Two Loves Had I
Two Loves Had I
two loves had I
just two
they ended badly, though I loved them madly
I dare not seek a third
these love bringers caused pain that lingers
I’d not survive another
they had the power to rise before my eyes
welcomed to God’s kingdom
while my spirits fell, I was condemned to a hell
of my vulnerability’s creation
*My poem is primarily free verse with four internal rhymes. Written June 7, 2014
Based on “My Life Closed Twice,” a rhyme by Emily Dickinson. The last two lines of this poem have been carried in my memory since high school and, ironically, I feel Emily’s path in life and mine later proved to be quite similar. The following is her poem:
My Life Closed Twice
By Emily Dickinson
My life closed twice before its close
It yet remains to see
If immortality unveils a third event to me
So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell
For parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell
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