Forever Be

We like to exclaim our love in terms too huge to contemplate don't we?

How long is forever?

When those mountains were buried

and the Earth was violent

was it still you and me?

Now they've risen, they crumble

under life, water, and air.

Forever is a closet

dark and unknown.

it's where we deposit

what we intone.

We keep moving the door

afraid of the embers.

We've met before but 

who remembers?

I'll be with you

where the ocean is

I'll be true

til the stars fizz

Just how long

can Forever be?

Author's Note

portrait 'Forever Always' by Octavio Campo

Reviews

[Emerald Seas]

You cover a lot of things here... Love or commitment? They are two separate entities. Found together often, but also worlds apart. You can love someone but not be with them in a committed relationship. You can have commitment without love. People commit for a variety of reasons... I think love is forever. Anything less than that is lust, infatuation... IMHO
Thoughtful write, Mark!

[Mark]

So you don't think it's possible to fall out of love? I didn't actually think about commitment when I wrote this. I was thinking in terms of soul mate I guess... that yearning for the other side of our coin so to speak. Thanks for your thoughts though! I like when someone sees a different perspective in my writes! Makes me feel smart heehee

[Emerald Seas]

Real love? No I don't think so... Trust me - if I thought there were a way, I'd jump on it! I sound like an absolute moron every time I mention it, but I do love someone deeply that I will never have a relationship with - we had a deep friendship (yes I can be a good girl and adore another human being) but for some reason I still don't get how our friendship ended bluntly. I pray for reprieve sometimes because to love and not know how they are: happy, healthy, safe irritates the s**t out of me daily - sometimes it's a bit too much :)
Soul mates.. I don't think we're capable of just one, but I do think we have them and I also don't think that type of bond us limited. We, being human, screw up a lot of stuff. Many times I think relationships fail due to other factors, having us lose sight of the love that is there....but when real and not infatuation, passion, or lust alone, it remains... Again IMHO :)

[Emerald Seas]

*is limited*.....

[Mockingbird]

forever's just something you say. no one really fathoms it or even wonders what it really means. lovely poem. great portrait. it's so surreal.

[Mark]

I have always had problems with 'just something we say'. My brain short circuits a little LOL thanks for reading :)

[Ruth]

As long as our hearts see it, I guess....damn beautiful work! xx

[Mark]

We decide don't we dear Poppy ?:) thanks for reading.

[Pryde Foltz]

A lovely romantic write. Some double entendre going on.

We've met before but
who remembers?

In another life or does the memory slip away.

[Mark]

you are so sexy when your cerebral! thanks for reading :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Hahahahaha. You are TOO kind.

[icelandicblue]

This is absolutely fantastic. Wonderful use of language and your somber tone cuts right to the quick. I absolutely love this poem.

Forever is a closet
dark and unknown

What a thought that is.

[Jack...]

I'm thinking as long as you want it to be...at least that is how I see it. Very cool Mark.

[Mark]

We are the music makers.. and we are the dreamers of dreams! Thanks Jack :)