What we have is
something good
I can’t deny.
You are sweet without
sickly – true sweetness.
Your name means
“Forever Beautiful”.
(I almost cry to think)
No, beautiful,
what we have is beautiful,
you are beautiful
forever, in essence,
and what we have is
beautiful.
Beautifully sad too
because
beauty is not forever.
we have something
something good
something beautiful,
and sad,
because something is for now
and beauty is for now
you and I
we are for now.
But Nothing is.
Forever.
A beautiful poem of love. The truism of love everlasting is put to test, because nothing last forever. I liked your arrangement and the buildup of love only to lower its expectations with the notion that it, like everything, does not last forever. Even a memory doesn’t last forever, because too soon we die and with that final gasp the memory is gone.
By: Jerry Pat Bolton on October 3, 2010
at 8:09 pm
hi Jerry, thanks, and good to see you are still checking my page, it’s a nice boost to my morale!
By: ocksblog on October 4, 2010
at 5:56 pm
its nicely tricky. i similed at the last line of words even it doesn’t pertaining to positive side but reality…
By: redhead on February 15, 2011
at 4:39 pm
Thanks for the comment,
yes it ends on a down-note. Everything ends on a down-note, unfortunately!
By: ocksblog on February 16, 2011
at 2:31 am
Lovely. You have caught a whisp of the ephemeral quality of beauty and love. Very bittersweet and haunting.
By: lindastudley on February 16, 2011
at 2:39 pm
thank you!
I am glad it made you feel that way
By: ocksblog on February 16, 2011
at 2:54 pm
Great poem mate. Very moving and deep, stirs up a bit of melancholy and sorrow but it works because of that.
By: Martyn Heath on February 27, 2011
at 6:24 pm
cheers Martyn,
thanks for reading, I appreciate it!
By: ocksblog on February 28, 2011
at 12:55 am
Hey,
It is first time I come across your poems and there are very well written. I especially like this one because it looks at beauty in many different shades of light. Keep it up. Eddy C.
By: eddychambers on February 12, 2012
at 11:04 pm
hi Eddy,
thanks very much for reading, liking and commenting. I hadn’t checked here for quite a while but it’s great to get a comment as it reminds me: “Ock: you really should write some more poetry soon!”
By: ocksblog on February 17, 2012
at 6:07 pm