Good Honest Gesture Poem by Mark Heathcote

'Do you suppose' they know what?
They're even talking about.
'Searching for truth is opening-
Up a whole new coconut:
Better, keeping closemouthed
Better, than old wounds reopening.
'It never seems to end.'

Guess that's why they're no longer
Either lovers or best friends…
'Time is like William the Conqueror
And it's passing too quickly.'
And once it's gone it's gone…
And all else is forlorn.
Unless eternal love is a cosponsor.

Let's hope the age of chivalry
Is still with us, yet, my pet
And let's hope- futility
Isn't a seedless grape without taste?
Let's hope the age of chivalry
Isn't dead and that you might hold
Good honest gestures, thoughtful uncontrolled.