“If
I Were You, And Love Should Call”
(a
sad and silly poem of regret)
09/22/14
To
my dear, dear friends, and ever-constant readers,
I
If I were you, and love should call
might I—again—rush to its fair embrace?
Perhaps in another youthful time, another place
in seeking blissful love, and to that love give all.
II
If you were I, and should love its sorrows prove
the kiss that once was welcomed, now betrayed;
to leave a torn and reeling heart, afraid.
Forever shuttered ‘gainst all future loves to move.
III
But…since I am I and you are you
and he and she are they,
would you pursue a most uncertain love,
or else—in sadness—watch it drift away?
IV
There must be loves long-lasting, strong and true.
Alas, it was a love I never knew.
End
Oh, my precious friends, what are your opinions and
thoughts regarding ‘love’.
And…as a kind of informal poll, do you believe in, “love
at first sight?”
I wish for you blissful days and nights free from
pain, want or despairing.
In full-surrounded by relatives, children, good
friends (and, pets!), who love you truly for the wonderful person that you are.
And—as
always—please know that I think about you often, and love you dearly!
‘Zahc’/Charles