TRUE LOVE
Did you ever
Run your fingers through a burning flame
To make sure that it would burn you
Run straight into a closed door
To find out how much it would bruise you
Look straight at a naked lamp
Knowing it would blind you
I did it all
And now I’m sure
The blisters will heal.
And now I have found out
The bruises will fade
And now I know
I will nurture the light inside of me
For as long as it takes to deliver the child
Not a stillborn, lifeless child
This will be a perfect child,
A healthy child - not deformed or maimed
The child that I have already named
True Love.
Run your fingers through a burning flame
To make sure that it would burn you
Run straight into a closed door
To find out how much it would bruise you
Look straight at a naked lamp
Knowing it would blind you
I did it all
And now I’m sure
The blisters will heal.
And now I have found out
The bruises will fade
And now I know
I will nurture the light inside of me
For as long as it takes to deliver the child
Not a stillborn, lifeless child
This will be a perfect child,
A healthy child - not deformed or maimed
The child that I have already named
True Love.
Labels: Poetry
3 Comments:
At 8:07 PM, ahmad said…
I Love This one...
...I tried them all as well...and i know by now how much I've gained by hitting the closed door...
thanks for the poem... a real Talent!
p.s. why i feel like we both wrote about the same thing? the same time?
:)
At 12:37 PM, klephty said…
May I quote Oscar Wilde:
Everyone kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword
At 10:01 AM, Anonymous said…
wonderful ghada
and real courage reveals in declaring our feelings and living them to the full whether they r worthy or not.
feelings r like truth completely obstinate and any trial to deny them or even ignoring them strengthen them more and more.
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