If gold could tarnish
like my heart... my weathered, broken heart
the ring I wore with pride
would have greened long ago...
The ring, the resaurant
the vacant words of promise
are as meaningless now
as the plans we made
Love, all too often rots
B
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t He
miDdaY sUn
the RinG, now burried in a landfill....
the plans, now Divorced from tomorrow....
The ProMiseS, now dead in my... what can be said...
Where does love go to Die....
The was written with unusual line breaks and spacing. However, the html required for the effects is not allowed on the site. It does take away from the poem. Sorry.
Extremely sad and stark reminder that all that glitters is not gold .
Still we must not allow ourselves to carry a Candle for a wholly unworthy and dishonourable liar
Peter paton
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on May 20, 2003
Love can't die but other emotions can. Good write.
The Bible says that two shall cleave together and become one. When the one splits it leaves splinters, fragments of the missing part. That's how love is. The love will always be alive in you just as Christ is. Afterall....God is love. God bless! BEAUTIFUL writing!
Love,
Beth
Reviewed by John Valentino (Reader)
Reviewed on December 31, 2002
In the graveyard with all the broken hearts I imagine.
I think it goes from our hearts into our heads, Lori, a tender area that we touch from time to time, to feel that particular "Love" again, though it is done with pain and sadness. And I think that it actually grows, or changes, into a piece of the person's soul-life, making us more than before...anyway, thinking aside, you've certainly given the reader a nuance of human life many of us would prefer to brush aside, or linger to long upon.
Even though you've said some html are missing from the design of this poem because it wasn't allowed here. I find this poem most intriquing. Your final line - "Where does love go to die" - says a million heartbreaks and is most touching and heartfelt. Hope this is only a poem and not real. Take care!
It digs a hole in your heart before it does, wherever it goes.
Reviewed by Russ Okamura (Reader)
Reviewed on December 29, 2002
STILL, this is very magnificent ARTistry from a truly GIFTED ARTIST, with A BRAVE and TRUE HEART! You have an AWESOME WAY with your WORDS!
As LOVE GROWS, where MY ROSE-Mary goes, and NOBODY KNOWS, like mE!
HOW many ROADS WILL a man WALK UPON, before, they CALL HIM a MAN?
The ANSWERS MY FRIEND is BLOWING in the WIND!
The ANSWERS are BLOWING in the WIND!
MOORE than the GREATEST LOVE the WORLD has KNOWN
This IS the LOVE I give to YOU, ALONE!
MOORE than MY HEART IS breaking.
MOORE than my situation, MOORE than you’ll EVER dream of WAKING, SLEEPING, LAUGHING, HEALING!
You are MUCH MOORE than A LOT of other AUTHORS, show THEMSELVES to TRUEly BE!
I HATE FALSEHOODS, But I LOVE YOUR POETIC WORDS!
KEEP writing, you and poetry fits HAND in GLOVE!
Reviewed by Angela Velez (Reader)
Reviewed on December 29, 2002
a question i never thought about
i shall never forget this
you a brought my mind to a new level
thanku...happy new year
Reviewed by Amber Lynn (Reader)
Reviewed on December 29, 2002
Amazing imagery that I am now experincing. looking forward to reading more.
How did that song go "The dream never dies-just the dreamer"?
Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)
Reviewed on December 29, 2002
Lori I felt the sadness here. So touching, well done, Yes I wish it were easier to post poems that need html effects too....great job on this one. Floria
Reviewed by Ed Lupinacci (Reader)
Reviewed on December 28, 2002
Exceptional as always you write with so much depth of meaning
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on December 28, 2002
This is so poignant, nothing could take away from it, Lori.
Reviewed by Patricia Boudreau (Reader)
Reviewed on December 28, 2002
Does a broken heart ever truly heal ?? Does love die, or perhaps just "tarnish" ?? I liked the way you did this one...
Lori...what a tearful write. As you can see...all of us have had some experience with a dying love...but it doesn't mean that new seeds can't be planted again to bloom and flourish. Excellent write!
~ Dee
Lori,
What can I say that everyone else has not? This is a very creative, dark poem, I like it a lot!
"the RinG, now burried in a landfill....
the plans, now Divorced from tomorrow....
The ProMiseS, now dead in my... what can be said...
Where does love go to Die...."
Yes. a heart is more fragile than gold . . . but it's so much more beautiful – Especially in love.
Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
Very nice and creatively done Lori! ;O) Alas, love is like life..."never certain and filled with its times of pain, heartache and strife!"
Gods and Goddesses Bless
Nikki
Reviewed by Sanil nath (Reader)
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
Where Does Love Go To Die ?
