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Not On This Earth

If you could grant every wish I ever made And vanquish all that’s turned me afraid, I could not love you more. If you could wipe clean my slate of errors And take from innocents countless terrors, I could not love you more. If you could end the savage wages of war And staunch the flood of blood and gore, I could not love you more. If you could reform holders of public trust And terminate their power and money lust, I could not love you more. If you could hold politicians to their claims And put on display their self-serving games, I could not love you more. If you could get Congress to reform taxes And the very earth should wobble off its axis, I could not love you more. My love for you is on free, inviolate ground. Not of this earth, dear, can its like be found.

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Robert Lindley

Date: 2/9/2016 11:35:00 PM

A pleasure to read this fine poem. Message is right on target, verses are smooth and rhyme is excellent. Two ending verses are both gems.. A7

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/11/2016 9:11:00 PM

Your fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas ring so true to our times in the U.S.A. This is well written and a reminder not to keep our heads buried in the sand. I really enjoy the way you write. You seem a kindred spirit Paul. I hope you have a blessed 2016! #7

Paul Schneiter
Date: 1/11/2016 11:49:00 PM

Your comment is gratifying, Connie. I sense we ARE kindred spirits, a circumstance in which I rejoice. I'm delighted you enjoy my writing (one of the nicest things anyone has said to me in days). I hope 2016 showers you and your loved ones w/ blessings.

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 1/3/2016 11:43:00 AM

Coincidencidentally, I just made a comment on your blog about our dishonest politicians and when I came to read your poems I clicked on this one to find you have addressed them. I think people are needing to read this kind of truth right now, very timely. I would leave it in. Thanks for honest discourse, SuZ

Paul Schneiter
Date: 1/9/2016 10:54:00 PM

Thank you, Suzanne. I am grateful for your comment, and I'm also grateful for the comment you made on my blog. I think both comments are (not surprisingly) "smack on."

Funom Makama

Date: 12/24/2015 6:45:00 AM

This is lovely. Wishing you a wonderful christmas season and a fulfilling new year.

Paul Schneiter
Date: 1/1/2016 11:16:00 PM

Thank you, Funom. I value and appreciate your kind comment. I hope 2016 treats you and your loved ones exceptionally well.

Dalia Shahein

Date: 10/21/2015 9:54:00 AM

This is a magnificent poem my dear, I really enjoyed reading it......the romanticism and the realism that it contains very touchy and pure and that's what makes it a great poem to read....... Great work my friend.... :)

Paul Schneiter
Date: 10/21/2015 6:05:00 PM

Dalia, Thank you for your kind and gracious comments. I am sincerely grateful for them. Supportive comments such as yours help to give all of us the courage to face a blank computer screen. . . . I hope all is well with you and your loved ones.

David Wood

Date: 10/12/2015 5:11:00 AM

A really good poem with good flow. I gave it 6 and not 7 because of the line about Congress. Personally, I would make the poem truly international for an international audience and rewrite the stanza about Congress making it more attractive to a global audience, but that is my only criticism. (I am from Wales in the UK and don't understand your Congress) Apart from that it's a really good poem, the things I would say to my wife.

Paul Schneiter
Date: 10/14/2015 8:22:00 AM

David, how very kind of you to stop by with an encouraging comment. Please know how much I appreciate it. I understand your point about my reference to Congress. Your analysis is probably correct; poem might be better without that stanza. * * * Every good wish to you and your loved ones.