a bard believes in love
with all that he is
and all that he has
holds it in
his two trembling hands
regards warily sometimes
as judge, jury, garroter
making a home on
this island in the middle
of a vast ocean was
an act fueled by love
and maybe there’s a story
to be written here
about the lines in a
sea captain’s handsome face
carved there by roaring
wind and raucous laughter
maybe there’s a story
in the way a siren’s flame-red
hair fans out around her lithe form
where she stretches to gift
the bard pearls and a promise
of never being alone again
and maybe there’s a story
in the way a kitchen witch
welcomes the bard into her home
and a seat at her grand table
holds him steady against
the rocking of a weather
beaten pirate ship
there’s a story in these people
the bard has willingly tied himself to
how he immortalizes them in love
and the written word
keeping the lighthouse
like a beacon and a promise
of a love not like a choke-chain
but a fistful of flowers freely given
again and again and again
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Author:
Boaz Priestly (Pseudonym) (
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- Category: Love
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Comments4
Very elegant, very poignant. Narrative enough to make me want to finish, elusive enough to make me reread it a number of times.
flowers, given in the Now
not allowing
for belated regret, a chance
at poisoning
a love, we once cherished:
till our heart's content...
(just another wonderful read
thanks for choosing to share, dear poet)
An anthology possibly. The meaning of love for the ones who have touched your heart deeply.
Your poems always keep the reader fascinated, a true gift in my opinion. This one was worth the wait. Simply brilliant!
The minstrels of old made their livelihood telling stories forming legends immortalizing myths, you capture their nature well
As a self-proclaimed bard, this is the best thing to hear! Thank you very much for the compliment!
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