Beginnings filled with sleepless nights
passionate promises and
thrills of the heart.
Bewildered with lust and surrender
taken and spun and wrapped
for all it was worth.
Stars fall, turning to dust on the ground
in the realness of dissolution
and seeping of hope.
Love doesn’t weaken or fade away
just wakens to a new day
like a slap in the face.
A dismal day, bleached with truth
that life can be all and nothing
you want it to be.
copyright 2001 all rights reserved Kim Alvarez
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Reviews of "Five Years"
Reviewed by Romantic Scorpio (Reader)
Reviewed on July 1, 2002
Empowering, inspirational, and so true.
Reviewed by T Cloth (Reader)
Reviewed on June 4, 2002
Ouch! You're so right; life can and sometimes is all or nothing... all AND nothing... the sacred and special moments amidst the hellish and lonely hours...
A collection of love poetry both relatable and unique.. Poems both joyful, playfu , yearning and romantic. The Poet has exposed his heart and soul in words of love and admiration. Take a journey through the thoughts of a Contempary poet of love. Poet
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