THAT'S THE GLORY OF ~ THAT'S THE STORY OF ~ LOVE
FALLING IN LOVE ~ suggests
A STATE of helplessness !
LIKE A PERSON ~ who trips and falls
LIKE A PERSON ~ who falls from a height !
IN MY EXPERIENCE it is often unexpected
NOTHING PREPARES YOU ~ for the first time
GETTING A PANG ~ where you never had a PANG before !
I FIRST "FELL IN LOVE" @ 16 with the GIRL ........
NEXT DOOR ! Convenient ~ BUT ~ too Young & too Close !
LOVE at First & Second & Third sight ~ I guess
OTHER TIMES ~ It was sight ~ sound ~ scent and savour
VERY SELDOM was it an Intellectual attraction ~ well ....
EDUCATED LADIES are both a Blessing and a Threat ?
AGAIN ? Don't we all "Fall IN and OUT of LOVE" ?
THANKS for reading ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN
This Poem is written as an Acrostic Sonnet (7 2 4 1 lines)
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- Comment from author about the poem: Love is always a LOTTERY ~ you win some and you lose some and a lot of "cards" get scratched ! Falling in Love is a minefield and often we turn on all our senses ~ except COMMON SENSE ! In the UK ~ when we still live at Home ~ Mothers take on the role of both Matchmakers & Matchbreakers ~ Dads offer comments purely based on Physical Appearance ! Surprisingly ~ among my Asian Friends ~ "Arranged Marriages" have turned out excellently ~ perhaps MAMMY knows best after all ! Comments welcome ~ Love to ALL ~ BRIAN XOX
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It is a risky business falling in love. But, a necessary one for the humankind. Great job Brian!
Thanks HONEY ~ I agree completely ~ Love is what makes the World go round ! Without love and "making love" the Human population of Planet Earth would gradually decrease to ZERO and the MONKEYS (I'm not talking about the TRUMP Administration !) would be back in charge ~ Planet of the Apes! Cats do it ~ Rats do it ~ even educated Bats do it ~ SO LET'S ALL FALL IN LOVE ! Hugs ~ BRIAN
I think I vaguely remember this so many moons ago. Very well written, and certainly risky as WriteBeLight has mentioned.
THANKS TIZER ~ The German version (ICH BIN VON KOPF BIS FUSS ~AUF LIEBE EINGESTELLT / I'M READY FOR LOVE FROM HEAD TO TOE) Was sung by Marlene Deitrich in the 1930 Film DER BLAUE ENGEL ! Th English Version became her signature tune ~ OK. And yes "Falling in Love" is one of the most dangerous things we do ! Yours BRIAN
Great write. Love is a lottery and my cards always seem to be the loosers. Love is a mine field and I keep stepping on those mines and getting blown up. Sorry just something that popped in my mind
Ohhhh TONY ~ Crazy Cars and Murderous Mine ~ In my case too (some years !) that is a fair description of LOVE ~ some years. It's running smooth at the moment ! Praying that your cards will be dealt right and you mines will be defused ~ Yours BRIAN
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I am lucky to have only truly fallen in love once. I thought I had fallen but was mistaken. I also agree with WBL. Very nicely written acrostic. Well done!
Thanks CHRIS ~ I like your adverbial modifyer ~ using the word TRULY ! Currently I am Truly in Love and have been once or twice along the way ! Thanks for your kind comment ~ Valentine Hugs ~ BRIAN
Valentine hugs back! Christina
Excellent sonnet .
Very clever and we'll constructed .
Did you know that only 200 years ago Valentines Day was used for people to send dead animals to each other as 'hate' gifts .
How times have changed to today's commercially driven rubbish .
Thanks for your comment. Yes I was a ware that hitorically there was a HATE connotation related to VALENTINE'S DAY ! But i am sure you will agree that (despite the Commercialism) To LOVE is always to be preferred than TO HATE ! Yours BRIAN
Very profound and Heartfelt. I ĺve the imagery.
Thanks AA ~ pleased you liked it ~ Yours BRIAN
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