Winged Lovers

Passion escapes on newly emerged wings
Take flight dear lover to heights far above
Above dull drabby dampness water brings
Stay with me awhile we twitter with love

Rest not weary souls for our lives are short
Leave all your worries with discarded ghost
Our flight will become our grandest consort
So before we fall let's make it the most

Who shall dare decry such flights immortal
Trudging away slow strides in lakes below
Far away sky a pleasurable portal
For once, and only once just let it go

Life we cherish is not for the taking
For all the more happier love making
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: May 2012
About this poem:
Inspired by hatching mayflies, when emerging from water have no mouth parts for which to feed, but only a few days to live with only one purpose left to perform .....to mate on wings

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Comments (9)

elo69
elo....wave
LadyMorgana60
Lovely sonnet Yankee thumbs up
Fab the way you have expressed the short life span of Mayflies! yay wine
niah9
Different spin on nature....enjiyed very much...Kathydancing teddybear
Poetnumber1
Beautiful work Yankee,it was indeed a pleasure to readpeace
Odette67
Life we cherish is not for the taking
For all the more happier love making.

Beautiful poem yankee about the shortness of life... If all the leaders of the world made love more often...There would be no time for wars. applause purple heart
Ahyra
Beautiful sonnet yankee4u thumbs up bouquet
Macduff5
Hi Yankee,

Nice sonnet...when I read your poems so much of it reminds me of Robert Frost. I guess the same part of the world and so much about Nature. cheers
Ondos
Life we cherish is not for the taking
For all the more happier love making


grin head banger
Fellsman
What more can one say about your delightful sonnets Yankee? The closing couplet is a masterly summation of the three quatrains.

Fine writing

Bill wine wine
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