Jerry Reynolds

Two Love Tropes with a Metaphor Twist

Timing

 

Your last lover entered the room

Silk shirt and a Stetson hat

Tight jeans, ready to act

Heads turned eyes did moon

Dear lady-friend of mine

This would be a perfect time

To send me a sign

And place your tender hand in mine.

 

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Not Forgotten

 

Her love was simple

Like footsteps of a breeze.

My love was contraband

Like ragweed in the sand.

On a plain in my heart

The Lord of not to be— battled

The squire— of could have been.