~ True Love ~

 

 

 Tr.u.e. L.o.v.e.

 ‘Bridges’ yet crossed - or even burned

 

That afternoon in autumn,

 

 the Sun began releasing ‘Her Tears of Hope’,

 

 Standing there embracing,

 

looking up, as a light mist caressed our faces…

 

True Love, Indeed… the strongest, matched by no other

Lost in attraction, steady ones breath, are you listening?

Interpersonal love, shaped of elements of fallacy -

Spawns the birth, now borne of Love or Infatuation?

 

Jane Doe: “When we talk, you're always attentive to everything”

John Doe: “I Love how you cook, clean and treat me like a King”

 

Love begins of innocence, nothing short of harmless

Craving sense of mystery, passing boundaries, no expectations

Desire to please; you do not want to possess…

Engulfed in Flames of shadowed passions, your heart at rest!

 

Jane Doe: “You used to dive in, exploring my shores”

John Doe: “You appreciated, respected my Love. Now…you Expect so-much-more.”

 

Choices made, perceptions viewed, push to shove…

Could you spend your life, 24 hours a day with the one you Love?

Can Love last forever…? What do we 'choose' to sacrifice…? Exactly…  

Explore the nature, understanding the function of Love.

 

Jane Doe: “Ashamed I am, concealing pain with silent cries �" you never cared”

John Doe: “You thrive on mind games of torment and despair”

 

Pain vibrates, shattered dreams, crossing lines of gray

Tomorrow, soon will deliver an 'envelope of dismay'

Rhythm of dance, life once treasured, now lost forever…

To each left scars, unseen, chiseled within their soul...

 

Jane Doe: “I guess you never really loved me at all!”

John Doe: “Go ahead and take another picture off the wall!”

 

 

 

On first glance, Love (First Love, for the second time, third or so-on)

We believe this is {True Love}…

 

Is this possible?

Do we have an idea of their favorite color, number, T.V. show and/or what makes them (tick)?

No~… We seem to judge the visible aspects such as appearance, smell, things outwardly that pulls us in.

 

Can Love really be defined?  Does True Love ever fail us?

 Are 'We' willing to work through differences together? (Not by looking in front of 'Us')

 We seem to exclude ourselves �" that’s right… This is a one-way-street, right…?

Love...in all facets -

A development of ‘who we are'...Want to ‘be’...What we can ‘do/be’ for others…

SILENT PROMISE 'ONCE MADE', LEFT DROWNING IN A SOUR GLASS OF WINE... 

Does True Love 'Ever Die'...?

  

 ~Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Tania Leigh]

A unique format made this fun to read.....the stanzas in red, to me, are like a narrator speaking his piece, and then his voice fades away in time for the vignettes of dialogue.

I can easily see this acted out on a stage with spot lighting alternating between Jane & John Doe and the narrator, who is off to the side.

A wonderfully insightful write about the cycles of love and human relationships.

[Suzanne Deakins]

Very interesting style. Good imagery and easy to read, always a bonus... SD

[Lilia]

The set up was incredibly interesting to me. i really liked the way it forced your eyes to move about the page, not keeping you in the same line or the same text, it made things seem so separated.

Beautifully written and interestingly placed, it kept my attention and I will be looking for more.

[I Wish I Was A Monster]

True love is the only love that really matters.

[Jason Henry]

the format was initially a turn off, but i'm glad i still read this. there's alot of truth in your words...even things people do know, but have never really heard outside of their subconscious. i love the destruction of the doe conversation...made it all the more realistic.
and now i think the format is pretty cool...(neo-poetry?)

[Antoinette]

This poem has definitely surprised me because it is such an interesting topic. It's challenging the way we think and questioning something we wish we didn't have too. It's strange to read True Love since I have often thought of this before but it seems no one has bothered to look further beyond the skin of the issue. However you have brought it to terms perfectly.

It seems every time we find someone we fall in love with we think it is the love of a lifetime, and that no one else in the world could have felt like the this. We tend to think that the love we share with someone is original and personal and true...

You have managed to question a complex emotion without making it seem shrewd. How do we know what true love is, can it stand up to anything, does it even exist. I found this poem excellent and anyone who has ever loved someone should too. You have done an amazing job, and the use in dialogue with jane doe and john doe was genius. I would say this poem is absolutely brilliant!

[Jam]

Very well written.... I love it.

[Jessie]

This is amazing, I loved reading it. You are such a good writer.

[Ms. Ella M]

very unique way of addressing the age old problem of tru luv.....

[T]

True love comes with time. The beginning is just infatuation, looking through "the rose colored glasses" at the person you want them to be, you only see the part, not the whole. Great write!!!

[Mimozi]

This piece reads like a play, a drama...a drama all too familiar to anyone who ever thought they'd found true love.
Very perceptive, very insightful...i loved it