Maurice Yvonne Poet Free verse

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I Drew a Heart

I can't watch a happy ending,
Guy gets the gal,
Girl gets her pal,
I can't do it with out crying.

Maybe I'm like you,
maybe you cry too.
I'll tell you why I do,
will you tell me too.

I never got mine.
Said I'd be fine.
That was just a line.
I feel alone...no sign!

I've heard nothing from the sky
that somehow I'd get by,
survive until one day I'd die,
without my piece of the pie.

I never drop a tear or two,
it's much more like a bad flu.
Flows out of me without a clue. 
My pain has never left, it just grew.

That's why I cry when I see love on the screen,
it's love I crave, that one woman and no screen.
That's why I want to have the love I've never seen,
love that lasts a lifetime and not just on the screen.

when my wife and i were in love...before
she became my ex...every moment of 
every day i would live her... i had the wings
of pegasus the strength of samson...i had
the conviction of ghandi...the vision of
van gogh...i was different then.

love anchored me...both feet on the ground
i was rooted...focused...i was...

but enough of the hyperbole...

i was happy!

real love does that...links us to the better
part of life...

i was naive...
it didn't last...
she cut my hair...
took away my strength...

while i was thinking forever...she was
thinking it's over...i was all in but she held
the better hand...i lost everything!

i would draw hearts with my finger 
on black tinted glass on rainy days 
or nights...a contract i should have 
never signed...

i was a mythological character...everyday
the crows would feed on my flesh...on my internal
organs...slowly...painfully i died...

than every morning once again alive...
and again the crows would feed...

sometimes things are so transparent...
they don't need proof...they are self evident.

it is better not to challenge the heavens
...i accept my fate hold tight to my faith.

I can't watch a happy ending.
Maybe I'm like you.
I never got mine.
I've heard nothing from the sky.
I never drop a tear or two.
That is why I cry when I see love on the screen.


21~12~2014
With Love
Maurice Yvonne

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Paul Callus March 20, 2017 at 4:47 PM You write from the heart, Armand. I'm touched by the way you express this sweet-sour personal experience. Never say never...love is never far off! Regards // paul

Tim Smith July 22, 2016 at 4:19 PM Checking on the elderly : ))

David Meade December 21, 2014 at 9:13 PM You are correct -- love is never, ever easy!! Be strong my brother -- I send love, not as a woman but as a dear friend. I will be your encourager -- sending you strength and resolve -- to fight again, to love again, to live life to the fullest. Keep me posted . . . I am here to help.

Andrea Dietrich December 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM This is very different from you, Maurice. It's as if you are writing your feelings about love as a song. I can almost hear it as a song inside a play!! Also it feels like half rhymed and half free verse. a very interesting one. emotive without being gushy . Love it. and you know what that means. ..... !!! (does Jan actually give 7 faves, you know it's not possible to do that, is it?)

Seren Roberts December 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM Hugs my friend, one day you will be happy again, I am sure .....Seren

Jan Allison December 21, 2014 at 3:32 PM Such a heartfelt write Maurice we get learn so much more about you from this emotional write - Don't give up hope my friend there are some wonderful people out there it's just finding them that is the obstacle sometimes:-) 7 faves hope to see it as poem of the week! I LOVE it from the bottom of MY heart:-)

Nette Onclaud December 21, 2014 at 3:21 PM tremendous expo on love in all its phases, Maurice... you really got me going with this defining read.. hugggs!

Tim Smith December 21, 2014 at 3:08 PM A very heartfelt introspection Maurice... I felt like you many a day....never give up hope...Tim

Charmaine Chircop December 21, 2014 at 2:25 PM Ouch..I have a lump in my troath,for many reasons.Your poem just squeezed my heart like an orange. Good clean love is the only kind of love!!Another favourite

Richard Lamoureux December 21, 2014 at 2:24 PM This is a powerfully emotive piece. There was a time I thought there would be no happy ending in my life, Thankfuly I was wrong. I have never been happier being wrong.