Hey Lori L Moore ... All People in this world say we are living in modern world. Modernisation has conquered everyones life ... It conquered everywhere that everyone want faster life and all look for faster and still faster life ... No one can complaint Love ... Bcoz Modernisation is conquring Love tooo... It should also move fast ... Ha ha ha ... There will be a day to come ... where Love and season will have no difference .... Love will be more Like Season ...
"Love will Change from one person to another in months and so Like season."
With Regards
~Sanil
Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
love is buried in the soul, the heart keeps trying to jump start it.
Reviewed by Drkman (Reader)
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
Lori
Love is but a shadow once exposed to the harsh light of reality it simply disappears.
Excellent heartfelt write.
Drkman
{{{ Lori!! }}} I have missed reading your works... It is sooo good to see you posting. I hope the holidays were good to you.. and that 2003 will be a year of many blessings for you and yours.. You deserve them!
Love
Melanie
Reviewed by Connie Hinnen Cook (Reader)
Reviewed on December 26, 2002
"vacant words of promise"...Eileen said it well...exquisite, so elegantly exquisite!
Alex put it beautifully. "Love never dies. It's just the hearts that grow cold." I couldn't have said it better. Love lives forever in your heart, it never dies because it's something you can't physcially take away. It's not a choice, but it is the winner in all battles it fights.
Happy New Year!!
*-Brittany-*
Great Poem Lori. This was soo good. Emotional and quite sigh worthy ;)
Lori, nothing can take away from the beauty of your poetry...this is exquisite!
Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on December 26, 2002
Lori, love alwys dies inside your heart. And it dies a very painful, slow, agonizing death. But its rebirth is also inside the heart. And it blooms quickly and makes the world a bright and cheerful place. Death and birth is always the same place.
(((hugs)))) Bill Murray
Still we must not allow ourselves to carry a Candle for a wholly unworthy and dishonourable liar
Peter paton
Excellent write
Tami
Looking foreward to more.
Sterline
-James
Love,
Beth
Your poetry is so meaningful~
John
Wonderful New Year to you and yours, Lori!
Erin
:)
Even though you've said some html are missing from the design of this poem because it wasn't allowed here. I find this poem most intriquing. Your final line - "Where does love go to die" - says a million heartbreaks and is most touching and heartfelt. Hope this is only a poem and not real. Take care!
Happy New Year!!!!!
~ Sandie and Buddy ~
As LOVE GROWS, where MY ROSE-Mary goes, and NOBODY KNOWS, like mE!
HOW many ROADS WILL a man WALK UPON, before, they CALL HIM a MAN?
The ANSWERS MY FRIEND is BLOWING in the WIND!
The ANSWERS are BLOWING in the WIND!
MOORE than the GREATEST LOVE the WORLD has KNOWN
This IS the LOVE I give to YOU, ALONE!
MOORE than MY HEART IS breaking.
MOORE than my situation, MOORE than you’ll EVER dream of WAKING, SLEEPING, LAUGHING, HEALING!
You are MUCH MOORE than A LOT of other AUTHORS, show THEMSELVES to TRUEly BE!
I HATE FALSEHOODS, But I LOVE YOUR POETIC WORDS!
KEEP writing, you and poetry fits HAND in GLOVE!
i shall never forget this
you a brought my mind to a new level
thanku...happy new year
~ Dee
What can I say that everyone else has not? This is a very creative, dark poem, I like it a lot!
"the RinG, now burried in a landfill....
the plans, now Divorced from tomorrow....
The ProMiseS, now dead in my... what can be said...
Where does love go to Die...."
I always enjoy your work!
Hugs,
Maria
This is a very creative poem, the form is superb.
Love, Janet xoxoxoxo
On it's own.....till then its in the heart that still cannot...... let go....forever
Gods and Goddesses Bless
Nikki
Hey Lori L Moore ... All People in this world say we are living in modern world. Modernisation has conquered everyones life ... It conquered everywhere that everyone want faster life and all look for faster and still faster life ... No one can complaint Love ... Bcoz Modernisation is conquring Love tooo... It should also move fast ... Ha ha ha ... There will be a day to come ... where Love and season will have no difference .... Love will be more Like Season ...
"Love will Change from one person to another in months and so Like season."
With Regards
~Sanil
Love is but a shadow once exposed to the harsh light of reality it simply disappears.
Excellent heartfelt write.
Drkman
Marc Phoenix
Love
Melanie
Happy New Year!!
*-Brittany-*
Great Poem Lori. This was soo good. Emotional and quite sigh worthy ;)
i dont thinkk that love ever dies and that is the problem (for me just now)
your poem looks fine as well as reading well although formatting ~is~ a problem ---
again good write ---
john +
(((hugs)))) Bill Murray