Old Love - No Regrets (RK) Poem, by Lorna, at My poetic side

You were so splendid standing in the sun

Your sailor's peacoat open at the neck

You stood as if you held a warrior's pose

But all unconsciously, without conceit

My eyes transformed you into a Hussar

With coat of blue and ropes of golden braid

And flashing in the sun a sword of steel

Hung round your waist to polished boots of black

Why you caught my attention so I cannot say

Others have tried while I was young and lithe

But when you called I lost my very will

I did not think, I simply walked your way

Dreamlike we met for months on end

And still, those days' reality is dim

I only knew I could not break the spell

By putting thoughts to dreamlike actions then

Did I love you, did you love me, I hope

For some small time and more we did I think

It was a fragile thing, a lovely dream

That fills to brim a box of memories

Perhaps the box would have outlived the dream

Perhaps the dream was just a song of life

Comments +

Accidental Poet February 17th, 2018 07:36
I hear my own love in some of these words Lorna. A really wonderful write on old love.
- LornaFebruary 18th, 2018 05:47
  Good morning Cape Cod! Thanks for your kind words.
- Accidental PoetFebruary 18th, 2018 08:37
  Good morning Newtown. Just giving credit where credit is due. ; )
dusk arising February 17th, 2018 09:00
Really like the way you have ended this. Those lines in themselves are really magic.
- LornaFebruary 18th, 2018 05:52
  Thanks Dusk! Why don't you fill in a little bit of your profile - where are you? I appreciate your comments very much!

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