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A Romantic Fool

I beg him for a kiss As he heads out to the door I’m crushed by his response “We’re not teens anymore It’s been twenty years Why don’t you act your age?” And I’m left to wonder Am I a fool or sage? Does romance have a life span? Does it vanish with passing years? Am I a hopeless fool For romance to flow in tears? Does romance touch a heart Only once or twice through life? Is it only a welcomed guest When you’re a young and pretty wife? Then I must be a fool For romance is the air It’s in the pretty flowers Oh, I see it everywhere It’s when I look around me And revel in nature’s hue It’s when my heart will burst When making love so true I am simply dipped in romance From my head down to my toes It rains down from the sky When I point up the garden hose It whispers in the wind That flirts with me at night It’s in the flickering glow That lights up a love filled night I breathe in romance daily From scented candles in my room It’s in each line of the books That make me sigh and swoon He says I overdo it And it just makes my heart bleed Romance is what I thrive on It’s an ever present need I guess I’m just a fool For romance fills my head But take that away from me And I might as well be dead. For Kim Morrison's Contest Incurable Romantic May 23, 2013

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2015 6:30:00 PM

Eileen, you would not have lasted even through the dating phase with MY husband. I knew from the get go that he was not romantic. He never bought me a meal or flowers when we dated. We walked around campus because we had no car and I did his laundry and cooked for him at my apartment. I am a real idiot for not expecting more of someone that I married. 40 years later and it actually is a wee bit better. I get to eat out maybe six times a year. hahaha. GOOD poem!!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2015 6:28:00 PM

hey Eileen, on 8 tolls of the bell, it sure was not too smart for Deb's taste!! yeah, on the solitude poem, I had accidentally added a period or something behind my semi-colon. It's fixed now. Doesn't seem to matter to soup since they gave it POD. It was not one of my best. In fact it was quite mediocre and it makes me wonder who the heck is picking our POD poems!! Let me see this oldie of yours now.

Seosamh De Burca

Date: 5/25/2013 4:21:00 PM

Beautiful. Congrats on your win.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/24/2013 1:38:00 PM

Eileen, congratulations with your winning poem, in the "Incurable Romantic" contest... ~xox* Linda

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/25/2013 2:39:00 AM

Thank you, PD! Glad you to read this post! :) Hugs!

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 5/24/2013 12:37:00 AM

superb Eileen xx

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:49:00 AM

Mandy......HUGS and THANKS! :) XOXOX

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/23/2013 11:28:00 PM

Yes... that lines sounds so much better methinks. When people don't post for awhile and I wish to read them, I typically delve into the older work... you got quite a lot of pages going on so there's no way I'll ever get to them all... maybe that's a good thing, cause then I won't take all you in at once, but spread it out slowly :)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:49:00 AM

Double visit? Am I to complain? ;)

Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/23/2013 11:29:00 PM

... sorry for the double post... not sure why it did that?

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/23/2013 11:28:00 PM

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:48:00 AM

:) You do what makes you happy, my dear...but I do that too. Sometimes poets are away and I miss them...their work...and so I read the old poems as well! Thanks for bringing that last line to my attention. I'm so glad you did! Hugs!

Isaiah Zerbst

Date: 5/23/2013 10:09:00 PM

Very well written poem here. I like it immensely!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:47:00 AM

Thanks, Isaiah. I'm so glad that you read and posted! :)

Kim Morrison

Date: 5/23/2013 6:07:00 PM

You are certainly are "A Romantic Fool" dear lady. Excellent write! Kim

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:47:00 AM

KIM......You honor me again! WOW!!!!!! Thanks ever so much! You are in my good books forever! The first contest I won first place in and now this! :) Thanks ever so much! Yes...I am a FOOL. :( Better be a fool than dead!

Donna Jones

Date: 5/23/2013 5:14:00 PM

Very nice Eileen..bet it will be among the top...sorry I've been away so much but you are always on my mind...you have a beauty of a daughter...

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/24/2013 2:45:00 AM

Awwwwww...the best compliment ever! I'm so proud of my 18 year old! :) You are very sweet, my dear! I have missed you! Glad you could pass by!

Kash Poet

Date: 5/23/2013 10:01:00 AM

This is a stunning poem from you Eileen!To my Favs!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/23/2013 10:34:00 AM

Really Kash? Music to my ears! :) :) :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/23/2013 8:59:00 AM

If this isn't a winner I don't have any understanding of romance. This is tremendous!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/23/2013 10:33:00 AM

And I, dear Richard, am flying with this compliment! :) Well...here's hoping! :)

Poet Tacito

Date: 5/23/2013 7:37:00 AM

The term "hopeless romantic" is often used by many. But, to me, romance shouldn't be "glass half-empty". I think "hopeful romantic" is what invokes your spirit. Beautiful.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/23/2013 7:39:00 AM

You're right, Drake! Hopeful does sound better. I remember that line from Romancing the Stone...Kathleen Turner said that as she waited day after day for him to return! :) Thanks for the visit! Lovely to hear from you!

Nato Calubiran

Date: 5/23/2013 1:37:00 AM

This is what you call life. Love hurts... TAT

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/23/2013 7:38:00 AM

It surely does sometimes! Thanks for the visit!

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/23/2013 12:41:00 AM

I imagine that would hurt... to lose that sense of wonder is a sad thing to witness. So well expressed... and you're perfect for the contest for that title fits you so very well... Incurable Romantic... don't try to deny it! He he he... I will say one slight criticism though. In the last line I believe it'd sound less awkward saying, "And I'd rather just" instead of "I'd just rather"...

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/23/2013 1:20:00 AM

Wow! Please, Timothy...criticism from you I can bear with grace! I change the last line altogether....what do you think? Would love to know...BTW...thanks for reading the old poems! My Be Exorcised was just about this. I got only 40 views on it when I posted it eons ago and NO comments. Now I have double the views AND comments. The words are the same, but I believe knowing someone makes the difference. Any thoughts?