My heart is a sealed tomb
Harboring within its darkened catacomb
The remains of our passionate love
This old bronzed body
Thick with verdigris
Serves as a protective sarcophagus
A monument commemorating
My eternal respect for the woman
Whose beauty alone
Once raised me from the dead….
2008 © TS
Wow quite a tribute to great love that lights an eternal flame.Beautiful-I gave you a ten.
verdigris lovely, natural design. good poem ted. i will keep on reading you.
You were correct, Ted...I do like it, and in fact, loved it. Your choice of words is...well...monumental, and it is truly a great love poem.
A great poem Ted. The language is beautiful and the way that you have constructed it makes the piece a real testement to you and your misses.
You may be a living monument to your love for your wife; here on Ph you're... well... simply monumental.... t x
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
What a wonderful testimony.... and though the beats move to memories... you have just delivered embronyic freshness xx