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The Tragedy Of Hours

for your trouble girl, a keepsake

from the heart; I pledge to you I’ll not forget

how this fleeting dream did start,

a flickering of memory - it may sometimes make you cry

but I shall lose much more than this

when the bell tolls for

you saved for me; too much

that I could share; secrets that I spoke to you

scant baubles for your hair,

the tragedy of hours �?not ours to understand

as love’s last true intentions

slipped slowly through

for a whisper, let the tears

well in your eyes; risk a glance up to the stars

it’s waiting there �?your prize,

for all the lights upon the sky

and watching, hoping all the while

- lost lovers pass me by.

Lb, this is truly beautiful. I cannot choose a favourite line, it held me from start to finish and I know I shall be returning many times to read it over and over again.

This is one of the loveliest collection of words you have ever written, 'For whom the Bell Tolls' never sounded better.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee (if I remember correctly, sort of middle age France.) Really beautiful, lb. Zydha

LB, What a gorgeous poem this is, truly beautiful! I am beginning to think there is more to you than meets the eye! Excellent Bill, thanks so much for sharing it with us. Love Val xx

Hemmingway....Ingrid Bergmann and Gary Cooper.....great film....loooooooong book ! Thanks for the comment Zed.... : )lb

Oh Val.....if you only knew !...lol.....thanks, glad you liked this.... : )lb

This is absolutely beautiful. It just flows right off the page so smoothly, and the rhyming works really well, because for me it added a whole new deoth to the piece of writing. It is a terribly sad poem though - but wonderful in itself. I really dont know what else to say, but i think that your writing has gotten so much better LB, i honestly do because for me, in these last couple of poems that i have read, your writing has brought out emotions in me that i find very difficult to find while reading poetry, and it's not very often that i am left stunned at the end of a piece, as Zydha will probably tell you.

Thanks for posting this LB, i really like this growing style that you have found.

....Thanks Emma, it's replies like this that make writing worth while..... : )lb

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