Poem -

VAGABOND HEART

VAGABOND HEART

                                          Her love is frail as bird’s bone
                                          and holds the truth of a thief’s word,
                                          she plays “loves me, loves-me-not’'
                                          the last petal being the hardest,
                                          defoliated and left to rot

                                          He, being born with a wild heart
                                          and thirsty for love from the very start,
                                          wander the night streets holding the empty cup.
                                          The wet pavers, like a mirror, reflect his pain,
                                          and man knows broken heart can kill
                                          if not learnt how to mend and heal

                                          He carries his heart in his fist
                                          his fingers bleed from gripping with such force,
                                          the cup lays empty in the gutter
                                          and he vows never drink from it again,
                                          but his wild heart is hopeless, 
                                          the vow cannot be sustained

                                          No merriment for this vagabond heart 
                                          and his story has no happy end,
                                          as affection from her part does not exist,
                                          she plays with his love like marbles in a pit.
                                         
                                          With his love she’ll play 
                                          from his love she’ll feast 
                                          —It’s the nature of the beast!
                                        
                            

 

Like 3 Pin it 1
Support CosmoFunnel.com

Support CosmoFunnel.com

You can help support the upkeep of CosmoFunnel.com via PayPal.

Log in to leave a comment.

Comments

author
matthew harris

i inferred that some ideal notion of love forever elusive generates a profusion of creativity and/or mastery of another physical or mental strength as a substitute for the pitch perfect notion of a counterpart til death do them part. 

Reply
author
Bernadete van d...

Thank you for your comment, Matthew. "a substitute for the pitch perfect.."
you are right Poet. I think love is not cruel, because love is just that: Love!
It's what we do with love that brings consequences of bliss or pain. 
It's the complexity of the human nature, I reckon. Both, men & women 
play with love like marbles in a pit. 

Reply
author
Marion

Unrequited love, the hardest of all...fabulous write with some wonderful lines x

Reply
author
Neville

This is quite possibly my favourite poem of your making to date .. indeed, there are several very fine lines in its composition but those two opening one's are amazing and certainly most memorable .. Neville 

Reply
author
Bernadete van d...

Thank you, this is one of my favourites as well. Actually, I have a soft spot for this poem and I am so pleased you like it, Neville. I knew you would. Cheers. 

Reply
Poem -

Love Simply Gives

Love Simply Gives

The essence stays in the heart
when the hand gives the rose,
Hate gives itself to hell,...

Poem -

Simply Being

Simply Being

I am here! Simply here! Listening and looking…
The leaves are greener than yesterday,
and the...

Poem -

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

You are a Poet,
You can transform blood into red roses,
and convert clouds into vessels,...

Latest poems in Drama, Melodrama, Romance

Poem -

STUFFING IT BACK IT IN THE BOX

FAIL

STUFFING IT BACK IT IN THE BOX

There's plenty of time to plead your case...

Another Judge should be seeing you soon...

You...

Poem -

The fatal impact upon being...

The fatal impact upon being washed upon the pock marked shore

Into an inescapable
invisible net watery entrapment wove
ransacking access to treasure trove...

Poem -

TROPHY TREMBLED

TROPHY TREMBLED

Award night...

Many say they haven't watched it in years...

Some are calling it a Woke...

Advertise on CosmoFunnel.com