Saturday, December 16, 2023
POEM: WE FOUND EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN AT LAST
Wiping blank the destinies once made
An old memory at twilight dies...
An echo of a time we two once knew,
Flickers in the depths of lover's eyes
Somewhere in some ancient unknown land,
At long lost oasis caravans well met,
A tale began which stood the test of time,
Two who knew they were fated and yet...
Though fingers read their secrets,
And lips spoke love without a word,
Love embraced love the ancient way,
Till gasps and heartbeats could be heard...
Destiny moved on, tore them apart,
Destroying kiss and touch and mad embrace,
Mere memories remained of what passed there,
And time moved in to fill the empty space.
Though their world dissolved, apart they lived
And died, from lip to ear the story ages passed,
Reminding lovers of the pleasures of that night,
Till we found each other once again at last.
Copyright December 16, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin
Labels: donovan baldwin, legend, lost love, love poem, love story, poem, poetry, time
Saturday, November 25, 2023
HAVE I ONCE KNOWN YOU IN SOME OTHER PLACE OR TIME - A POEM BY DONOVAN BALDWIN
Have I once known you in Some other place or time?
Were we lovers then,
Winging forward to the now,
Where we find ourselves
United as before?
These eyes, these lips,
Seeming delightfully new,
Are yet, somehow,
So famliar, and,
Joyful to behold,
To touch once more...
Or so it seems, that
You and I once were one,
Lost to one another...
Seeking through eternity,
For that one who
Filled and made us whole.
I gaze upon you,
Reach for you,
In your newness to
This time and place,
And, with wonderment,
Confused by familiarity
And ease, must ask,
In this now and here...
Have I known you in
Some other place or time?
Copyright November 25, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin
Labels: donovan baldwin, lost love, love poem, poetry
