These Paltry Lines
These paltry lines cannot bring you back
Into the halo of this street lamp outside my door;
I thought I had words but even they
Slipped from my grasp and went away.
I thought I had words but even they
Could not make you stay. I asked the earth
To still my heartbeat and then say
If your shadow fell across my hearth.
I was a paltry poet with paltry lines;
I was a paltry poet with simple rhymes
I was a bard, a dreamer looking for signs.
Nothing did I have; my only lifeline
Was this: rhyming these paltry lines;
Words, words that I tried to align
Into a kind of poem that kind of shines.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Sandra Martyres
Lovely "paltry lines" that rhyme perfectly rani...good write
Lovely "paltry lines" that rhyme perfectly rani...good write
heather wilkins
nice poem, your lines are great.
nice poem, your lines are great.
you have artistry, Rani, and talent.