Valentines Death

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Red roses true
Skies so blue
Lovers doing what lovers do
Chocolates and confessions
of eternal love
Building up hopes and dreams

I, behind the counter
At the ripe old age of 69
Watch all the youth
Filled with hope and desire
Love is like clouds in the carefree sky
They all stare and thrust
Hoping to latch onto a dream

Reality is not so kind
Illusions die on the ides
Kisses left unfulfilled
Roses with more thorns than hope
Wine so sour, blood is in flavor

Ah, but for now they are all happy
Holding hands and bouquets
Pink roses and red carnations
The road they know not to damnation

Who am I? To spoil a dream
Who am I? To laugh when they scream
You see love was a knife
That murdered me long, long ago


I may breathe, but the death possessed me
The life all but left me
So tonight as lovers kiss and fondle
I wish them well, from far over yonder
I kicked out the chair
The rope taunt and tight
As my last breath
Whispered to my long lost love
Good night

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 4/7/2019 2:29:00 PM
Absolutely beautiful!!!
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Date: 3/13/2016 7:15:00 PM
I see I missed this one! Congrats on your POTW Arthur.
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Date: 2/20/2016 10:30:00 PM
Love your work Arthur,I'll leave it at that
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:39:00 PM
Thank you so much Jai!
Date: 2/18/2016 2:02:00 PM
Arthur, a big congratulations and hug on Poem of the Week, with this fantastic write, I love it, enjoy the deserving honor ~
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:39:00 PM
You are so kind Broken Wings! I may just start calling you Golden Wings!
Date: 2/18/2016 8:33:00 AM
An excellent poem through which you evoke so many different emotions, Arthur!! Love can be so beautiful, and yet it can bring long lasting pain and disillusion. What a sad ending...but you are an expert on these twists! Congrats on POTW. ~ Regards // paul
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:38:00 PM
Thanks Paul! Late answer but much appreciated!
Date: 2/17/2016 8:09:00 PM
Great write Arthur. Congrats on making POTW. Thanks for sharing, RP.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:37:00 PM
Thank you so much for reading!
Date: 2/17/2016 7:01:00 AM
Congrats on Poem of the Week Arthur, you know I like it :)
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:34:00 PM
You know I know you know, you know I know that you know that you like it!
Date: 2/14/2016 4:50:00 PM
Congrats on POTW Arthur.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:33:00 PM
Thanks, doing better than the Habs anyways! LOL
Date: 2/14/2016 1:27:00 PM
great but intense poem, Arthur. Congratulations!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:31:00 PM
Thank you so much Ralph, much appreciated!
Date: 2/14/2016 10:53:00 AM
Many congrats on POTW - shame people cannot see the photos that go with it via the POTW page - soupers go to Arthur's page and see the images that accompany the poem and also the link to his own web page ... you won't be disappointed:-) hugs Jan xx
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:30:00 PM
Thanks Jan, well they can, if they click on the link but feel free to remind them 2 times a day!!!!! Hugs!!!!! :)
Date: 2/13/2016 2:25:00 PM
Noir, fantasique
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:29:00 PM
Merci, thank you Etienne!!
Date: 2/13/2016 12:08:00 AM
Cont- the wrong love..(the make pretend love),Its like hanging yourself everyday. So those who are alone on Valentine's day can still live happy in the serenity of their own solitude..After all Valentine is jusy another commercial day (though I love it : ) )..Love is everyday,with our families,friends,but firstly with ourselves.This poem is powerful..and Im sure many might feel this way on such days.. So 69 not 105 yrs,still plenty to live for.: )
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:28:00 PM
Oh come on I am just 68!! :)
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:28:00 PM
Well its my favorite anyways!
Date: 2/13/2016 12:03:00 AM
This is heartwrenchingly sad Arthur.Unfortunately the story of many,Im not referring to the hanging,but the death of the relationship. All is always so passionate in the beginning,but as time goes by people take eschother forgranted,people change.Only few relationships survive through love.Some remain together for the kids'sake,others for financial purposes,and there are those who somehow believe that that is the only life there is. I do believe its better for 1 to be without love than with
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/20/2016 11:27:00 PM
Life is always so full of complexities! Hugs
Date: 2/12/2016 4:49:00 PM
Thanks Jan, I made the corrections! Hugs
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/12/2016 4:52:00 PM
:-) hugs Jan :-) xx
Date: 2/12/2016 4:42:00 PM
gosh I found this so chilling Arthur aand other images on the link are spine tingling - also loved the 'I cut up her face poem' - you really are a creative genius - 7 and faves:-) hugs Jan xx
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:51:00 PM
Ops above was for you, the "sadly I am too" I posted under Tim's post showed here for some reason (it showed up 2 times!)
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:48:00 PM
Sadly I am too!
Date: 2/12/2016 4:37:00 PM
This gave me chills, you guys are excelling at the darkness. xoxoxoxoxox peace and love
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:57:00 PM
Thank you Aurore, a beautiful name by the way!
Date: 2/12/2016 4:37:00 PM
This is a Fav for me xoxo
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Date: 2/12/2016 4:23:00 PM
I'm free on Sunday...lol
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:29:00 PM
Sadly I am too!
Date: 2/12/2016 4:13:00 PM
Good night Arthur...hopefully you forgot to kick out the chair and will be here to write more literary masterpieces...excellent
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:18:00 PM
I think a wee bit of whiskey might just revive me, when you coming over?
Date: 2/12/2016 2:31:00 PM
Death becomes the mediator that will release both sides from further obligations or love. Emile.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 8:47:00 PM
Thanks Emile! :)
Date: 2/12/2016 11:43:00 AM
oh my, so DARK, Arthur. Makes me wonder if you lost your true love!! Some great imagery in this one to convey the deep sadness of someone in this state. From the title, I was thinking it was going to be a poem about St. Valentine. That poor guy who lost his head!!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 8:45:00 PM
or lost my mind! :) Thanks Andrea
Date: 2/12/2016 8:43:00 AM
Arthur, this comparison/contrast piece on those IN love and those OUT is bittersweet and realistic. This is so grippingly sad--but very well done! Janice
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:58:00 PM
Thank you so much Janice! Happy Valentines Day!
Date: 2/12/2016 2:08:00 AM
Emotional and touching Arthur. Very real. Relationships sometimes create desperate acts, through love and pain. Well written...
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:12:00 PM
Thank you Michael! :)
Date: 2/11/2016 10:53:00 PM
i am so pained by this contrast of young, fresh love and the demise of late adulthood's fervor!.. a haunting piece beautifully quilled, arthur.. huggs
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:05:00 PM
Thank you very much Nette! Hugs! Happy Valentines, will see if I can pen a more cheerful one! :)
Date: 2/11/2016 9:59:00 PM
wow... excellent ...very fitting photographs, and a very chilling narrative.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 2/12/2016 4:02:00 PM
Wait til you see the other photos!!!! Thanks Cas!
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