01-08
Posts 69Ca. |
Ladybug Ladybug, with speckled wings Of bright crimson and black, You are the most wondrous thing From scope to smallest speck. Come, land upon this child’s knee And spark his wild delight; Sharing time beneath the trees To fill his love of life. Come, kiss this child’s cheek, my dear And look! She laughs with glee. Having friends like you so near Is to befriend beauty. Innocence sees a Mother, This gentle lady-bug, Dressed in hues like no other Still humble in it’s love. Knowledge chimes in like a clock Claiming the right to teach The lesson of the peacock, The inherent right to preach: “This creature is no Lady It’s mottled wings will show. Nature’s mark is weighty Giving men the greater glow.” To Knowledge, I don’t know Just where to raise debate For sound logic oft bellows; All other sounds negate. To Innocence, I instate The right to their own dreams For Knowledge most often prates But to temporal things. If this Lady be a man It’s Known as something else. If Knowing, I understand I then stand with true wealth. The qualities of woman That give themselves to mind Are imbued with compassion As loving, gentle, kind. Characteristics of men Are, themselves, very grand; The powerful tradition Of reason and strength of hand. Ladybugs lack the latter While holding fast the first. An issue of such matter It breaks apart the verse. Amanda, Amanda You are my only Lady. Your hand in mine is the Joy in the heavens waiting: Not touch, or scent or sight Or your laughter in my ears But the knowledge that Might Made you to share all my years. It is that Love which binds, That is eternal and true, Which unifies our minds Making one heart out of two. This was, obviously, to my Amanda. We are engaged! |
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icequeen Senior Member
since 2001-12-09
Posts 633FL USA |
Well!! Congratulations on your engagement! I am very happy for you... and I do like the way you write. You have great imagination. (Is Astro after the Jetsons' dog? He's my favorite lol) the only man worth your tears will never make you cry |
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Astro Member
since 2003-01-08
Posts 69Ca. |
Thanks! But nah, Astro is a reference to floating in cyber "space". |
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Ratleader![]()
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
A beautiful tribute, young fella.... keep that attitude and the marriage will go long. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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