This is Not a Love Song

[Lucinda]

I finally wrote a poem!!! I used to write poetry a lot, but pretty much gave up when my illness got bad as I just couldn't seem to manage it anymore. It just took too much energy and my brain was too foggy.

However, thanks to a little encouragement off someone on this forum (thanks!) I have been trying again, and finally managed it today! I put pen to paper and a poem came out, just like it used to before I got uber sick. It's a fairly simple one, but I wanted it to be. 

This is Not a Love Song

I will not write you a love song
for this is not love
(as the songs know it).

No. This is much simpler.
Much purer.

This is about one person
caring about the other,

and the other?
Being grateful. Deeply, quietly grateful.

You have listened, sympathised,
laughed and smiled,

and shone, like a soft beam of light
in a harsh, dark world.

And perhaps one day
I can show that I care,

but for now...it is about me.
Still my heart is filled with you.

[roger]

Sod you, Luc - you just made me cry and I don't cry EVER!

But it IS a love song - a truly moving love song about REAL love.

Keep that muse of yours going but DO NOT make me cry again....my street cred's in ruins 

[Lucinda]

Hehe thanks Roger.   

I'm really glad you liked it.

[roger]

Didn't like it. LOVED it. Also loved the fact that you're back on form with your writing.

[Lucinda]

Feels good to write again. 

Oh, and as for:

But it IS a love song

Perhaps. But not the typical love song kind of love. A different kind.

[roger]

I didn't say it was, you donkey, I know it wasn't, but that's why it's so good!!!

[agapanthus]

It's a lovely poem Luc - thank you for posting it and I am so pleased for you that it has started to flow again and hope that you will write more.

Sometimes it is just about beginning and then the rest comes, but we get afraid or feel frozen to begin in case it doesn't work this time. I am speaking for myself here of course and it may be different for you. I almost began a poem yesterday and still have the idea in my head so maybe it will come.

Back to your poem ... I like the way it looks on the page too which is as important to me as the words .. something to do with patterns and the way they sound different depending on how you lay the words down.

Elaine/Aggie

[mothernurture]

Thank you Lucinda, what a beautiful and moving poem, i loved its simplicity and pure of heart nature.
i'm glad you are able to write again, you have inspired me to have another go, like you i havent written for ages.

 sending hugs,      MN.

[Lucinda]

Thanks aggie

And yes I like to focus on a way a poem 'looks' too. I like the look, the way it sounds, the images, everything to reflect what the poem is about.

However, admittedly I probably partly kept this poem so simple as I'm not sure I can yet cope with writing more intricate stuff! Best to start off simple to ease myself in.

And thanks as well MN. 

I'm very glad you feel inspired to write yourself! I loved your poem, 'Onions'. Please do share if you write something.

[roger]

Hi Luc,

Can you explain to me why 'intricate' in poetry is better than 'simple'?

I promise you that this is a serious question because I just don't understand why something less easy to grasp enhances whatever is being expressed. I know I must be missing something and I'd appreciate having it explained.

Ta.

[Lucinda]

I don't think 'intricate' is better than 'simple', Roger. 

It's just I'd like to be able to write in a range of styles and ways. A poem's style should reflect it's meaning - so whilst very simple styles will suit some poems, it may not suit others.

Though I think a poem should always be understandable! If it isn't it kind of fails, really.

[roger]

Thanks for that, Luc - I was misunderstanding. Got it now.