Today’s blog started life as an essay and at some point magically became a poem. As always, I include a short explanation after the lines.
Virtue
When shadow casts and time seems long,
When all seems lost and hope has gone.
I think of thee and words now said,
Your voice, your lines, the path we tread.
And in my soul, when darkness roam,
There comes a light to guide me home.
With faith I give, while love you bring,
In mind, in flesh, in joy – we sing.
Through temperance, with truest heart,
While passion thrill and love impart.
By kindest smile, with humble grace,
Your shape and form, your touch in trace.
As patience fills each moment passed,
With amity, this flame shall last,
When shadow casts and time seems long,
when all seems lost and hope has gone.
I find thee.
My intention today was to create prose, poetic in nature and reflective of virtues I associate as being important to a healthy society. By the end of my first paragraph, I had a rhythm and meter so deep, it just had to become a poem.
I wanted to portray harmony, strength and support as shared between lovers, using faith, hope, love, temperance, charity, patience, kindness and humility to make my point.
The rhyming scheme is simple, but deliberate, as it creates a rhythm in keeping with gentle waves falling softly against a shore. I picture a couple, hands held, wandering carefree upon a beach, their strength shared by their mutual understanding and desire to love.
They have known troubled moments but rely upon each other to get through. There are no hard edges, the poem carries you in drift as would a gentle tide, as you are pulled from start to end.
This is a poem about matching strength to weakness and finding a way. It is moonlight on a summer’s eve, candles on a harbour wall, and secret moments alone.
One of your finest Pan – excellent rhyme and rhythm and poignant phrases understood by all.
Wendy xx
Thank you as always Wend, I love the harmony of the couplets. The lines pair in much the same way as the couple pictured in their lines. They rock gently, like waves, undulating and inducing calm.
This poem made my day
Thank you!
That is very kind of you to say, thank you so much
A wonderful way to describe how two people connect with each other through everyday life. Beautiful as always x
Thank you Nikki, as always you present a kind and considerate comment which I very much appreciate!
I don’t know what it is about your poems but I always feel such a connection with them.
Thank you Sue, that is so very kind of you
I hope you continue to enjoy them 
Superb—rounded–silky soft—love the soft edges that sweep and wrap at every turn. Thank you Andrew
Thank you Marina, as always your kind comments are much appreciated
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