Sweet Poetry

Sweet POETRY...
By Carol-Anne Stephens


Dear Poetry,
My love letter to you is like the chords on the harp that David played to comfort Saul;
Soothing
Yet it is with uncertainty that I pen this…
Love-song, that has stamped its expiry date upon us;
And still we cling with baited breath
Fascinated by the fact that we’ve lasted this long…
But I sit upon my throne thinking of you;
Past-present-present-past, flash backs and flash forwards
Future would it come?
Your rhythms are the beat to my soul
But soon the echoes fade and the reality is..
It’s just me me…here…with pen and paper, waiting for your beat to return!
Sweet Poetry, I’ve said goodbye to you a thousand times in my head
Perfecting it each time it was said
But the rhymes of you’re A-B-B-A chorus
Don’t afford me the words to say!
Times are changing
Rearranging all the thoughts that I had affixed on you,
Put me in a place that I’ve had to chose
And again and again my choice was…
Oh Sweet Poetry, I am a beggar lusting for your love
Craving the passion that we once shared, between the sheets of you bed
But my longings mean nothing if you are not there!
Dear Poetry, Sweet Poetry
I love you I do, from the day’s dawn till the set of sun
But is this the close of yet another love story
Or has it only just begun?

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