If Only You Stay True
A Love Poem
You hurt me, you know you did—
And I hope that I can heal.
But from that pain I know,
That the love we have is real.
🖤
We’ll put it back to how it was,
Only you and me.
Fun, sex, heat, and love,
Sand and sun and sea.
🖤
We’ll run and jump and skip,
In fire, wind, and rain.
Any and all that it will take,
To undo all the pain.
🖤
I know you’d take it back,
If only time had let you.
But such a gift we do not need,
If only you stay true.
🖤
This poem was written for the ‘Short & Sweet’ challenge, where us Vocal writers were tasked with writing a love poem constructed of only four letter words or less. If you enjoy writing like this, you’ll find tons on my profile with plenty more to come—so be sure to subscribe or pledge for updates 😊 you can follow me on Facebook to stay in touch and up to date with all my weird and whacky online stuff. I hope to see you over there!
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Comments (8)
Simply gorgeous poem. I especially connected with the line: " from that pain I know, That the love we have is real."
I think this was my favorite 😍
The structure and flow of this were outstanding Great job 👏🏽
Great job Gary!!! Surely, this must be a winner!!!
The purity of sentiment infused here is a solid foundation. Felt it.
Lovely!!! Love this!!!♥️♥️💕
if only...great poem
Well done, Gary. Good luck in the challenge!