once I looked into your eyes
I knew the flame of love burned bright
I failed to kindle that flame
as some might
I knew the flame of love burned bright
I failed to kindle that flame
as some might
given the chance
I would look deeper
find the flame
that is burning there
within your heart
I would look deeper
find the flame
that is burning there
within your heart
You are flaming fast this week! Love the romantic take.
ReplyDeleteSome idiot missed out! Not you, him! :-)
ReplyDeleteAww...lovely bittersweet poem.
ReplyDeleteGreat magpie.
...the chance
ReplyDeleteLoved the romantic take on this magpie
I'm a hopeless romantic myself
Helen, love your romantic take on this Magpie. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou have to look deep into that flame and let it burn...nice magpie..bkm
ReplyDeleteTaking the romantic approach, I see. Nice magpie.
ReplyDeleteSo easy to be burnt by love! I like your style.
ReplyDeletebitter sweet Magpie...well done!
ReplyDeleteAs Janis Joplin sang, don't you turn your sweet back on love!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your gentle poem.
PS--Goddess bless you for using pop up comments format. I wish everyone did.
ReplyDeleteI love that you wrote about love. It's all about love, and I love it! From the deep place in your heart!
ReplyDeleteHow romantic and unexpected for me. Somehow I was driven to deep lost.
ReplyDeleteThese magpies really can take all of us on different journeys.
Thanks Helen!
Beautiful. Fire is such a powerful metaphor for so many emotions. Well done.
ReplyDeleteyou were quick on this :-) well done !
ReplyDeleteRomance is in the air! I love your take on the prompt. Lovely Magpie.
ReplyDeleteI just hear this in a whisper...
ReplyDelete(like a child pleading to believe in Santa once more....)
Perhaps an extinguisher isn't the best tool to kindle with? ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a poignant poem, and you were the first this week!
ReplyDeleteChristine
Sweet poem!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful take on the prompt! Great post!
ReplyDelete-Weasel
Oooh! Very nice, very simple language used to great effect.
ReplyDeleteAwwwwww! Nice, Helen.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet and tender! Love it!
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful! i wanted to do a romantic take but somehow the words just went in another direction :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and sad. I like that combination!
ReplyDeleteNice! I'm new to this magpie thing...thought I'd do some reading to see what's out there. I like how you used the fire metaphorically. Unrequited love, so hard.
ReplyDeleteTrue that...
ReplyDeleteLoved it :)
~Cheers
Hope you never get your fingers burned! :)
ReplyDeleteI recall the beautiful flames of love. These days I'm more interested in anti-acid to put them out!
ReplyDeleteA simple and lovely piece, Helen.
Good job too - you might have got badly burnt...
ReplyDeleteDear Helen: Passionate! I love romance! Excellent way with words especially;
ReplyDelete"look deeper
And find the flame that is burning there"
Love does that!
jj
Aw, sweet but melancholy poem - yearning is vivid in this short piece! Nice work.
ReplyDeleteYour poem is lovingly wrought. I don't know why the Elvis song "Hunk of Burning Love" came to mind.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great romantic you are!! I fell for this...
ReplyDeleteIt's never to late to kindle a flame, but once it's out nothing can revive it. Nice Magpie.
ReplyDeleteso easy to confuse the flames we choose to fan...
ReplyDeleteHelen, I can almost feel that flame flickering here. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully romantic :)
ReplyDeleteLovely, melancholy and rather profound. I liked the language and the flame image.
ReplyDeleteThere is regret in this beautiful poem...but I sure don't regret reading it!
ReplyDeletebeautifully written!
ReplyDeletebeautifully said!
ReplyDeleteSo romantic, darling H!
ReplyDeletexoxox,
CC
Helen,
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad thing when love doesn't burn both ways.
rel
Read this a few times and the more I readthe more I saw the more I liked.A mirroring effect of the sentiment of the poem.Good work Helen.I likes it!
ReplyDeleteBrief, elegant.
ReplyDeleteIs it ever too late? I’m going to look deeper.
ReplyDeleteThis was a lovely way to spin a wistful tale of what might have been.
ReplyDeleteWhat might have been... a sad tale
ReplyDeleteI like that twist in the second paragraph!
ReplyDelete"as some might" - that made me think!
ReplyDeleteLost love...a poem of regret. Strange looking at those old comments. Sad that Tumblewords has passed.
ReplyDeleteLook a little deeper, there's a wick in there some place. Most times women can find that wick, and they carry a lot of matches.
ReplyDelete..
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteA very lovely "what if" poem.
ReplyDeleteWriting about love brings up so many emotions, and memories. Love this, Helen!
ReplyDeleteRomantic and bittersweet Great write!
ReplyDeleteWise girl!
ReplyDeleteYou manage to say so much in so few words - wonderful - Jae
ReplyDeleteGives me shivers, your write entices. Brings forth a "Let it be me, let it be me!"
ReplyDeletethe poem cries for another chance and we all do sometimes! wonderful
ReplyDeleteLove can be a wildfire or an ember. Life reviews bring new insights.
ReplyDeleteThat's nice. Love, like a flame, does need to be encouraged along, given attention or it dies out. I wonder how many times we've all failed in that, with a first little spark, and don't even know?
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