Syllables of Love and Sadness

Sweet syllables of love

Slip easily from my pen

And Loves twin, heartbreak

I write of, now and then

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I love to write of rainbows

Moonbeams and sunshine

When I put pen to paper

My inspiration’s so inclined

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Children’s laughter, youthful dreams

Happy memories from my past

Embracing my beautiful wife

Whose love will forever last

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I love to think happy thoughts

And bring them to the fore

To present them to new friends

And old friends I adore

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As with all lives though

There is good as well as bad

I have experienced much pain

To think of which makes me sad

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These thoughts come to haunt me

In the middle of the night

And sometimes catch me unawares

Amid darkest night

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But I am not yet brave enough

To share these thoughts with friends

As I here read of their pain, so bravely

Bared upon the page

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For now, I’ll write of my happiness

My good times in the light

And I’ll keep those saddest thoughts

Under darkest night