WHEN LOVE HAS NO PLEASURE

WHEN LOVE HAS NO PLEASURE

by ROBERT DAVIDSON

Yours is the heartbeat I yearn to own
As I touch and lightly stroke your red-gold hair;
I almost feel the kiss of you upon my mouth,
But you push me aside, I stand in despair.

Who has loved has lived full measure,
Even tho' the wind sighs like a muted violin.
But when love has no pleasure
The tense strings throb no more.

One starlight night I thought to steal a kiss.
To bend your will to mine, my single goal;
But a waning moon stared icily down,
'Cause hurting you was like hurting my soul.

Who has loved has lived full measure,
Even tho' the wind sighs like a muted violin.
But when love has no pleasure
The tense strings throb no more.

Copyright 2005 robertdavidson

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Love without pleasure isn't love, surely. Loving is exchanging and sharing pleasure.. you didnt want to hurt someone cos it would have hurt your soul .. but, what about that other person's treatment of you...

I dont know if this is fact or fiction.. whichever - it has a very strong sense of melancholy and heart ache. I feel like crying now..