When a smile,
portrayed as guise of fire,
rusts as your presence departs…
When a caress,
lingered with twilight glow,
is but a shadow trailing
scarlet threads…
When a love, unreturned,
plays master calloused
to a fading hope…
Set a seal upon shallow heart,
you whom my soul desires,
and let me be released.
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Very nice language in this poem!
Thanks, Rob. ☺️
You’re welcome phoebe!
You really have a way with words.. Amazing imagery.. <3
This is another great poem. Whenever I see the word “unrequited”, it makes me think back to my first real love. That was one amazingly tough time. Beautiful words by you.
Thank you, David. 🙂
Very, very nice! Sweetly expressed emotion.
I really like: portrayed as guise of fire
Reblogged this on wwwpalfitness and commented:
This is really captivating.
Great writing and imagery. Love “rusts as your presence departs…”
Thanks, Rob. 🙂
OH NO, the link is broken or the page is missing. Is that Elizabeth Barrett Browning? We didn’t get to read to the end.
*Amy Sandy*
Aww…sorry about that…no this is Puppydoc’s scribbles… 🙂
indeed you can almost touch the feeling
🙂
Loved it 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Of course, this is beautiful. But because I can relate so deeply, it makes me sad too. You are always awesome ! Thanks for sharing even the hard ones. :-p
Thank you for your kind words! 🙂
That portrays that sense of loneliness so well…love not returned is infatuation and that leads to heartache all too frequently.
Hugs, Pam
Indeed that is true. Hugs! 🙂
Well said Phoebe!
🙂 🙂
Thank you for the amazing double smile, like a double rainbow. Now I feel special…
Aww you are so sweet. 🙂 🙂
Beautiful!
Thank you, dear! 🙂