Love Poem: Yet Brokenhearted
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Written by: Joe Dimino

Yet Brokenhearted

Some say Love is everything

Some say love is nothing

Of course, if one has never been loved,
never felt such warmth from another;
absent the caring nearness of a  dear
mother, father, sister or pal-of-a-brother

not been taught by nurturing family

but, in fact – of love deprived

then, before lived, 
              to one's buried heart
love has already died…

It is not, necessarily, that one’s heart
has never sincerely desired though not tried,

but the painting of his world
his experience has so lied

any chance for developing
empathetic features -- 

his nature has been cruelly 
deprived – 
           therefore,
before the feathering brushwork of him, 
             his portrait of love

has already cracked, peeled,
unrecognizable~ dried….

Sometimes things lost
are never found: that sand-castle
on beach,  adult, sunny, encouraging
faces, painted by the sun
like a silly made-up clown -- 

Somethings lost, are never found

Some couples meant to be
are never joyfully bound
by faith in cherished sacrament
of marriage...Cupid and his trusty
bow left sadly to disparage. 
                  
                     God has His
Heaven, and the Devil
our misguided low-some hell

before learning to soar~ man fell

the joy of loving stopped

before started – and the Spirit of
Love, yet brokenhearted….