Some people embrace love with the fervor of a missionary
holding it close like a book of scriptures to the heart
while others just cup it softly and awkward like a nestling
that has somehow fallen from where it once was
the love I hold has wandered through both paths
like a lost fawn searching for comfort in the dark
once my heart found it
I grasped hold with the strength of a thousand men
never wanting to let go
yet too weak to try
now I tenderly keep it within my palm
knowing it is too fragile
to withstand another fall.
Linking with Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads Fireblossom Friday #10
....and yes I am late very late as usual. :-)
now I tenderly keep it within my palm
knowing it is too fragile
to withstand another fall.
Linking with Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads Fireblossom Friday #10
....and yes I am late very late as usual. :-)
Beautiful, Carrie. Love is fragile. I really like:
ReplyDeleteI grasped hold with the strength of a thousand men
never wanting to let go
yet too weak to try
now I tenderly keep it within my palm
knowing it is too fragile
to withstand another fall.
def feel you in this...love is fragile...and we have to be careful on some level who we allow to touch it...because not everyone really cares for it...
ReplyDeleteAwww... love that pic.
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes love is very fragile, depending on how many knocks it takes to beat it down and yet, it has the power to make a come back, time and time again even stronger and wiser for the lessons.
Beautiful piece Carrie.
Absolutely the days of our lives and the love and compassion we carry are so very fragile....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pic, beautiful words!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Carrie, I so know about holding too tight and then learning how fragile the human heart is, and cupping it carefully. I SO HEAR YOU on being "too fragile to withstand another fall". Got that t-shirt for sure!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful poem Carrie...love is fragile and life tries its best to shatter it. I tried to find a favorite line in your poem, but I fell in love with all of it.
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful, Carrie. The image alone says so much and to connect it to a love salvaged or saved is so inspiring. The element of trust is so important when one gives one's heart to another:
ReplyDeletenow I tenderly keep it within my palm
knowing it is too fragile
to withstand another fall
Sweet and beautiful and cleverly done, Carrie. I agree with what Kerry had to say.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being a part of FBF!
Awesome words ... loved it !!!
ReplyDelete"while others just cup it softly and awkward like a nestling"
ReplyDeleteThat is really beautiful.
Carrie, that is truly beautiful! I think that is the best place to hold and shelter love!
ReplyDeleteHmm...yes, it's often hard to hide the scars.
ReplyDeleteThat last line says much
Lovely
Rick
Magnificent!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. I have been following you for a while now and am really impressed by your work.
ReplyDeleteI am a budding poet myself...if u can comment on some of my work, it would really mean a lot. Thanks
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We all learn from our experiences on how to hold it just gently in the palm of our hands...I specially like these lines:
ReplyDeleteonce my heart found it
I grasped hold with the strength of a thousand men
"never wanting to let go
ReplyDeleteyet too weak to try"
Are these lines important to you? It would describe my relationships pretty well, unfortunately, but I keep telling myself that my feelings, including love, are generated within myself and therefore should be able to be controlled and o be created.
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