A bouquet of roses for my love!
Fresh from the garden of eternal beauty
A sparkling diamond ring for my love!
Fresh from the camp sites of Sierra Leone
A fine white pearl necklace for my love!
Fresh from the ocean of everlasting life
Oh, dear love, if only these things, coming
From thy mouth, are real, but even if so, these
Delights thee proclaim bring me nothing but
Doubt and fear that thy love may not be real
Like the petty things thee behold inconstant!
So, love, speak true if you speak love and don't
Dwell on things that won't last a day!
Believe me love, for I am true to thee. I love thee
Until the last breath of my life! Don't be afraid, love,
For you I'll cross oceans, I'll reach the farthest end of
The universe and I will gather the moon and stars only
For thee!
There! Love, you say such things that are not even close
To reality but fantasy! Don't play with words and don't
Deceive my heart for I cannot be fooled by such sweet
Tongue and gentle lips that speak foolish
Deception and folly have never sprung in mind or in
My heart, never, love! But tell me, what shall I
Speak for thee to trust thy suitor?
Oh! Love's delight! If only thou knowest of my longing
For thee to speak truest of thy words! I ask thee to tell
Me the truth for if thy love might prove false, I shall
But mourn and weep in my chamber for thy serpent
Tongue and devilish eyes bereave my soul to death
Having such poisonous breath suck the remains of my heart
So I ask you, love, not for riches but for thy faithful heart
But if not, don't speak again and leave me to my dreams
Detest me not; love, if thou thinkest me bitter, for I yearn only
For truth not compliments!
Oh, love, I understand thy word for trust is earned and truth
Is said and I swear to myself if time be gone and all be broken
And dead, I still shall but love only thee until the end!
October 2010
Inspired by: the Passionate Shepherd to His Love, the Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd & Romeo and Juliet
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A/N: Fun fact: I wrote this when the power's out and it was really dark...lucky I had a flashlight. LOL. Anyway, whoever is reading, thank you very much for your time! I appreciate it :D
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Poems of the Deep Dark Heart
PoetryThis is a collection of my poems inspired by the novels I've read. Others are inspired by completely different things. Some are sonnets, some are not, some are just out of the blue. © 24CasterXAngel1878, 2008-2012
