The Journey of Love

The Journey of Love
                               Authored by Chuck Keys    

Reading a poem of love I wonder,
what does a warm summer day feel, 
when it has no memory of the loss of
how its heat faded in time, ever so slow,
one tiny silent drip at a time, like a leaky faucet.
 
It comes to pass eventually,
knowing that time has digested the differences 
from what it was, 
to what it is and to what it will be. 
It is forever lost at this time.

A lonely somberness soon fills the void of the wonder and warmth, 
daylight ebbs and flows into darkness and soon loses its distinction. 
Loneliness follows and the love is non-retrievable,
without love, life is never the same ...
an endless emptiness follows and stays, lingering.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 3/7/2011 10:10:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Chuck. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/22/2010 7:33:00 AM
"Yes," without love life seems so much more mundane and, the suns warmth seems to escape ourselves as day by day, we journey about not ever knowing, how beautiful life could be; so much more if, We could only hold on to Our Hearts Dreams of, never letting go of love; when love, falls from the stars above, Spelling Our Deatiny--Smile, I guess they call it; these two hearts as one,"Faith! Wonderful pondering--"Warmth to You & Yours," John!:) ~
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Date: 6/9/2010 4:03:00 PM
awesomely intriguing and beautiful write!
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Date: 5/20/2010 11:44:00 AM
Chuck thank you for taking me on this journey of understanding love! Really enjoyed it and thank you for your comment on my work - regards Wilma
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Date: 5/19/2010 1:46:00 PM
k, Chuck, you need more poetry, how about a contest. try one you'll do great. When I have mine I will nag you till you enter,..lol..joke, Besides this is an awesome write,..try one,..p.d.
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Date: 5/18/2010 1:46:00 PM
"Loneliness follows and the love is non-retrievable, without love, life is never the same ..." really meaningful nice work:) thanks for having a look at "if only"
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Date: 5/17/2010 1:43:00 PM
Interesting thoughts about love that you have penned in this one..Love can be for a lifetime but it takes an effort on both partners part..Keep the creative pen flowing..Sara
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Date: 5/17/2010 1:22:00 PM
Passionate lines Church and very "in depth" writing expresses the pain and pleasure of LUV... appreciate your sweet comments on my poetry today .. welcome to the Poetry Soup Family of poets.. hope u continue to communicate with me and consider entering some or all of the wonderful contests offered on the contest page.. your work is the kind needed for entry... I usually sponsor a contest but am on vacation for two weeks tomorrow ..trusty laptop in tow.. with luv from the "Sweetheart"
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Date: 5/17/2010 5:51:00 AM
Welcome to our poetry site Chuck. .I love this verse'Without love life is never the same'one verse for keep,great work. .Charma.
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Date: 5/17/2010 5:50:00 AM
Welcome to our poetry site Chuck. .I love this verse'Without love life is never the same'one verse for keep,great work. .Charma.
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Date: 5/17/2010 2:18:00 AM
Nice work and welcome to PoetrySoup Chuck...Raul
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Date: 5/16/2010 6:55:00 PM
I enjoyed the poem. Nice expressions
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Date: 5/16/2010 5:07:00 PM
great job!! Hope you are having a good day! We just got back from Awana at church. It is fun. the kids are cute and entertaining.
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Date: 5/16/2010 3:19:00 PM
Thank you for taking us on this journey, Chuck. There is an emptiness that follows the loss of love (much like the loss of warmth on a summer day). Like the analogy of the leaky faucet, because the "endless emptiness" seems to grow slowly until we can no longer remember the joy of love. Excellent poem! Love, Carolyn
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