Requiem for Love

Sonnet and lyrics based on my sonnet along with a link to song generated therefrom I created today with the same name

Here are the lyrics I adapted from my sonnet Requiem for Love and created into a mellow country song using Suno.com to tailor music and virtual voice. I have been porting a number of my poems in English and Spanish into songs and am generally very pleased with the results. Am upgrading to the Pro version of the program for much better quality output and tailoring tools. You can hear the working version of the song free at https://suno.com/s/VgbgroEb2iqh4JwJ (the lyrics are also below).

Love does not die of just a single blow, 

Its life flows out quite slowly over years, 

One drop follows another as love flows, 

From thousands of non-fatal cuts and tears. 

A thousand little stings from tongue or eye, 

A thousand unkind words from me and you, 

A thousand "I told you so’s" piled on high, 

A thousand battles lost, refought anew. 

Each wound a scab that grows harder with time, 

Covering festering hurts that just won't heal, 

An unwise word morphs to betrayal sublime, 

Suppurating reminders all too real.

A thousand little stings from tongue or eye, 

A thousand unkind words from me and you, 

A thousand "I told you so’s" piled on high, 

A thousand battles lost, refought anew. 

Simple kindness is lost from lack of use, 

And what remains just a facade in truth.

If you listen to the song and would like to hear other samples (free of charge) you can do so at https://suno.com/@victordlopez

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