Some declaration!

Some declaration!
by jamh
19-Feb-2011
 

Amidst the cold,

the rain, the pains

of growing old

I search your warmth

for my reluctant sleep.



I asked as a teenager

remember back then?

if I'd always be alone.

With jewelery eyes

you stared and said no.



I'll always be humbled

by the mystery of

your alien race,

mesmerizing by gaze or

by rumour instead.



I'll always love you

whether you exist

or embody another

salty or soft skin

at the edge of my bed.

 

jam11

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Azadeh Azad

exquisite

by Azadeh Azad on Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:39 PM PST

Soft and warm, like love itself.

Dear jamh: I don't see why you should have felt quilty. There is no contrast between romantic love and dying on the streets of Cairo or Tehran for freedom. They have something in common, named pain. They come from the same place in our psyche.

Thank you for sharing your lovely poem.

Azadeh


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jamh

Guilty

by jamh on Sat Feb 19, 2011 07:59 PM PST

In all honesty, I felt guilty after I submitted it. I meant for it to appear on Valentine's Day but then the whole Middle East lit up with protests. And here I was with my little poem about love, selfish love at that. It did come pretty, as romantically hopeless as it is, in the middle of far more important matters. Thank you for your kind words. May one day our biggest problem be love.


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Jahanshah Javid

Beautiful

by Jahanshah Javid on Sat Feb 19, 2011 03:24 PM PST

Lovely. Thanks for sharing Jam.


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Anahid Hojjati

nice poem Jamh, very romantic

by Anahid Hojjati on Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:37 PM PST

Dear jamh, I liked your poem. Sweet and romantic.


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