Beauty Is a Flame

Beauty is a flame--
Short if shallow, long if true--
Painful when not understood--
Yet a delight if you could--
It burns my heart

                            12/12/'10
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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May 25, 2013 at 10:08 AM
yes, a lovely burning heart... by the way this is a verse... and i like it... where is the rhyme... look up free verse... Gabe, don't take your heart to close to the heat... xox~ PD
Shelly Avatar
May 25, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Your right it is a verse, thanks. gabe
A   Avatar
May 10, 2013 at 7:46 PM
Gabe, hi... soup-mail...Linda
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May 9, 2013 at 5:25 PM
Nice poem, so much covered in so few lines, a wonderful read well done.
Shelly Avatar
May 9, 2013 at 5:52 PM
Thanks-- please read some of my other verses.
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