Stranded Sentiments

you paint me in revere'd peach'd brilliance

pen'd scriptures that leapt over the moon,

adorning waves of cerulean sea mist's diamonds

skywriting words of elevated beauty

wafting into the empyreal unknown

sang to me melodies of perfect harmony

 

yet these extravagant sentiments get stranded

on a lonely island when all that would suffice

is an 'I love you'...

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Sometimes words are a bit too flowery for us to believe them. Still, it is nice to hear compliments and feel the adoration...to bask in the glorious sentiment. Then again, there are those who use the flowery words instead of the three simple words we really need to hear....the ones that make us belive and understand. Is there a "perfect harmony" in matters of the heart? I wonder. There are times when too much is not enough. I am rambling....let me just say the imagery was glorious in this one, Frieda. Lydi**

[Frieda P]

Oh I almost missed this one Lydi...sometimes that's all we really need to hear, the rest is all fluff. Thanks so much.

[Jack...]

Those islands indeed can be very lonely...for both parties...the one who longs to hear those words and the one who might just be afraid to say them...but eventually, if it was meant to be, they will be said.

Those three words are actually very easy to say, 3 words, 3 syllables, easy...but to mean them completely is another thing altogether.

Frieda, you always have a message, always something to say and you do it so eloquently that we have no choice but to listen. Beautiful again my dear friend, your poetry makes it seem like spring every day of the year.

[Frieda P]

There are definitely people that can't say them, even those that feel that way sometimes, that always perplexed me. Words are so important, as well we know. Thanks so much Jack.

[Cassie]

I see some sadness at the end, more like a longing for something else but the only thing that comes out is i love you, i think we all feel this way, expecting more than love..I loved this one as usual my dear friend

[Frieda P]

Thanks Cassie, sometimes a simple 'i love you' is all we need.

[Pryde Foltz]

yet these extravagant sentiments get stranded
on a lonely island when all that would suffice
is an 'I love you'…

It feels so good to hear those words. Great one ...

[Frieda P]

Grazie mille Pryde.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, sometimes we hear all but the words we really want to hear...

it's not so hard to say, if we really feel it...but sometimes love is lost when not expressed "simply"---

[Frieda P]

Funny how some people can't merely say the words, thanks jacob.

[Lyn Anderson]

I had to reread this one - twice. Grand gestures sometimes don't mean as much as the little things.

[Frieda P]

Some of the best things in life are free, thanks KL>

[The Hampstead Poet]

A beautiful description of those moments where many waste words, when all of their sentiments could be expressed in three simple, essential words; "I love you". The older used of grammar, such as the "peach'd" with a dropped e really helps express your point, and how love is more ancient than language itself.

[Frieda P]

Why thank you for your visit and such a luverly review HP.

[Sami Khalil]

This is a gem for the Valentines and its celebration. I hope he can deliver you roses in this ice storm where the roads are closed...Marvelous...

[Frieda P]

Ha you've got Valentine's Day on the brain Sami...thanks, jazz'd you enjoyed! ;-)

[Sami Khalil]

Hahaha...Yep...You are welcome...:)...........

[Robbie~xoxo~]

Ahh so true, Friedalicious!!!

In the end, all we need is the simplicity of love....
It comes down to the organic essence of an "I love you"...it would indeed suffice...

A Lovely expression!~xoxo~

[Frieda P]

Yep, simple but not easy for some I guess, thanks muchly Robbie, so glad you're back, the cafe was missing our Seductress!! MWAH xoxox

[Sarai Lee]

What a lovely sentiment where words fall short, and though you are filled with all these incredibly descript images of adulation, the simplest phrase "i love you" is all that will sum it up. I know that feeling! I love your use of dropped 'e' in the -ed phrases. It gives the poem even more ancient elegance. This piece makes me want to expand my vocabulary, and go kiss my husband all at once! Well done!

[Frieda P]

Ha, I'll expect a thanks muchly from your hubby, thank you Sarai!