(Just another poem from 1992…)
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In truth I would be willing
to try to comprehend
the reason for your going
and I would not pretend
to care if I did not,
to love if it were false
and it would not offend me
if it were just my loss
but others love you also
and other hearts will bleed
when they find out you’ve gone
without farewell. For we all need
connections that are solid
and love not fickle, true –
for love is what we live for
and I’m willing that for you.
.
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(c)Â 1992, 2012Â Betty Hayes Albright
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A love poem Betty? That’s different. It’s a really wonderful love poem.
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Thank you, Thomas… yes, I guess you could call it a love poem. (And maybe one could say that most poetry is “love poetry”…. it all comes from that “place”!)
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Nice poem Betty.
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Thanks, Dennis!
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Oh I really like this one–it feels “familiar”. Great, Betty!
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Hi Caddo – I’m not surprised you felt a familiarity with this one. Thanks for the nice comment! 🙂
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It is always hard to say good bye and sometimes even harder to wish the leaver well. Beautiful poem. I love the picture too. ( Both our characters on a lake will they meet?) xx
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Willow, I had to go back to your blog and see – yes, our two characters on a lake! Wonder if it’s the same one. 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
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Wonderfully honest and deep Betty. Love the image too.
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Thank you, David – I always appreciate your comments!
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Hi Betty, lovely, esp the last line 🙂 “I am willing that for you”.
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Thanks, Ina! 🙂
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A beautiful poem Betty!
“”Love” is the biggest word I think I have ever come across and “willing” is a close second!
Love Christine x
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Thank your for saying so, Christine! 🙂
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Lovely poem Betty, i like these two lines.
if it were just my loss
but others love you also
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Thank you, DP, – glad you liked!! 🙂
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I think love poems are the hardest to write, because the sentiment has been “done” so much and so often and not always very well – but here it’s gorgeous Betty. Impressed.
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Thank you for your nice comment, Holly Anne! 🙂
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Very lyrical poem expressing an earnest request for someone to stay for the sake of others, not yourself. How often have we been in the postition to speak like this–and did not? Betty, please check out my first contributing author post at the group blog at http://ptl2010.com, dated 02/03/2012, entitled “Proving Hope Through Praise”, if you want to find out more about me and my motivations and inspirations. Appreciate the support always! Hugs!
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Thank you, as always, Granbee, for your insightful comment. (I will check out your article – thanks for the link!)
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So refreshing to read about the true nature of love!
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Thank you, Jacsprat! 🙂
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very beautiful and deeply touching. I felt that the words were prompted by deepest altruistic as well as personal stirrings. This, all- very moving. ..Linda
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Willow, I’m thankful for your comment!
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Love to a most deserving recipient, whomever he/she may be. Good lyrics for a song…
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Lindy Lee, would you like to compose some music? 🙂 Hadn’t thought of it as a song, but maybe… Thanks for the comment!
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So touching, my friend. I feel this one strongly, and it resonates in my bones.
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Hi VW – thank you, I’m glad this one touched you. (I know what you mean, as most of YOUR poetry resonates in my bones!)
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Very gentle but very honest, Betty.
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Thank you, Bardess. I like that you felt the “gentleness” of it.
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This seems more specific to one individual, one moment in time than much of your writing, in particular your contemporary pieces.
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You’re right, Ben – and that moment is long past, thankfully! 🙂
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I enjoyed this touching love poem.
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Thanks, Fergie!
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