Joyce Johnson Poet Couplet

One Love In a Lifetime

By luck you didn't see me as your bold eyes swept the room.
I stayed within the shadows as you poised to pluck a bloom.

I saw you take her hand and whirl her gaily to the floor.
I hurried to the exit, before I could see more. 

Hours later when I hear you quietly insert the key,
I wonder just what story you've concocted to tell me.

I do not want to hear it, I pretend to be asleep.
What I have to say to you can until the morning keep.

One love in a lifetime is how it was meant to be.
One love in a long lifetime, enough for you and me.

One love in a long lifetime would be forever true.
One love in a lifetime proved for you to be too few.


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Carol Sunshine Brown November 7, 2011 at 5:51 AM A belated congratulations I am sending you this morning for your win in Susan's "Cheater, Cheater" contest Joyce. Love, Carol

Carolyn Devonshire November 5, 2011 at 12:35 PM Awesome write, Joyce. Very subtle bitterness here and I love the last couplet. Congratulations on your win! Love, Carolyn

Linda-Marie Sweetheart November 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM Congrats Joyce on a super third place win luv..

Andrea Dietrich November 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM This could maybe make a good country song!! Those last few lines great for a refrain! congrats on your win, Joyce.

Bob Quigley November 4, 2011 at 2:52 PM Another great poem Joyce. Congratulations on your win in the Cheater contest

Carolyn Devonshire October 25, 2011 at 8:11 PM This rocks, Joyce. Seriously, one of your best. From the title I thought you were going to write of your husband. This fella needs a good lesson in humility. Joyce, my loss of telephone and satellite service greeted me when I arrived home at sunset. Had a bit of a wreck. All will be okay. Tomorrow: "Meet the repairmen." Call anytime, or let me know and I'll call you on your home phone. Been thinking of you and praying. Love, Carolyn

Jack Horne October 25, 2011 at 7:53 AM insightful write on infidelity, my friend. Many congrats on your wins too : )

Nancy Jones October 24, 2011 at 6:24 PM Time to rewrite the fairy tale... one love~all. Preeshya way muchly, Joyce~N

Mohammad Yamin October 24, 2011 at 5:26 PM Here is an enchanting poem, Joyce. I agree with you. Love and Fidelity must go hand in hand. It demands sincerity. The rhyming couplets have been excellently worded to make an impact on the hearts of the readers. -Mohammad