My True Love Or Not by Barry Clopton Lanier

All of the beauty of your charms, more changeful than the ebbing tides,
Wherefore the inconstance was no care:
I always found you there with a smile, still by my side.
You were my souls hunger, ultimate food, and cool water
to quench my ultimate thirst,
I should have left you then, think not but I would,
Only lust to seek another, as I sought you first.

In love, true or false, where art you,
Yet I am this time faithless, because at this time
I am true.
Even treating me to your best crafted lie, I don't know how,
I will smile and accept you, reciting my ten favorite vows.

I would indeed, that love were longer lived,
And oaths were not so shallow and brittle as they are,
Probably recant, and take another long list of vows,
And recite in good faith, as many as the law would allow.

And who is it then, and who are you? That I'm still
wanting you, that I should in endless nights, be kept
awake.
My regret tis might be, there are as many nights as there are days,
And endless hopes and dreams, only weeping for your sake.

And what creature could command, as an ant on the ground to crawl?
Still gazing out my window, listening to the wind for an answer, only to find myself, looking up at the wall.
Yes, they tell me that those such as you, are a dime a dozen, and another hundred in kind,
So what are you? that you should be here a decade later,
The one women, still on my mind.

Yet, no acceptance, yet I'm resolved women's ways are
unpredictable, and change with the wind.
And who am I? that I should still love her, her charm, or deceit.
A lover or wife, an enemy of friend?
Yet I still find solace, even in defeat, and I'll probably carry it to my grave, and until the end.

Spell Check

Rhymer

Poetry Analyst

Help Us Stop Plagiarism - Nearly all works at PnP are original. However a few people choose to plagiarize. To check, choose a phrase from the work, then either drag and drop to the search box or copy and paste. click on search and works at Google will be shown which match. Just to be sure, please do this before you recommend or rate the work highly...

*If you think this work is plagiarized please*

Select a Random Work
from Poetry

Prose-n-Poetry.com

My True Love Or Not
by Barry Clopton Lanier (Age: 52)
copyright 09-10-2004

Age Rating: 13 to 127

Prose-n-Poetry.com

My True Love Or Not by Barry Clopton Lanier (Age: 52) copyright 09-10-2004 Age Rating: 13 to 127

My True Love Or Not
by Barry Clopton Lanier (Age: 52)
copyright 09-10-2004

Age Rating: 13 to 127