The clandestine lover
Love needs prudence and consideration
which are carried easily too far
and leading into traps of cowardice,
but there are always byways
roundabout to keep you on the target,
so that you don't have to give yourself away
to all the world for all your love
and at the same time still remain
complete and honest as a lover.
But whatever others think of you
for all your hypocritical prudential cowardice,
your heart can never tell a lie
for all the masks that decency demands,
and as long as you stay true and constant
to the overburning and consuming love
of your bereaved and tortured heart,
you will survive and conquer all
as the most honest and convincing lover.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
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Written on 2010-05-08 at 12:08
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