February 18, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated on
February 14th.
Today’s poem is a Valentine’s Day poem about the slow and
painful journey into love.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Before love, that jolting lilt
East of roses, in
perturbed darkness,
Missing the eternal
circumstance,
Yearning still,
again, for that exploratory tilt.
Vainly would I fly
into your heart
Afire, burning,
consumed, expended.
Love is not an
ending; nor does it end
Easily: becomes
pith, becomes seed, starts
Needing, kneading, mid-desperation,
The long climb out
of loneliness, turning
In hope, in
anguish, in foolish expectation.
No two are joined
except in painful learning:
Each frightened
lesion closed for restoration.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/lilt.html.
For more Valentine’s Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html
.
This week’s theme: Valentine’s Day
February 12: Vest Your Love in Me, as I in You
February 13: Be My Valentine, for I
February 14: Be My Valentine: What Does That Mean
February 15: Blessings Are the Things We Take for Granted
February 16: Before I Ask Y’all, Please Understand
February 17: Before I Knew You, I Had Always Loved You
February 18: Before Love, That Jolting Lilt
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