A Rose By Any Other Name

All the names are just the same
If you are sweet like a rose
I confess, I’m not impressed
Oh, how little that bard knows

For the name of your loved one
Can make you completely melt
When it’s breathed in your heart
Its vibrations are deeply felt

The name of your loved one
Is a promise in one word…
That his love is eternal 
His unfaithfulness, unheard

The name of your loved one
Is with passion intertwined
Your lips caress each letter
Your heart echoes it in rhyme

The name of your loved one
Is salvation’s greatest treat
Though you pass through gates of hell
It’ll take you to heaven sweet

The name of your loved one
Is simply beyond compare
No other name can match it
No other would even dare

And so it is, beloved
When we’re making love sublime
Your name bursts out from my lips
Making your sweet name… divine

Eileen Manassian Ghali
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 5/15/2016 12:40:00 PM
I just came across this beautiful poem. This is wonderful. I am impressed. I really enjoyed this poem
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Date: 8/17/2015 2:11:00 PM
This is one of the best poems I've read on here.
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Date: 1/21/2013 9:39:00 AM
This is very good, you should not be afraid to enter contests. You have skills and a voice worth hearing. Hugs Rick. intrestingly the code to submit this note to you is YEAR. I think that means this is your Year to blossom.
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/21/2013 10:04:00 AM
Wow! What a lovely note! Thanks ever so much!
Date: 1/20/2013 12:45:00 PM
You could not come closer to the truth,Eileen. - Well written. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/20/2013 1:02:00 PM
Annie Lise! Thanks, my dear sweet friend! Hugs!
Date: 1/20/2013 12:19:00 PM
Eileen; This is a very beautiful poem. It is so true. When you are in love , the name of your loved one - no matter what it is - it is like music to your ears. thanks for sharing. Lucilla
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/20/2013 12:22:00 PM
Lucilla......so lovely to hear from you, my dear! I love your kind words! God bless, my dear! :)
Date: 1/20/2013 9:33:00 AM
Eileen a very beautiful poem...David
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/20/2013 10:25:00 AM
David...great to hear from you, and thanks for the sweet post! :)
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