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The Other Kind

THE OTHER KIND When she said I love you She meant another kind of love The other kind Her teasing sweetness Her helpless blush Stirred the kind of love I know Over the months since I came to know Another kind of love The other kind Have I pondered long and passionately Those conditions and feelings One must grasp both worldly and spiritually To understand her anger I cannot When this shallow soul that I am Attempted considering the image she presented to show the kind of love I know I’ll not now claim to understand her strange sort of love When her teasing sweetness Her helpless blush Still haunts these many years Dave Austin

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/21/2015 2:15:00 AM

A heart can be crushed in seconds Daver. I have seen it happen to many friends and have felt that same pain myself. As we age we learn to protect our heart, at least if we have learned something. A beautifully composed poem!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/16/2015 10:36:00 PM

Hi, Daver. Just here to say thanks for viewing my poem and I await more of your lovely verse.

Joe Maverick

Date: 9/9/2015 2:59:00 PM

What conflicting views there are in all of life Daver..' I guess it will always be so!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/6/2015 12:53:00 AM

so sorry about your internet problems, Daver!! Anyway, I saw this one before, this poem of yours. It has such a feel of nostalgia to it. I like it very much.

Kelly Deschler

Date: 9/4/2015 11:54:00 PM

Those last lines are beautiful and touching, though so sad, as all lost loves should be... Very nicely written and expressed, Daver!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/3/2015 5:53:00 PM

Daver, wow, to never fade away.... LOVE IT... LINDA