Perfection

To me, you were perfection.

In every single way.

A visage of such beauty

I lost the words to say

I saw you 'cross the counter

Finishing your shift

Every time, my heart, it jumped

Your guise gave it a lift

But nothing's ever promised

And Fate would split us both

At least you knew I loved you.

Some would say that's growth.

Sonnet One

If love is all you’ve got I have enough

Please bring me something challenging to me

As difficult a problem as you’ve got

And I will solve it expeditiously.

 

The only time I’ve loved was in my youth

The only time I’ve lost to a degree.

I wish that then I realized the truth.

Relationships are an idiosyncrasy.

 

I married someone I did not respect

But hidden were these truths to my young brain.

I didnt’ treat her well and the effect

Was that I lost what I could not obtain.

 

They say that wisdom’s wasted on the Old.

At least that is the story we’ve been told.

Painful

 I thought that I might write a poem today

On sentimental thoughts within my brain.

I never quite know what they’re going to say.

But I’m always assured there will be pain. 

When thoughts are overflowing like a pot

That someone (you) has left unattended.

Then I examine all that I have got.

And try to mend the fences that need mending.

For all of Earth is my Shakespear’n stage

And my Ophelia’s the game of life.

When you cross her, she responds with rage

And carves humanity up without a knife.

And if my lover turns to target you,

Some people aren’t meant for this world, it's true.