Ssentrohs Fo Emahs Eht
THE SHAME OF SHORTNESS
It was such a small while
But it made me smile
A brief encounter with peace
Someone whose love I truly believed just might never cease
Serendipity and joy would birth it
And yet brevity was worth it
If only for a short time
She took me to a land sublime
And she embraced me as no other woman has before
And there’s been women by the score
And we were good together at least for a little awhile
When she came to make me smile
I wanted to be one unit, one entity, one heart
Whilst serendipity and joy continued to play their apropos and appropriate part
And wonder was the sensation of us being united
Then I, as the king of fools, was duly knighted
With no sword in sheath nor shield
Only the wish to know what the woman would yield
It was such a short time spent resplendently
As I treated the lady’s lips with gentility
A kiss on the lips of a miss whose lips I miss now
And if you wish to learn the way to play a game she’ll be proud to show you how
With a wink and a slightly naughty nod
To her wicked and wrathful god
Who wouldst conceive a plan for a man to become thusly damned
But in that short snippet of forever we answered only to one another’s demand
Yet and still I cannot recount without understatements a tale of my being so completely lost
And swear to you that lady’s well laid plan, for me, came at quite a cost
And upon this frivolous heart her name will forever be
etched
Similar to the painting she created and very well sketched
And as for me I swear on the holy I will not adore anyone like her when all is done
Also I vow to harness my compassion until I repeat it with the very next one
© 2011.….. Phreepoetry
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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