You have always loved early morning light.
Raising shades pushing closed curtains open.
Each flash from room to room? Presence left bright.
I have followed steps morning to dusk.
I have watched you sigh with a darker sky
And laugh at the sun, for late waking up.
I have caught you in my afternoon arms
I felt your escape from curtain to shade From door to door, calm and without alarm.
Briskly from room to room almost a dance.
Occasionally you gave me a smile
with blinking dark eyes, in a quick side-glance.
Lost is the love that never can be caught.
Lost is the chaser that never can stop.
Note: Inspired by a modern sonnet by Robert Frost’s “Acquainted With The Night”. ( a must read for all future and current Poets, in my opinion :). The written poem is beneath the video
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoardz_robert-frost-acquainted-with-the-night_creation
kaykuala (@hankkaykuala)
May 9, 2017 at 1:31 am
Lost is the love that never can be caught.
Lost is the chaser that never can stop.
Love is a beautiful thing that endures and one will always marvel at how it can sustain the ‘chase’ at all times! Very thoughtful thoughts ZQ!
Hank
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annell4
May 8, 2017 at 9:32 am
Yes, I enjoyed your poem, and the chaser should never quit.
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Jae Rose
May 8, 2017 at 6:17 am
Being caught in afternoon arms is a wonderful image
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1sojournal
May 8, 2017 at 2:31 am
Perhaps it is good that some love can never be captured? Frost has always been a favorite. Really liked those afternoon arms,
Elizabeth
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totomai
May 7, 2017 at 10:33 pm
Sometimes we long, beg for attention and love. Maybe because we are humans and not easily satisfied.
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thotpurge
May 7, 2017 at 8:20 pm
lost is the love that can never be caught… fabulous line…and those afternoon arms!!!
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ayala zarfjian (@ayalazarfjian)
May 7, 2017 at 7:56 pm
This is great!
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Myrna Rosa
May 7, 2017 at 6:16 pm
I had read Frost’s and like it very much. Yours is great, especially those last lines.
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Rosemary Nissen-Wade
May 7, 2017 at 6:08 pm
Yes, the Frost is magnificent; great to hear the reading. And your own slightly mysterious poem is beautiful and wonderful too.
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Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES
May 7, 2017 at 5:46 pm
I feel a bit of a haunting here.
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Debra Berntsen
May 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm
A sentiment that touches the heart and hits too close too home. Beautiful!
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Magaly Guerrero
May 7, 2017 at 4:48 pm
Some games (and relationships) are such fun, but leave us incomplete and unfulfilled…
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Beverly Crawford
May 7, 2017 at 4:27 pm
Beautifully written!
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magicofwordsblog
May 7, 2017 at 4:03 pm
Beautiful sentiments! Lovely 🙂
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Sherry Marr9
May 7, 2017 at 3:52 pm
Oh, OW! Those last lines are so good and so true that they hurt. I love the afternoon arms too.
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
May 7, 2017 at 3:17 pm
This is a marvelous poem, the closing especially.
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magicalmysticalteacher
May 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm
I like the format as well as the content!
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