Love Shall Have Its Way

By threeleafshamrock

Mon, 27 Jul 2009

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The sun doth shine and brighten all
The blackbird mimics nature’s call
Would you could save me from this fall
But love shall have its way

With head in hands I grip my hair
‘Tis with restraint I do not tear
And I would lose this pain I bear
But love shall have its way

How can this cloud, which doth haunt me
Not leave this sky and set me free
‘Tis said that what will be, will be
But love shall have its way

I know both love and hate as foes
But as each tributary goes
Hate ‘tis thought, the stronger flows!
But love shall have its way

I try to hate and damn this love;
To feed the raven, starve the dove
And curse this blessing from above
But love shall have its way

You fill my mind, you swell my heart
I cannot separate or chart
For if to finish; it must start
But love shall have its way

And sin I will, if sin I must
And blame to lust each panting thrust
I’ll later ponder, what is just
But love shall have its way

Comments

Some beautiful verses here.

Permalink Submitted by russiandoll on Mon, 2009-07-27 20:28

Some beautiful verses here. Makes me think of Jane Austen style wanderings in a beautiful garden. Really like this.

What a departure. There's an

Permalink Submitted by sarah wilson on Mon, 2009-07-27 20:39

What a departure. There's an old romantic here. Lovely:)

Thanks girls (alright, so

Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on Mon, 2009-07-27 20:42

Thanks girls (alright, so I'm a big softy, my secrets out;) lol. Thanks for the comments ...wow and a cherry ; I'm welling up ;)

'I try to hate and damn this

Permalink Submitted by MistakenMagic on Tue, 2009-07-28 08:32

'I try to hate and damn this love; To feed the raven, starve the dove' - love these lines Chris ;) Just to be picky, I think you need a comma to separate the two phrases in this line: 'You fill my mind you swell my heart' Nice to know you are a big softie :) Magic xxx

Hi Chris. You know how to

Permalink Submitted by luigi_pagano on Tue, 2009-07-28 09:32

Hi Chris. You know how to touch the heart of our female co-author, you old romantic. A nice poem written in the traditional style with some good lines. I like the last stanza very much; very revealing.

Thanks Magic, glad you liked

Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on Tue, 2009-07-28 10:14

Thanks Magic, glad you liked and thanks for the heads up on the comma; well spotted! Ah, sure we're all softies really, just some of us have a problem admitting it ;) XX

Thanks Luigi, 'touching the

Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on Tue, 2009-07-28 10:21

Thanks Luigi, 'touching the female heart'; down to age and experience Luigi (wish I had it thirty odd years ago ha-ha). Glad you liked; the last stanza is the key here and wraps up the whole thing. You can't deny love; it's an unrelenting mistress ;)

Lovely - phillosophical and

Permalink Submitted by sunshine on Tue, 2009-07-28 18:49

Lovely - phillosophical and delightfully sentimental too (without being too 'icky'). I think this is a hard style to adopt, so many congrats on pulling it of. Margot p.s. I think we get softer as we age don't we?

I fear you are right

Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on Tue, 2009-07-28 19:24

I fear you are right Margot...thank God for Viagra I suppose... ;) Sorry, couldn't resist ;)

Thanks Nathan for the

Permalink Submitted by threeleafshamrock on Wed, 2009-07-29 08:39

Thanks Nathan for the feedback - as always. This one just sort of came out and I must say that I quite like the end result myself; funny how things happen lol. Glad you could identify, I went back a few years in my own life for this one. Maybe it's the writing of things that are/were relevant at some time that makes for a better piece. ;)