Noble Truth

Kevin Michael Bloor

I suffered from that sylvan smile

She wore that day upon the stile

Within that forest’s golden glade

Where we had sat to share the shade

 

That day of love’s first tender kiss

When I was blessed and burnt by bliss

I suffered, in her sweet caress

From shape so stunning in that dress!

 

For in my deepest heartache’s core

Her face I knew I’d see no more

Within this vale of broken dreams

Where soul-destroying, savage streams

 

They wash away with heartless flood

The lass whose love was in my blood

Just like the Buddha taught in youth:

‘To suffer is a noble truth!’

 

And here below these hallowed stones

Lies buried deep a dead man’s bones

My father’s – if you’d care to know

For him I tend the flowers that grow

 

I cultivate each tender bloom

To grace his long-neglected tomb

For when I lost him as a child

Some say it sent me weird and wild

 

That I would never come to weep

Above the earth where he did sleep

Instead, I’d while away the time

Composing love’s romantic rhyme

 

For girl I yearned for in my youth

That traitor, cruel in claw and tooth

While dad, forgotten underground

In sorrow slept without a sound

  • Author: Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 17th, 2018 05:13
  • Comment from author about the poem: a lyrical lament over lost love
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 48
  • Users favorite of this poem: Lorna, LaurašŸŒ»
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  • Lorna

    This is poignant and a double whammy of an aching heart..... I love the Buddha quote about suffering......

    • Kevin Michael Bloor

      Thank you so much Lorna. I suppose it was a double whammy really, you're right.

    • LaurašŸŒ»

      Blue-eyed Bolla,
      I concur with Lorna.
      Sheā€™s spot on with her
      comment...
      ā€˜a double whammy of
      an aching heartā€™...
      Indeed!

      ~Laura~

      • Kevin Michael Bloor

        Thank you, Laura. Hopefully, poetry has healing in its wings! Again, thank you for your continued support.

        • LaurašŸŒ»

          Youā€™re very welcome!

          The way you write and express what youā€™re feeling, ā€œhealing is in its wingsā€! It will take time, but the healing will come!

        • willyweed

          well done good flow structure and rhyme. ww

          • Kevin Michael Bloor

            Thank you WW. Appreciate your kind comments and feedback



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