Symphony Pathétique

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For me, love and nature go hand in hand. There is nothing more natural or beautiful in this life than to love...unless it is to be loved in return.

As for our sexuality - gay, straight or transgender - love does not discriminate so by what right does anyone else?

The death of a loved one, in any circumstances, is one of the hardest things we have to face in life. Thinking about death, though, does not have to be morbid or depressing. We just have to remember that spring always follows winter and be glad for the good times. [True, it’s never easy, but always worthwhile.]

As I have said before on my blogs, and dare say will again, moving on does not mean leaving anyone behind.

SYMPHONY PATHETIQUE

I see the sunrise in your eyes,

watch it set in your hair,

but when I’d kiss you goodnight,

you’re not there

I laugh with you in the rain

like we hadn’t a care,

but when the sun starts to shine

you’re not there

Media homing in on the spread

of HIV-AIDS everywhere,

the rhetoric of concern exposed

for an empty chair

If heaven’s kisses bitter-sweet

for the love in our care,

dare we betray, fail to keep it safe

in lust’s dark lair?

But for your love in my heart,

I could not bear

to know each time I take a fall

you’re not there

Let nature leave its mark on us

nor its passion us spare;

come mind-body-spirit awakened,

you are there

Copyright R. N. Taber 2010; 2018

[Note: This poem first appears under the title ‘Sympathetique’ in On the Battlefields of Love by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2010.]