Frailty of love



In heart, mind, body and soul,
Our love has taken its toll.
No longer a flame fame,  
for a loving dame,
No longer a lust,
just lays like dust.

In some we trust,
.In most we must.
Though some seem Frail,
All others must fail.

Don’t let it die,
Don’t let it end,
Just remember me as a friend,

About this poem

Written for my first love after our breakup in 1982

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Written on February 22, 1982

Submitted by eddyvnhln on August 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCC CCDD XEE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 299
Words 73
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 3

John L Schatz

I was born in 1967 and grew up in Santa Cruz, CA. I was raised by hippies who were my foster parents and never failed me. they were my 5th family. My mother was a lady of the night. so she lost me to the state at age 6 by 9 I was a unhinged violent young man till I got put with those wonderful hippies. I then met the woman for whom I wrote this poem 1981 first day 9th grade together tge hippies and she taught me the meaning of love. And the frailty of it more…

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