The Truest Love - Sonnet 2

By Delphoid-Q

I behold your visage from afar
And stand as if by spells enchanted;
Nothing may your heavenly beauty mar
Nor may my eye from thine splendour be supplanted.

I envisage us reforged as one
So much in love, so much at peace;
Celebrating love below the cerise sun -
Joined until our lives shall cease.

But you share my obsessive visions not
And stare me down with eyes of liquid fire;
Your gaze degrades my love to but a staining spot
And I melt beneath the pressure of your ire.

Throughout this verse one thought pervades my mind:
The truest love is of the unrequited kind.

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Copyright 2003 Delphoid-Q
Published on Wednesday, April 23, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: One-of-a-kind in my opinion, this piece captured me, I will read more of them

  • A former member wrote: Oh wow, how romantic and unique and beautiful.

  • A former member wrote: shakespearean yet existential. I can identify.nice. by the way, the girl from 7 haikus was one of unrequitted love, we broke up a month later.hehe thanks for the comments

  • aXe FactoR On Sunday, May 23, 2004, aXe FactoR (335)By person wrote:

    beautiful. u write like a song and it seems so splendid. :)

  • Delilah On Thursday, November 20, 2003, Delilah (113)By person wrote:

    Oh my...beautiful indeed...I'll have to check out some of your other work because this caught me and pulled me in... ~Delilah~

  • Loneal On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, Loneal (86)By person wrote:

    ... ah, yes ... you've captured the feeling perfectly that I can recognize it's familiar touch ... very precisely done! ... ~L

  • Blinded_Tiger On Sunday, July 27, 2003, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    Your style is realy something. I enjoyed it alot. When i read this one, i actualy feel the eyes of liquid fire staring at me. Judging me. Great write.

  • hate_doll On Saturday, May 17, 2003, hate_doll (265)By person wrote:

    so beautiful, it has left me speechless. Such a sense of vulnerablility cloaked in a facade of strength...I love it...(!)

  • DoctorAsh On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, DoctorAsh (373)By person wrote:

    You and TropS share such a knowledgable feel in your works .. Relentless wisdom passed through the tips of a stupid pencil, heres a pancake, wonderful write

  • KittyStryker On Friday, May 9, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    Yes... love unreturned is painful... but what poetry you make of it! Out of the mud, a beautiful bloom...

  • A former member wrote: I can so feel this poem..great writing

  • IceDragoness On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, IceDragoness (195)By person wrote:

    its sad how people can fall in love without it being returned, this is probably the story of my life.. ~Dawn

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Monday, May 5, 2003, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    Great piece! I love rhyming pieces when they are done in the traditional way - this very successfully was. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • Sky Singer On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, Sky Singer (153)By person wrote:

    indeed.. the ending was unexpected. which made it all the more wonderful and as Kefka called it: heartfelt. great work

  • A former member wrote: the ending was totally unexpected. i have felt the same exact way. beautiful write.

  • Aurora_Light On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, Aurora_Light (472)By person wrote:

    cool i agree love is sometimes one sidedbut then so is everything else great poem

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