Love Sonnet LVII

....another poem for her

Love Sonnet LVII

 

It was the Summer of our

contentment when you whispered

your intentions. You asked, “Will

you always write me poetry?”

 

I should have known I

couldn’t keep that promise,

the promise of a forever Spring

day, that the moon would

 

always want to dance you

into my arms. Instead, my

shadow got in the way of your

 

sunshine, and you walked away.

But, my love, though it’s way too late,

here is another poem, just for you.

 

Aztec Warrior / redzone 9.10.2025

Author's Note

....thanks for reading

Reviews

[RomaJ]

It's like a promise that couldn't be kept and the bittersweet reality of a love that ended. This poem beautifully captures the shift from a hopeful "forever Spring" to a melancholy present. The imagery of a "shadow" getting in the way of "sunshine" is a powerful and honest way to describe the end of the relationship. An offer of one last poem as a form of apology and a final act of love. Brings a sense of closure and gentle sadness. Just lovely writing.

[redzone]

Thank you, RomaJ, for your kind words. It was a hard closer, though. She was the one, more than any other, that I wanted in my life. And it is hard to admit that you are partly to blame for the leaving. I thought "shadow" was a way to show this, as you pointed out. Perhaps the sadest thing is that my apology has only come through poem to her. And the promise "to always write her poetry is a metaphor for this, (though I really did promise to always write her poetry). And I seriously doubt she has ever seen one of my poems.

Thanks again RomaJ

[RomaJ]

Dear Curt,

You’re welcome. And thank you for sharing this with me. What you wrote carries so much honesty and tenderness. I can feel how much she meant to you, and how hard it must be to sit with both the love and the regret. Even if she never read your poems, they hold the truth of what you felt; and that matters. Sometimes poetry becomes a way to speak what can’t be said any other way, even if the person never hears it. Your words speak straight from your heart, I hear them and they are beautiful.

RomaJ