Chetta Achara Poet Free verse

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For: December Days poetry contest 

Sponsor: Karen Jones

October 31, 2025

December Reverie, revised DD

Is there a time when love is new?
Love is old;
As old as the rocks, the sea, the air.
Love is a liar as timeless as eternity.

The singer sings her blue song,
The sort that lingers such a long time
After the truth has been washed
In the whiteness of life.

The memory of you lies against my heart,
Like a cold soul seeking an ember
From the banked fire
In the depth of a winter night.

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Paula Goldsmith November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM Back with Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your powerful write again. Have a wonderful day writing away with your win.............. Chetta Achara November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM Thank you

sara Etgen-Baker November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM an amazing poem with several lines that struck a chord with me like "The memory of you lies against my heart, Like a cold soul seeking an ember those words touched my soul

Paula Goldsmith November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM WOW!!! What a powerful write, picture and ending you have here. Yes, love can be new, old and a liar. The heart can hold it all until it breaks.... Have a blessed day writing away............... Chetta Achara November 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM Thank you.

Jaymee Thomas October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM "Love is a liar as timeless as eternity" hit me in my whole face. It is a gorgeous, simple line that get its complexity (i think) from the truth under it. Great work. Chetta Achara October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM Thank you. It is one of my favorites.