Eileen Manassian Poet Rhyme

If I Speak With the Tongue of Men and of Angels

Even angel whispers
And angel testimonies
Are counted much as nothing
If love brings no harmony

Even heaven’s atmosphere
Will not refresh the soul
If there is no love to offer
Healing to make you whole

Even the song of angels
Will not sooth or calm
If there is no love to heal
There is no other balm

“Love is patient,
love is kind.”
It does not bring
Tears that blind

“It does not envy
It does not boast”
It does not harm those
That it loves most

“It does not dishonor
It is not proud”
It does not shame
It does not cloud

“It keeps no record of wrongs
It always protects”
It does not try to wound
And it most never rejects

“Does not rejoice in evil
But rejoices with the truth”
Does not try to demean
By words that are uncouth

“It always hopes
And it perseveres”
It does not fill
Broken hearts with fears

“Love never fails”
This much I know
Whether real or imagined
Love abates sin's flow

This pure kind of love 
Is divine but real
With our stone cold hearts
It's so hard to feel

Angels weep and they sigh
For they SEE love in HIS eyes
The kind of love that never ends
That wears no mask or disguise

If I speak with the tongue of angels
And I know all prophecy
Yet I can’t be forgiving
Of what has been done to me

If I claim to know all mysteries
And yet I fail to comprehend
That humans are prone to err
My love is not heaven sent.


“Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” I Corithians 13

Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Arthur Vaso July 1, 2016 at 7:06 PM Although the 2 best CANADIAN ones as you can see have great taste!!! KING RICHARD and KING ARTHUR!!! LOL

Arthur Vaso July 1, 2016 at 7:05 PM Funny how sometimes a title just draws you back into a poem, I am very glad I came by to read this a second time! I know, I know, we both know, sometimes such gems as this poem, well I am amazed more have not seen! Hugs

Richard Lamoureux May 7, 2013 at 5:53 PM Stanza 5, I think you meant "it" for the start of each line. Great message eloquently expressed as always.

Arthur Vaso April 13, 2013 at 11:15 PM Wow Wow Wow, This is one of the most beautiful I have read, even someone with no love left, would be forced to love this poem!!!! You are very talented and yet this poem, well can I say it again? WOW :)

Lucilla Carrillo April 13, 2013 at 3:11 PM I like this Eileen. It is very well written Love is what moves the World. Thanks for sharing....... Lucilla Eileen Manassian April 13, 2013 at 10:32 PM Thank you, Lucilla. It surely does. God bless.

Richard D Seal April 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM You never fail to amaze me Eileen, I'm a errer but I am trying. Take care, Richard Eileen Manassian April 13, 2013 at 10:34 PM We all do, Richard. The Bible says: "There is no one who is righteous, no not ONE." We tend to forget...we tend not to give the benefit of the doubt..and we tend to wound. Some wounds heal...but scars are forever. Thank you for being someone who has never done that. :) Your last poem is amazing.

Donna Jones April 13, 2013 at 8:02 AM Only you sweet Eileen could join these two so harmoniously.... lovely... Eileen Manassian April 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM I love you, MD. You are a bright light in a dark night! Thanks! :)