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Textbook Romance

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The beginning was sweet as any other,
Fresh with the smell of new-book.

          It was as paradise.
          I would serve thee seven years,
          But it seemed mere days,
          For the love I had to you.
          Yet you sought to beguile me,
          And through all of the time,
          I was yet deceived.

          As Aesop’s lion I bared all,
          A forfeit of my weapons,
          I shed my defenses.
          And still you set upon me,
          Seeking to drive me away.

          My chivalry of old time ricocheted,
          Off of your demeanor as it was stone.
          Ah!, what sad state am I in,
          I felt as Cervantes’ pitcher,
          As I threw myself at you.
          Do you mean to tell me,
          That I have traveled all this way,
          For nothing?

          A thousand ships will be gone,
          Launched by your radiant face,
          That glows of a sailor’s sunrise.
          Justice claims you as mine,
          Yet they fought to take you,
          And so wretchedly was I conquered.

          O!, how I so longed to see him stricken down,
          But a better man than I, he was,
          I find that I love him more than myself.
          This William tells a sour story,
          But it is not so different than our own,
          Ended with a knife,
          Like so many things.

How can it now be reduced to such sorry state?
The tear-stained pages of my textbook romance.
From a male perspective.
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Zimir's avatar
You have created some great poetry here! very unique and real from the heart of many. Whom ever they be.
I like this one alot!