For A Sweetheart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGFAFHBIJAKFLA MNOA| You are my love and I love you | A |
| Yet | B |
| In the odyssey of my wildedt dream | C |
| I have searched across fiery suns | D |
| and timeless space | E |
| And I found you | A |
| I have sought you out from subterannean darkness | F |
| I have treasured a word of love | G |
| And in my sorrowed world filled with fevered stillness | F |
| I love and love because of you | A |
| This love I kept is some sort of madness | F |
| Living spreading engulfs me in realms of death | H |
| Yet | B |
| In one single moment | I |
| In one discreet heartbeat | J |
| I say I love you | A |
| Does the earth have to fall and crumble | K |
| Do I have to bridge chasm of blackness | F |
| Do I have to kill infinity | L |
| To let you know that I need you | A |
| I have searched in the substance of ash and flesh | M |
| But there would be no chasm | N |
| No grave that is a home | O |
| Until I found you | A |
Abdilla Sumbing
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 07/06/2020
Poet's note: I wrote this when I was in college, in the late '60s. I wrote it for a girlfriend. The poem meant a lot for me. It was a revealation of something within me.
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