The dukedom reveled in exuberant extravaganza with festivities of all conception The aging duke had yet again found a duchess new the fourth in succession A shrewd contriver had struck well a beautiful bride befitting lineage a dowry awesome A rarity to be flaunted before confined to lonely recesses a possession handsome A banquet to… Continue reading Dubious Allegiance – A Covenant Transgressed
Ulysses! Twenty long years and countless seasons have I endured the haunting separation The piercing loneliness and pain the overwhelming void and suffocating isolation Silently I burn by day and scorch while hopes wax and wane with delirium Your thoughts consume my existence torture and threaten my equilibrium Incredulous thoughts and conflicting emotions and a… Continue reading Penelope – A Paragon Of Connubial Fidelity
When roses bleed and thorns caress Laughter mocks and tears bless Loved ones intrude and strangers please Clarity blurs and obscurities blossom The hearth is dead and the wilderness awakened The sun scorches and the clouds are stationed The walks are lonely and the streets are thronging Bonds are loose and apprehension swarming Wreck and… Continue reading In Love’s Refuge
For kith and kin And all my friends My heart treasures Memories beyond measure Together we created history While life unraveled its mystery A knock ever so gentle A hesitant whisper Promptly did filter Hearts started to shrink Transported us to the brink The soul is now blistered The conflicts are registered Shredded and tattered… Continue reading Ruddy Drops & Fragile Bonds
She sat besides the red roses Dull to their splendour The thorns pierced deep Her heart did bleed She gazed at the lush green grass Soiled and trampled With footsteps never to retreat He stood at a distance His presence unnoticed A muted cry crushed his heart His arms did ache to embrace her If… Continue reading Tender Compulsions
Recollections At Fall 