Gershon Wolf | + Follow Poet |
Rhyme | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print |

Too Soon, Too Soon

Escaped! furtive glances
   Manifest of enchanted trances
Arrested by crimson faces averted
   Too soon, too soon, they'd flirted

The air yearned with sensation
    Surreptitious, delicious anticipation
Peering deeply into each other's eyes
   Too soon, too soon, they'd rhapsodized

Tilted heads on swooning necks 
   Lips toward targets puckered, flexed
The moment arrived, two souls to merge
   Too soon, too soon, they'd felt the urge...

Somberly returned, Cupid's bent arrow to its quiver
   Too soon, too soon, murmured love's melancholy river

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2018

Please Login to post a comment

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 10/22/2018 8:12:00 AM Stellar piece my friend. Congratulations xomo <3 Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 10/21/2018 9:10:00 PM A delightful poem, Gershon. Congrats on your top win. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 10/21/2018 9:45:00 PM Thank you for the encouragement, Line. :) gw

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 10/20/2018 4:08:00 PM This poem is brilliant in its masterful expression of the hearts journey....too soon, too soon. I absolutely love it! It is going into my faves my friend. Congratulations on your wonderful win in Brian's contest! ; ) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 10/20/2018 9:10:00 PM Thank you, Connie. Appreciate your generous evaluation and encouragement. Best wishes, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/19/2018 7:53:00 AM Love happens, and it is wonderful, and we may not have tomorrow. Mike drop. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 10/20/2018 9:19:00 PM Well, reasonable people can disagree at times--without being disagreeable! So, I would propose this: Infatuation happens, and it feels wonderful. I'm with you there. Love, on the other hand, is something that's cultivated, withstands tests, and doesn't always feel wonderful. O.K., appreciate your observation and your support. Best always, Gershon

Constance La France Date: 10/18/2018 2:34:00 PM Gershon, so beautifully penned, well done ~ Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 10/18/2018 3:54:00 PM Thank you for reading this one and for your kind words, D.H! Best wishes, Gershon

Mike Gentile Date: 10/18/2018 9:55:00 AM If it's right, is it ever really...too soon? A beautiful story Gershon. Great flow and lovely to read this morning!!! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 10/18/2018 1:19:00 PM Ha, ha -- That's quite a big IF, my friend. Of course, one never knows for sure if it's right … Yet as someone who is divorced and remarried, whose first two kids are both divorced, whose ex-wife's entire 4 siblings are all divorced, I guess I'm prone to think that in affairs of the heart and the eyes, one errs on the side of caution… At any rate, thank you for your encouragement and support. Best wishes, Gershon