The Core

The Core

Only time 
will tell, if one has married well.
Only time
will dent, the true intent of thoughts
to circumvent, to muddle, rent
or taint the core 
of the alabaster heart of him
within the throes of wit and woe
tossing heart, head and hand to and fro
to go.... just go!!
Yet, that magnet pulls, tugs and bends the pain 
around your heart and back again, to look the same
but by no means is, for by far it has a different name.  
Four letters!!  They wrap around one as a glove
They wind and twist and curl until they show
against the frame of time and space and back again.
L-O-V-E !! a word from above. 

Charles G. Henderson
Dec. 12, 2018

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 12/15/2018 1:04:00 AM
I don't know why our paths haven't crossed on Soup until I saw your blog. Good on you to free your muse and begin yet another season of yourself. I loved your wedding photo, time is so bittersweet, isn't it? Anyway, curiosity brought me here and I thoroughly enjoyed your poem, as well as relating to it! All the best and a pleasure to meet you ... CayCay
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Date: 12/13/2018 2:35:00 PM
Charles, I'm glad you wrote your blog post since it directed me to your poetry. I'm following you so I can read more. Cheers! ~Mark
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Charles Henderson
Date: 12/24/2018 1:43:00 AM
Thanks Mark, you give an old man the 'big head'. Just Kidding. Really there is no Hobby for me which surpasses poetry.
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