Loves Lyre

Loves Lyre


The days are longer than the marches
to the sunsets long awaited peace
of lovers lost in ego driven searches
for memories - too long away - to reach.

The scent of you, like flowers, slowly faded
washed away in tears of selfish fear
as war has left us all a bit more jaded
less certain of - for what it is - we care.

Dreams reduced to fitful, twitching, aching
to reclaim the picture fading in the dust
wondering if the loneliness is owing
to the cracks in young devotions crumbling trust.

Darkness cannot blanket duties virtue
nor duty douse a living passions fire
for when they sound the bell for curfew
on the wind there drifts the sound of lover’s lyre.



7/28/2014
for – Isaiah Zerbst
contest – Fill Up a Scroll
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 8/17/2014 7:11:00 AM
Beautiful...I loved the ending. Yes there was a lyre in the photo. Glad how you brought that into play in those last lines. War is a terrible thing...you made it real. Congrats!
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:51:00 PM
Eileen I think that poetry is of the generation and of the moment and there has been way too many wars without resolution.
Date: 8/17/2014 2:52:00 AM
Lovely John, congratulations xx
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:49:00 PM
Thanks for stopping by and reading my work, Mandy
Date: 8/16/2014 10:54:00 PM
Awesome write on love and romance, John. congrats
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:49:00 PM
Thanks for reading and commenting Dr. Mehta.
Date: 8/16/2014 9:57:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning poem. I enjoyed it. God bless you and happy writing. Love and Prayers, Gina
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:48:00 PM
Glad you liked it Regina. Thanks for stopping by.
Date: 8/16/2014 5:08:00 PM
John, this is a fine and beautiful write; a top winner in my opinion. Just must not have met Isaiah's taste. Congratulations.
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:48:00 PM
Well, Faye, poetry like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks for your kind words.
Date: 8/16/2014 4:25:00 PM
Wow, I like this one a lot. Congrats to you and look forward to your next...BG
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John Lawless
Date: 8/17/2014 4:47:00 PM
Thanks Barbara for your support.
Date: 8/16/2014 2:37:00 PM
MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN hUGS JAN XXX
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John Lawless
Date: 8/16/2014 2:42:00 PM
Thank you Jan for checking in again.
Date: 8/16/2014 1:58:00 PM
Congrats on winning awesome write John!
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John Lawless
Date: 8/16/2014 2:42:00 PM
Thanks Dr. Sharma for checking in.
Date: 7/28/2014 11:29:00 PM
wow, this is so poetic. Your quill overflows with beauty here. Gotta check out this scroll contest!!
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John Lawless
Date: 8/16/2014 2:40:00 PM
Thanks Andrea for you kind comment. the poem did place in the contest.
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