If love was hiding in a bowl of cherries Sweet and enticing, not like un-ripened berries Could you pick it out, choose the one Or would you fumble, unsure of some
How do you know where it could be? If they were all plucked from a single tree Would it be the one hiding, seeming shy? Or the cherry that simply took your eye
Does hesitation make you unsure? That love could hide if it was pure Why wait, why not pick the fruit What if its wrong, does not suit
Why choose, why not sample them all Would you become the vain mans fool What is the thought that holds you back? You cannot sight feelings lying in the pack
Indecision will make it pass you on by If the one that’s right you will not espy Your heart, not eyes, will leave one in the bowl For it is the one that shines, a radiant soul
For the answer is not the beauty of the skin The outside tells you nothing of what lies within True love can seem to hide in a single cherry But beware, for the fruits of life are many
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Posted: Jan 2010
About this poem:
true, real love is sometimes hard to find!, for it can disguise itself!
the mind of a young man would say 'sample as many as you can' but the mind of a more mature man would say 'beware and choose wisely' so maybe I'm younger than I think I am its a great poem trurorob
i absolutely love this poem ! So beautiful in it's truth and sincerity - Love , real love can be so very elusive --it is precious and hard to find ! Well done on such wonderful poetry Best wishes --Serenity
Thanks Kathy, some say they are sick of seeing it, but as the rules say you can pass it on by. I suppose it has been here a long time, but it is also one of my favourites as well, probably because it is so true. Rob
Wow!!! What a amazingly beautiful write.... For the answer is not the beauty of the skin The outside tells you nothing of what lies within!!!! Lovely and sincere deep rooted words.....love it rob fantastic!!!
Thank you Cherry Lady, with a name such as that I am not surprised, glad you enjoyed the poem Rob
shadow1950taunton, Somerset, England UKMar 22, 2013
quite right that such beautiful word shoud again see the light of day true love does not hid even blind fold you know if your loved one is near a touch a scent is all thats needed a truly fine write Rob
indecision will make it pass you on by If the one that’s right you will not espy Your heart, not eyes, will leave one in the bowl For it is the one that shines, a radiant soul
Hello Rob, How elegantly expressed, a superb synopsis of true love, Phil.
123whisperMelbourne, Victoria AustraliaMay 5, 2014
'For the answer is not the beauty of the skin The outside tells you nothing of wat lies within" and than again body language and face expresion can give away so much what words has limitations to rich Great write;I love it
I enjoyed your poem....some of it may of went over my head though but that is what makes a good poem, when one reads it over and over to find a new morsel. You write like myself as well.
123whisperMelbourne, Victoria AustraliaMay 10, 2014
Oh master... If poem come from the heart, then do broken hearts produce better poems? I have just been bitten. Should I be twice shy? For me, emotion, of any kind, fills my ink well.
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Rob
Rob
but the mind of a more mature man would say 'beware and choose wisely'
so maybe I'm younger than I think I am
its a great poem trurorob
Rob
So beautiful in it's truth and sincerity -
Love , real love can be so very elusive --it is precious and hard to find !
Well done on such wonderful poetry
Best wishes --Serenity
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
A Bowl of Cherries, nice to have it resurrected.
Sweet smile!
Soph
Hope you are well, I did mail you.
Rob x
Rob
For the answer is not the beauty of the skin
The outside tells you nothing of what lies within!!!!
Lovely and sincere deep rooted words.....love it rob fantastic!!!
Rob
true love does not hid even blind fold you know if your loved one is near a touch a scent is all thats needed
a truly fine write Rob
Rob
Your a celebrity!
"pass the tea pot"
Soph
x
Rob
indecision will make it pass you on by
If the one that’s right you will not espy
Your heart, not eyes, will leave one in the bowl
For it is the one that shines, a radiant soul
Soph
Rob
The outside tells you nothing of wat lies within" and than again body language and face expresion can give away so much what words has limitations to rich
Great write;I love it
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
If poem come from the heart,
then do broken hearts produce better poems?
I have just been bitten.
Should I be twice shy?
For me, emotion, of any kind,
fills my ink well.