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| By marywood18 | ||||||
| 15 November 2007 | ||||||
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THE BRUTAL BONDS OF LOVE
By Dora Mary Langloise Youth is the sapling, straining for growth Whilst innocence shields what’s ahead; Knowledge comes when growth is forced; Then innocence lies crushed and is dead. Love is symbolised by the flowering rose, Beautiful, and yet, holding pain; As its thorns bleed the heart when love is lost, Leaving the scars of hurt to ingrain. Fear is the bough naked of buds, With no dream of the life that’s to come. Hope is the bud that glistens with dew, In the dappled light of the Spring Sun. A heart can hold that budding hope, And dreams can flourish despite fear. Though always the parting is brutal and raw, And the dew falls on hope, like a tear. But, a false sense of hope and beauty, Can be given by the self seeking weed. Because, as it grows, it saps all goodness, Leaving life crushed just to sate its own need Then, courage comes like a single seed, Among many dropped from the sky, It gains hold and grows in strength, And blossoms when all others die Though never forget the chaff that was sown, Let it take hold, and it will abound, Destroying all beauty and strangling all love, Until forgiveness allows peace to be found. In the end you will know, If you face all you have to face and hold the rose with care, You can hold the courage, the dreams, and the hope, And never let ‘the brutal bonds of love’, strip your soul bare.
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