The Bookends

A well-written synopsis

About the book of you and me

Can be deceiving when using words

With more than one meaning.

 

And putting a sleeve

On our well used copy

Might hide the tattered binding,

But that won’t keep the pages

We continually reread

Hoping to find new meanings

Between the lines

From falling out.

 

The only way to save

This classic literature

We penned together

Is to put it on a dusty shelf

Between the bookends. 

Reviews

[Deepak Belbase]

delightful! reading, sounds like a classical tale of a Book's Journey...

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Well thank you so much.

[Rita L. Sev]

Yes, that will preserve the book... but the words will be locked inside, and the story will gather dust... Love this one, Dale!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you Rita, glad you enjoyed it.

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

So profound. It is still better to keep the good memories of love.
Beautifully written.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Yes it is... thank you.

[~]

I really liked this piece. The metaphor is seamless and the title compliments the theme perfectly.

The book of love, but a love that i feel is in a stage of ambiguity, tired and best left to the mercy care of memory.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much, really glad you like it.

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

Very ingenious analogy of cycle of love as a book withered with time. It could become a timeless love, though, if taken care of and kept secure like between bookends.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much :)

[Cherrie Palmer]

..About the book of you and me Can be deceiving when using words With more than one meaning...
Great opening and what a way to say it.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thanks so much, glad to see you back in the cafe.

[Beccy]

Just a perfect capture of the way love is, and how even the most loving and long lasting of relationships is split into chapters that don't always read the way we would wish them to.

As Jacob said, a marvelous metaphor.

Beccy.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so very kindly Beccy.

[Colleen C Dunphy]

I love this, there is so much meaning between the bookends!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much queen Colleen :)

[Matching Socks]

Beautiful, it could be saving to relationship, or saving the memories.
Either way, both stay with you.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much Ana.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Wonderful, Cowboy. The locals have a peculiar phrase for putting something up on a shelf. They call it 'saving' the books. In this case, i'd say it is almost a dead-ringer for 'saving' the relationship. These pages need to be protected and treated gently. Too often we don't treat each other very gently at all. Nice writing! Thank you for sharing it with us..:)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Why thank you so much hon :)