Long time between posts, but I've been preparing for the A - Z Challenge.
For my RFW post this week I've challenged myself by writing another poem. It's an urge that hits me from time to time. I know I have a lot to learn, but I thought the prompt called for some poetic lines. So, with apologies to D.H. Lawrence (from whom I stole the idea of the 'love/sea' and the first line, which is a common enough expression) - I believe there's no copyright on ideas!, I present my effort for the challenge. The words 'She Wears My Ring' had to be included, as well as inspiration from the song lyrics.
For the clever poets amongst us, I would appreciate your suggestions for improvement...
She Wears My Ring
Don’t you love me?
she asked.
she asked.
I fell to my knees
and cried:
and cried:
How could you doubt me?
Then don’t demean our love
she said.
she said.
In matters of emotional importance
you have so much to learn.
So, I handed her the ring
and thought she would toss it into the ocean
so fierce were her simmering green eyes.
They say in the sea love cannot live
But I see the dolphins
leaping
frolicking
at sunset
at sunset
slick skins shimmering in the dying rays of translucent light…
ah, there is love.
ah, there is love.
She twirled the ring between her thumb and forefinger.
The facets twinkled in the dying rays of the sun –
Emerald green (like her eyes)
Diamonds encircled (like my love for her)
Please accept this ring as a token of my eternal devotion,
I said.
She turned her gaze from the sea
and the dolphins.
and the dolphins.
She looked into my soul -
Perhaps you do love me,
she said.
I turned my gaze to the sea -
Is that a dolphin
nosing the water in sheer delight?
I know exactly how that dolphin feels…
I turn to my love
and smile into her emerald eyes -
My love is as deep as the ocean,
I cry.
I hold her hand,
I slip the ring on her finger.
She wears my ring
for all the world to see.
©DeniseCovey2012
FCA
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