Longing
Poor, lone, Emma.
Old, faded and wrinkled.
Bright eyed beauty once was she,
When the bloom was on the tree.
Emma's at her window, gazing at the shore,
Longing for her lover, swaying back and fore.
Beautiful, loved, Emma.
Young, vibrant and fair.
Roy, ships carpenter, softly woos,
Handsome, young and clever.
Her willing heart and hand he sued,
For they shall marry in the Spring,
After sailing his Cape Horn dues.
They walk past her window, kissing on the shore,
Breezes blow her bonnet, swaying back and fore.
Through rising turbulent seas,
Roy's small schooner valiantly sails.
Against a building black storm,
And it's persistent gales and wails.
Below decks not a word is whispered.
The only movement a clock pendulum,
Drawing every eye, swaying back and fore.
Roy's longing for his Emma, on that remote distant shore,
The cruel storm clutching his ship, swaying back and fore.
Emma's at the harbour.
Woeful, wretched and worn.
Whispering hoarsely to one and all,
About her true love sworn.
Has anyone seen my beloved Roy,
Please, please, is there any news.
All replies are sorrowful,
For poor, pitiful Emma, none ever do refuse.
For thirty and a dozen years,
Emma's asked around.
For thirty and a dozen years,
Longing he will be found.
Emma's at her window, gazing at the shore,
Longing for her lover, swaying back and fore.
Two hundred seasons come and go.
This time for Emma so mockingly slow.
Two hundred seasons come and go.
This time for Emma with nothing to show.
Poor, lone, Emma.
Forever, faithful and hopeful.
Her eyes lifeless as dolls.
Her cruel tormented longing now mercifully ended.
Emma's at her window, now blind to the shore,
She longed for her lover, swaying back no more.
Beautiful, loved, Emma,
Young, vibrant and fair.
At last embracing her beloved Roy.
She's crying uncontrollably,
Her tears so quickly flow,
He whispers to her softly,
The only tears allowed in Heaven,
Are those of endless joy.
Now never to be parted, kissing each other for evermore,
Two young lovers eternally loving, swaying back and fore.
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Comments
the spiritual with romantics, an unbeatable combination! great write! Jill wrote one similar, you guys are great writers!...........................Jim
Jim, many thanks for your most kind comments and this I rewrote for I really couldn't make the ending work and now I'm happy with and reupped with a better pic also.
And Jill is just awesome in her idea's and themes and presentation.
Thanks again Jim and I wish you well and back later to read yours and other members also.
So beautiful I am lost in your romance and lament Shaun Thanking you for this lovely pen ❤️💙❤️
Jill many thanks for your superb comment and uplifting too!
And this is my favourite poem and have tinkered with it for an age!
Now I'm a happy poetry bunny.
Thanks again and I wish you well.❤️💙❤️
Awww u so worthy of my lovely comment Shaun ❤️⭐️💙
Awww This one is so beautiful & Thank you for mentioning mine my Jim the lad ❤️💙❤️
Rob, many thanks for your astute and welcomed comments.
And I revamped it for I was never happy with the end and rewrote and now finally happy. And the truth be told of all my poems, this is my favourite one.
And have been forever tinkering with it and this is now the finished article
Sad yes, but hope shines through at the end.
I wish you well and thanks again Rob and back later to read yours and other members too.
Beautiful story full of romance and tragedy. Made me feel all mushy for them at the end ✨👏🌻
Gwendoline many thanks for your kind comments and mushy wise I have mushily succeeded!❤️
Thanks again and will make time tonight and read yours and I wish you well.
STUNNING SHAUN!!.....so beautifully crafted......a perfect metering that has the entirety of the piece swaying 'back and fore'!!........and giving that almost "Poe-Like" feel to it!!......it is quite an accomplishment to feel truly satisfied with something you've written......I hope that you are satisfied with this piece....because, to my mind, there is no room for improvement here!!......PINNED for perfection!!......Bravo dear poet brother!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!.,.....T xo : )
Tony, good Tony. It is always a pleasure to hear from you sir and you see with such fine poetic eyes(swaying back and fore) and for that I thank you.
I am now the proverbial happy poetry bunny and leave it now stet.
Thanks again Tony and your astute and warmly welcomed comments mean a lot to me.
Respect and kudos to you.
Ohhh, I am a sucker for a decent narrative poem and this is right up my street! Love it and pinned it. I would say more but I am going to read it again . . . And again . . . And, yes, AGain. This has me well and truly hooked.I 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Please forgive this lamentable and woefully late reply here Tina.
And in the spirit of your comment simply thank you , thank you, thank you and thank you for reading it again, again, again and one more for luck..again!
If your reading this in real current time, then have a great New Year's Eve and your loved ones also and simply make every new day count.
See and read you in the New Year. x.
Hello Shaun, this is beautifully done, the tale, the "longing" described so eloquently. The heartache of the loss she never recovered in life, but I absolutely adore the ending
Brilliantly done,
love is an entity all of it's own
Really enjoyed
Love
Lorna xx
Lorna thank you for stopping by and for your uplifting comments so generously bestowed here.
And you get it, you understand what's written here.
For as you say..
'love is an entity all of it's own'
And I'll share a secret, this is my favourite poem that I have written.
Thanks bonny lass and you and your family have a great New Year's Eve and have a double on me, enjoy it and make every new day count and be happy :)
Shaun xx
Lorna, hope you get this message and you mentioned recently about going back on old poems and rewriting them, rejigging/ reformatting them.
Sometimes years later.
Well this is one of those 'years later' poems.
About three years later, for the original ending never sat truly right with me.
So three years later the right ending is now in place.
And it was staring me in the face, for it was so simple to see and fix.
So a happy poetry bunny after the rewrite and this locked down stet version.
And to let you know you're not alone, about rewriting older poems and giving them a new airing and a refreshed lease of life with its true beating heart.❤️
Nos da bonny lass.
Shaun xx
Re-read and re-loved, its definitely one of my favourites of yours
brilliantly done and the ending is perfection!
nos da bonny lad!
lorna xx
With comments like that Lorna, you're on my Christmas Card list!
Nos da bonny benevolent lass.
Shaun xx