The Constant Stream

You keep them to yourself, divergences,
Along the way they sprawl, uncounted,
Retaliations barbed, annulling love,
And darling words with tears confounded.

The hollow echoing chambers of the heart,
Receptacles of many well-aimed darts,
As honeyed moments oftentimes turn sour,
Reciprocating love in fits and starts.

Endearments may well fall on stony ground,
As happy days surrender to the moon,
And hard-edged days turn into coldest night
And love's sweet anthems fade and die too soon.

But underlying dark times flows a stream,
A constant certain current of belief.
True love will find a way into the light
And joy replace what once was felt as grief.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 7/28/2018 10:58:00 PM
Truely a poem that got to my heart. A writer with true feeling of experience. Keep them coming.
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Peter Rees
Date: 7/30/2018 3:03:00 AM
Thank you for your understanding, Donna - and for your encouragement.
Date: 7/27/2018 6:12:00 PM
Good poem Peter keep up the good work.
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Peter Rees
Date: 7/30/2018 3:03:00 AM
Many thanks, Carol.
Date: 3/10/2018 12:29:00 PM
I hope it does for you Peter, we all deserve true love, but sometimes it can be difficult to achieve.. Well expressed..
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Peter Rees
Date: 3/10/2018 1:51:00 PM
Ups and downs and sometimes easier to walk away, but what remains at the end of it all? We must hope in the constancy of love. thanks for your comment
Date: 3/8/2018 11:31:00 AM
Your words are spoken from a true heart. Love lasts infinity it is we who muffle it to stop the song for poor human reasons. I am so glad I checked in today. You are amazing!
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Peter Rees
Date: 3/8/2018 12:26:00 PM
It's you who's amazing Patricia. Thank you for these lovely words of encouragement.
Date: 3/7/2018 4:45:00 AM
So true; deep, down inside, beyond experience is a perfect current of love (that stream you speak of) that we are born with. Forgiveness is the way back. Great writing, Peter! Love it!
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Peter Rees
Date: 3/7/2018 4:55:00 AM
Thank you Joe. I very much appreciate this comment and your understanding.
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