Have mercy on this soul of sorrow, God.
Let the light of morrow never lay eyes on us.
I pray, as long as i have arms to hold her
cloak us in shadow, let night drink and rejoice.
She has the eyes of the moon, the soul of spring
I cannot touch her beauty and leave it unscathed.
This evening i write my greatest poem on her lips
and pray the sun will not take her from my sight.
The fair skin of her palm,my only bond to life
I trace it first, with ink-stained fingers
I clasp it then and hide it between my own
so that her betrothed can never trap it with a ring.
Oh dear God, I see it, i see your Eden now.
It has no snake, not apple tree, it has not sin.
What fool was i to believe we were cast out of it
when it lies aglow, golden on my bed.
By all the stars in the sky enshrined she is on my heart
she plays the cords to that song that lifts my soul.
Did i have a soul? I did not know it before she came
and in her words,in her laugh i hear love unbiddable, ungovernable.
Will you have me take an oath, dear Lord
to keep the morning bells from ringing, the dawn from breaking?
Take the ground below me and the sky above me
take my blood,my breath but let her.
Oh what a foolish poet she has for a lover?
This is not life, only a season stolen, a dream.
I cannot catch her with these weak and poor hands
she is flowing away like wine from a broken cup.
Wilt thou have me broken and dead of heart?
They will take her!They WILL take her by human laws!
What world is this that love is not the law?
No!I will not die by their laws,
only by her hand i will find ruin or rapture.
Have mercy on this soul of sorrow,God.
Make me blind and mad, plague me with illness
so that i will not see her shipped across the sea.
Strike me down now while i hold her in my arms
and I kiss her in her sleep.
Author notes
Inspired by "Shakespeare in Love". Some words are taken from the wonderfully written script of the movie. Third time(if i am not mistaken) that i write from a man's point of view and i can say i really enjoyed it,i truly experienced it through writing about it.
A contest entry
- Give Me Love...With a Twist by Hidden.
480 points, ended June 7, 2008, 38 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Love is the Law, Love under Will by SchizoChic.
450 points, ended September 29, 2008, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Turn those greenies into gold (or silver or bronze) #6 by whispernthedark.
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• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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Nice take on the prompt. Best of luck in the contest.
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Very nice. Thank you for entering the contest. Good luck.
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whisper
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Interesting take on ones desire to seek approval from God for a sin of lust. I don't know the movie, but your poem is well-written.
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Thank you for the applause and comment!^_^ The poem is independent from the movie,it was just inspired from it.
I just wanted to say that it is not approval the poet asks from God in his desperation,it is time,alteration of the natural course of events and help basically.
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