Hello, beautiful readers! I have seen more progress on my house. It's still not done, but it's coming along. This week's Wea've Written Weekly (W3) was a complicated one. D. Avery invited us to write a ghazal, which is five or more couplets of the same length where each couplet has a repeating refrain and rhyme in the second line. I'm not really sure I did it correctly, but it's all I could come up with.
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Only the Worthy May Climb
I protect my heart with a guarded wall.
Before love can start, one must face my wall.
Lowering my guard's not an easy feat.
One must be quite smart to enter my wall.
Few have almost been allowed to enter.
When we grew apart, I rebuilt my wall.
But I have never given up the search
For one to take part in climbing my wall.
When someone worthy finally arrives,
Our love will break charts; I'll lower my wall.
Would you like to try to write a ghazal? Join us here.
Yvette, I like how “our love will break charts; I’ll lower my wall” feels like such a triumphant release after all the guardedness earlier. It makes the whole climb feel worth it.
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David
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Thank you, David! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteI too enjoyed the journey in this - from self-imposed protection to eventual optimism: love WILL arrive.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marion! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteThe wall is a consistently solid image throughout the poem but how wonderful that there’s hope for it getting lowered at the end. A delightful ghazal.
ReplyDeleteThank you, D! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteI love your metaphor of the wall. It reminds me of ‘Wall’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bravo, Yvette! 👏
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lesley! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteThe wall is a great metaphor, Yvette, and I like the repetition in this form. It expresses confidence at the end. Wonderful! Lauren 💕
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lauren! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteThat's an interesting type of poem, Yvette. Wall is a good word to use when love is in the process, and then it breaks down as love and trust grow in the relationship. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marsha! It's not my prefered form, but I enjoy experimenting with different forms. Thanks for visiting! :-)
DeleteVery perceptive about the vulnerability needed to form close relationships.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kerfe! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteYvette, this is so well done! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Val! I appreciate your kindness. :-)
DeleteLove this and I think we all have some sort of wall that we only let down for those special few xo
ReplyDeleteSo true, Denise! Thanks for stopping by. :-)
Deletehi, Yvette 💗
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Much love,
David
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Thank you, David! I'll go take a look. :-)
DeleteI love this. I share your sentiments. I try not to rebuild my wall and love openly. The verses in 1 Corinthians come to mind: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”
ReplyDeleteThank you, Melissa! I have that quote above my office door. It's a constant reminder of what all forms of love should be. Thanks for visiting! :-)
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