My Beloved: So Far; So Near. Poem by daa Pacifyr

My Beloved: So Far; So Near.

Rating: 2.8


IF SHE WAS SITTING, GRACEFUL AS ALWAYS;
WITH HER EASY SMILE, PLAYING ON HER SOFT LIPS;
AND A WORD OF KINDNESS, ON HER LIPS FOR EVERYONE.
THEN NOTHING WOULD PLEASE ME, THAN THAT SHE WAS INDEED HAPPY;
AND IN THAT, DO I FIND MY OWN HAPPINESS;
OH THAT THE FAIR ONE BE UNTO NONE BUT ME.

LET US NOT SPEAK OF DISTANCE, SHE IS A BIITCH;
THIS WE KNOW, AND NEED NOT SAY MORE;
THE DAYS PASS BY; I CRAVE YOUR GENTLE TOUCH;
BUT IN THE MEMORIES OF US, SPENT IN EACH OTHERS ARMS;
IN THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS, I FIND COMFORT;
OH THAT TIME AND FATE BE NOT SO CRUEL TO ME.

ON LONELY NIGHTS, I LAY ON MY BED STARGAZING;
ON COLD NIGHTS, LONGING FOR THE WARMTH OF YOUR ARMS;
ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, THOUGHTS OF YOU HAUNT ME;
WAKING UP 4AM, WISHING FOR THAT GOODBYE KISS;
SLEEPING OUT OF BOREDOM OR OUT OF LONELINESS;
OH THAT MY BELOVED WAKE ME UP WITH A KISS.

EACH DAY I PRAY, TO WHOEVER IT IS THAT LISTENS;
THAT AS I SLEEP, MY SOUL TO KEEP;
AND IF I DIE, MY SOUL TO ACCEPT;
AND THAT IN THE NIGHT AND IN THE DAY;
ALWAYS AND FOREVER;
OH THAT THE FAIR ONE SMILE AS SWEETLY; AS EASILY.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
CONSIDER THE TALE OF A COUPLE SEPARATED BY DISTANCE WHILE THEIR HEARTS ARE TOGETHER.
THE MAN FONDLY CALLS HIS LOVER 'FAIR ONE' OR 'BELOVED'. THIS POEM IS A LETTER TO HER.
IN THE FIRST VERSE; HE ESTABLISHES CONTENT AND JOY THAT WOULD FILL HIS HEART WERE HE TO SEE HER AGAIN EVEN FOR A MOMENT; TO SEE HER EASY SMILE PLAY ON HER SOFT LIPS.
IN THE SECOND HE MENTIONS DISTANCE; SAYING NOT TO SPEAK OF IT BUT TELLING HER IN ESSENCE HOW MUCH HE LONGED FOR HER PRESENCE BY HIS SIDE. HE TELLS OF HOW HE FINDS COMFORT IN THE MEMORIES OF THEM CREATED IN TIMES THEY WERE TOGETHER.
IN THE THIRD VERSE HE RECOUNTS INTIMATE MOMENTS; HER KISSES; CUDDLING WITH HER AT NIGHTS. HE GOES FURTHER TO TELL OF HOW HIS NIGHTS ARE SO DREARY WITHOUT HER.
IN THE LAST VERSE, IS A PRAYER FOR HIS BELOVED. THAT SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HIM; OR SHOULD HE FALTER; LEST HIS LOVE NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH, THAT HER SMILES REMAIN AS SWEET, AS TRUE, AND AS QUICK AS BEFORE HE MET HER AND AS WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER.
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