The Conundrum

Why did I fall in love with you,

There’s thousands more would have loved me too,

But love like yours is an evil brew,

While mine is true, and a man thing.

How could I see your lovely face

And think it harboured a state of grace

When all it hid was a can of mace

That drove me mad in decanting.

I should have sought your history

That kept you hidden in mystery,

For though I followed you wistfully

I never uncovered the bantling.

What is the hold you have on me

That keeps me wanting you wretchedly

Long after your love has done with me

And lost itself in your canting.

You may have coined a gypsy curse

That got to my heart, and hurt it first,

But you’re without love, and what is worse

Love’s without you in your ranting.

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked and I understand this poem. Those gypsy curses can be dangerous. Thank you David for sharing your amazing poetry.
Coyote

[TPK Stories]

Wise questions when one ponders a love gone bad? Great write.....

[D Connolly]

I liked the way you rhymed this, with the last lines all rhyming each other. I don't know if there's a poetry word for that but I like it. The meaning to me hits close and actually raises questions for me; why do we choose the ones we love? Would I choose differently if I could have a do over? Why did I hold on for so long to something that was so wretched? And then there is the pity I feel in the end...

[Gaurav]

The last phase of love is as mysterious as the unwinding of first kiss. I like the subtleness in human psycho that the poem offers. A lover loves but a lover is trapped in his/her past as well. Never to be trusted. Good one.

[θεά]

There is a certain madness about love that endures, about love that tortures and the love that lingers, even if it isn't shared by two people in the same intensity. Your poem has that kind of madness, with the haunting ability to touch readers the way it is supposed to.
Great write David, keep it up.

Best,
M.

[Valentine]

David, this is the aaab thing with the 3 rhyming and the 4th rhyming on all verses. I never studied poetry writing but this type you have mastered. Tell a tale within a tale. Valentine