Christopher M. Swan Poet Free verse

Begging Your Pardon, Lady

Begging your pardon, lady,
these grandiose emotions
spring at least in part
not from bad intentions
but a quite misguided heart
willing quite to suffer
never quite to part.

A true romantic must know
in his heart that he never
intends to get well.

        Then, new events said to me,
        Don’t move. A sublime generosity
        Is coming toward you.
        And old love said, "Stay with me."
        I said, "I will.“
                                                    –Rumi


Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008

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