Only One

My lips not curve, when he walks into a room 
My eyes not heed to see this face all known
Chores will not stop, my hand knows more the broom
And still he starts, cause cleaning not for stones

My love for him not empty, but not full
He gazes, for his memories are in play
And yet I feel like unexamined spool
I know he's reminiscing of our younger days

A girl that had fallen for a man
And a boy that had fallen for a time
It took him some, when he finally took that stand
But when I saw him, I already knew he was mine

But now we've aged, and our love feel's like it's done
But, then again...we are each others only one
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
August 2, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Congratulations to you on your win Jessica in Dr. Ram Mehta's contest "The English or Shakespearean Sonnet". Love, Carol
George   Avatar
August 1, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Congratulations on your BIG WIN, dear Jessica. Lovely touching sonnet indeed. Lainie
Dietrich Avatar
August 1, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Congratulations, jessica. YOu took the other route from mine! What a couplet there at the end!! It is so telling. Luv, Andrea
Johnson Avatar
July 31, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Grat work Jessica. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
Sweetheart Avatar
July 31, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Congrats Jessica on your winning poem in Dr. Ram's contest with this superb piece for an entry... a magnificent write.. enjoy your big win..with luv..
Mehta Avatar
July 31, 2010 at 5:43 AM
You wrote a perfect sonnet and to the point on the theme. Congrats on the win, Jessica
Dietrich Avatar
July 22, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Hey, you did pretty good here. Knowing you probably prefer slam, is this one of your first sonnets and is it for that one contest? YOu really followed how it's done: with the rhyme and syllable count! Good luck, Jessica. LUv, Andrea
La France Avatar
July 21, 2010 at 6:57 AM
I really like this poem, deep, deep as the ocean, I had to read it a few times and may I say, it is wonderful~~~
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