Thursday, February 9, 2017

LOVE LOST


I once knew a man with laughing eyes
Who caused my heart to dance
Who made me believe in love again
And, trusting, I took a chance.

I loved the man with laughing eyes
And, ah, love was so sweet
I believed no challenge could be so great
That together we could not meet.

Sometimes we loved by firelight
And sometimes we loved by day
Then one day the man with laughing eyes
Seemed to have gone away.

I said to the man with laughing eyes
“It seems you’ve built a wall
I’ve tried to scale it, but I cannot
It’s really much too tall.”

And so went the man with laughing eyes
Away from my life for good
I guess I knew it could never last
But oh, how I wished it would.

For a moment we had it, my laughing eyes
But alas it was just for a day
And quickly as snowflakes can disappear
Our bright tomorrows slipped away.
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Submitted to dVerse Poetics where we're challenged
to use the word "heart" in our poetry.  February, 2017
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14 comments:

  1. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerFebruary 9, 2017 at 9:32 PM

    Sad when the man with the laughing eyes leaves!

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  2. ChristineFebruary 10, 2017 at 12:59 PM

    Heartbreakingly beautiful!

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  3. DeannFebruary 10, 2017 at 1:02 PM

    I'm with Christine it is heartbreakingly beautiful and very relatable.

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  4. OzstuffFebruary 10, 2017 at 2:22 PM

    A touching and beautiful piece, Bev.

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  5. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comFebruary 14, 2017 at 2:47 PM

    I like the shift from the man's laughing eyes to yours. The trials and tribulations of love....

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  6. Frank HubenyFebruary 14, 2017 at 3:30 PM

    Nice sound to this. Whenever I read the word "wall" I assume Trump is involved, but perhaps not in this case. Nice ballad.

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  7. Arcadia MariaFebruary 14, 2017 at 5:24 PM

    Oh such a sad love poem. Well written and I like the rhyming scheme.

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  8. Jane DoughertyFebruary 15, 2017 at 6:01 AM

    I like the repetition, gives it a ballad feel.

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  9. Paul John DearFebruary 15, 2017 at 9:03 AM

    Lovely write...laughing eyes on their own are perhaps not enough.

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  10. GraceFebruary 15, 2017 at 9:16 AM

    Loving the story, though it has a sad ending ~ Feels like a ballad, I agree ~

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  11. Sanaa RizviFebruary 15, 2017 at 10:14 AM

    Oh! This is so very romantic.. its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all!

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  12. brudbergFebruary 15, 2017 at 11:28 AM

    Such a bittersweet tale, but maybe the memory of such love is the best.

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  13. Angela KayFebruary 17, 2017 at 5:46 AM

    This is heeatbreakingly beautiful, and the repetition is so powerful.

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  14. kaykualaFebruary 18, 2017 at 6:10 PM

    For a moment we had it, my laughing eyes
    But alas it was just for a day

    It may well be a test of resolve. It works that way sometimes!

    Hank
    http://imagery77.blogspot.my/2017/02/had-he-strength-to-overcome.html

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