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When Cupid's Arrows Go Astray
by Martha Endsley → (All Poetry by Martha Endsley)
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This poem was written several years ago after my daughter lost her only sibling, a brother, in an auto accident. She had just come out of a bad relationship and was away from home going to college. She met these two young men and they competed for her attention. This is a poem about those events.

WHEN CUPID’S ARROW GO ASTRAY

 

 

Love is so pure and sweet

When two hearts meet.

Bust when Cupid’s arrows…go astray.

A heart yearns,

It soars…then it burns,

And vanishes away.

 

Two childhood friends

Grew into handsome young men.

As blood brothers, life carried them along

A friendship…they thought…was fortress strong.

The arrows of Cupid pierce the fortress and it falls;

Leaving a dark cloud hanging over the shattered walls.

 

The girl…swayed by a yearning gnawing at her soul,

Meets one at the altar and the other…her heart…he holds.

A turmoil of emotions…a sibling laid to rest…her world…rent,

She choose stability…she thought,

Over love…which she knew…was as uncertain as her past

 

As a falling star streaking across the sky in the night,

Heightens the emotions with its brilliant light;

The mystical enchantment and awe of its sudden journey

With all of its glory… it is but only for a moment…then it is gone,

As is love… when the tiny spark never ignites and becomes full blown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "When Cupid's Arrows Go Astray"
Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on January 9, 2009
Such a delicately sad write and I am so sorry for the loss of your son. Sometimes the heart can be fickle....

Be always safe,
Karen


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