I Thought Love Was An Emotion: Poem

I Thought Love Was An Emotion

Not an ordeal, no, not a slow walk in the sunlight
After a long melancholy night;

Not a trial by fire after getting wet in the rain
Stepping over puddles and watching pain
Plop in to the swirling water
And waiting, watching long after.

I thought love was an emotion, strong affection;
One that overrid all objection and dejection;

Not a melancholy metaphysical madness
Not a surreal, sentimental sadness.

I thought love was an emotion, an emotion
That it was just another poetic notion

When feelings your body do betray
Emotion tries to flee clear away.

Copyright: Rani Turton

Consolation, In Doubt: Poem

Consolation, In Doubt

Consolation, in doubt
Is all that I want; all I want when I ask
For reassurance today.

Apt are the times; The times are apt.
In intense solitude
The light shines.

The road is lit by lamps.
The moon has a halo.
The mind quietly ponders.

Consolation, in doubt,
Comes when least expected.
And then solitude smiles.

Copyright: Rani Turton