Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

War and Peace In the Time of Love's Retribution

"War and Peace in the Days of Love’s Retribution"



All is fair 
in Love and War
they say 

Lost are the
gambling angels
who walk tight ropes

from the point 
where time departed
the jewel stolen from her crown 

sacrificed for 
something better
a child’s happiness

another fallen 
goddess 
tripping between 

the cracks 
pinned to a wall 
in a sunless place

where light tries
but fails dismally to get in
suspended heart’s arrow

caught forever bleeding
in betrayal’s 
sticky web

Failure’s warrior 
wanting a sword for 
cutting tongues

War and Peace
lost and found 
unconditional

In the time 
of unjust justice
follows freedom 

wearing a new light
darkly burning in
the time of Love’s retribution

(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
gvlm




"Hurts Like Hell" / Fluerie
https://youtu.be/Uil0L-0F4no





"“Once I was brave 
enough
to leave home,
I discovered 
splendid parts of me
I had no clue existed. 
I, then, 
realized 
where they came from 
and hurried home.”

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Robert Lindley October 11, 2020 at 4:44 AM A gem and a fine fav too. Lady Labyrinth October 11, 2020 at 8:36 PM Thank you Lindley.

Robert Lindley October 11, 2020 at 4:42 AM The dark in humanity always seeks to invade. To destroy love, joy and life itself. Love being an Avenue to make or break a soul. As its power to destroy equals its power to gift happiness and joy. Oft even excels that power. If one seeks only to take, one will always lose.. YOur poem is truly inspiring .. GOd bless. Lady Labyrinth October 11, 2020 at 8:36 PM Life can get real dark sometimes Lindley, as you well know. x

Robert Lindley October 11, 2020 at 4:37 AM The dark in humanity always seeks to invade. To destroy love, joy and life itself. Love being an Avenue to make or break a soul. As its power to destroy equals its power to gift happiness and joy. Oft even excels that power. If one seeks only to take, one will always lose.. YOur poem is truly inspiring .. GOd bless.

Ts Poetry October 4, 2020 at 6:23 AM Finding truest love is a war in itself. We can only open the window and smell the ocean breeze and await for our blue sky. Ts Poetry October 4, 2020 at 7:37 AM touché ... Smile Modesty it's going to be a beautiful day xx Lady Labyrinth October 4, 2020 at 7:13 AM This poem is not about finding truest love. That being said, if one sits on their a** smelling the ocean breeze and "waiting' for a blue sky, you may as well perch in purgatory for the rest of your life. Come rain or shine, Time waits for no man.... :)

Angela Crabtree October 3, 2020 at 6:23 PM Great imagery and words! My favorite part / caught forever bleeding in betrayal’s sticky web / Saved to my faves to read again. :) Peace, Angie Lady Labyrinth October 3, 2020 at 6:29 PM x. Thank you.