R L Kilgore
Jul 9
To Toressa
icon1 Ron | icon2 Poems, love poetry, personal poetry | icon4 July 9, 2009 @ 9:51 pm| icon3No Comments »

Was ever a man more enticed
Or held so closely bound,
With no shackles evident
Or prison walls around?
Could ropes be drawn less securely,
And no attempt of a heart to flee?
And could a bird, born to fly
Free of any remand,
Find more desire but to remain
In your open hand?

                rlkilgore

 

rlkilgore@chartertn.net

Jul 9
Sleep, My Love
icon1 Ron | icon2 Poems, eulogy, love poetry | icon4 July 9, 2009 @ 9:47 pm| icon3No Comments »

 (for one who held his Love’s hand
          as she passed away)

Sleep, my Dear - Sleep in merited peace,
Your burden freed of infirmity’s heavy cloak.
This moment entered opens a door revealing
What just prior was not ours to evoke.

Sleep, my Love - Sleep, and I shall stand
The watch, a hallowed vigil your sacred shrine.
In this consecrated slumber lies
Your comfort and in your comfort I find mine.

                                          rlkilgore

rlkilgore@chartertn.net