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Marcus
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Marcus asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 6 years ago

Writing a love poem for a cynical partner: please can you help?

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longstory-short, there's this woman...! I'm about to ask her out. She's not the swooning fair maiden type; independent character, almost harsh. But she's big on trust and likes the idea of being 'courted' (her words!). Hard to write for her; how's this?

"What you said to me is already poetry."

The trouble with my love is you.

You were born to be a fire eater,

A flame talker, or something fierce and rapturous,

A proud, mile-eating, smiling predator darting fire from her eyes.

That first year: “So you’ll print the letters when you schedule Hearings?”

“I wish I could set people on fire with my eyes”

“Are you sure you’ve got time for that?”

“Thank you!”

I never have one feeling at a time.

I feel fuchsia, every morning,

Happysad you smiled at me,

Guiltyglad I said nothing.

You speak. “Were you ok today?”

“The rules are clear, if they want to feel you up they should give you chocolate first”

“On another, deeper level, he looks like a dick”

“Maybe if we both wish for it, it might happen”

Nothing in this world is single.

Fire is yellow red; beyond red; invisible violet.

And an otherworldly watchfulness

Would see despair and celebration in every hunter’s eye.

No man in love is original, and anything trite is a lie.

People are complex, to love is to fear,

And poems are only a sigh.

People who love are a union, and we cry and we laugh as one.

I trust you more than I’m frightened,

And our words have the weight of the sun.

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago
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    I like it. Not everyone is a Pollyanna. Some are just who they are and want to be accepted on that merit. She will like it....or not. ☺

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Is a cynical love partner REALLY worth your time much less a poem......you deserve better.

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