Lost Love

By johntaiyu

I have tried
many times
to get over lost love
without success.

Once, however
I asked someone
who said

Why would you want to?
Such gifts are precious
irredeemable
jewels
of
the
heart.

Only now,
a long time having passed,
do I glimpse even a shadow
of what he meant.

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© 2006 johntaiyu
Published on Monday, January 16, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: A brave look. Softly eloquent the discretion of the revelation.

  • A former member wrote: awwwwww...to glance back at past events and realize how truly treasured those moments should have been, having not treasured them before, can be painful. I've been here...I'm sure we all have. Wonderful write. *Evangel*

  • Johny_D_Lewis On Monday, January 16, 2006, Johny_D_Lewis (467)By person wrote:

    escaping is easy, just walk away and meet new people,

  • johntaiyu On Monday, January 16, 2006, johntaiyu (14)By person wrote:

    gee johnny, how silly of me not to see that

  • Dissolving Poet On Monday, January 16, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    Ain't it he truth, it was beautifully composed

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