Love Me Tender Love Me True

once i said these words
and you loved me so

time betrays true hearts
lovers fall out
like snowflakes from
oaks

now i do not bother saying
these
but how i wish to be back
there

under the cloak of the night
the jewel moon
for given the chance
i must say these words again

how swiftly the wings of time fly
how hollow are the structures of words
the termites finally win

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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