I would liken you
To a night without stars
Were it not for your eyes.
I would liken you
To a sleep without dreams
Were it not for your song
Comment:
This is a beautiful description from the eyes of a soulful lover.
Love Poem #5 – “A Wooing” by Langston Hughes
I will bring you big things:
Colors of dawn-morning,
Beauty of rose leaves,
And a flaming love.
But you say
Those are not big things,
That only money counts.
Well,
Then I will bring you money.
But do not ask me
For the beauty of rose leaves,
Nor the colors of dawn-morning,
Nor a flaming love.
Comment:
I think the lover is saying here that my love is priceless and I am willing to give it to you. However, you choose material things and I can give those things, too.
But don’t ever ask for the best of me.
I guess there would be some who would consider this a bargain.
QUESTION(S):
Do you think “relational bargains” really occur?
Love Poem #4 – “Fire-Caught” by Langston Hughes
The gold moth did not love him
So, gorgeous, she flew away.
But the gray moth circled the flame
Until the break of day.
And then, with wings like a dead desire,
She fell, fire-caught, into the flame.
This poem tells us that sometimes the love we search for comes from an unexpected source.
The journey of the gray moth is moving as she patiently gives all for love.
I really like this one.
QUESTION(S):
Have you ever felt like the gray moth?
