Friends often ask
Why I've no one special
My response, but I do!
For I am in love
Not with one
But all ladies
And for this
I'm in love
In love with the world

With only one real girl
My heart’d be tatters
No fairness sure to me
Or potential mate
For no sooner the bells’d
Ring out our endeavor
I'd fall for another
Before honeymoon

Friends often ask
Why I've no one special
To open my soul to
When life is a smile
Dreams are a frown
My response, but I do!
And maybe you've seen her
Heard her sweet music
On sonnet afternoons

She's the queen of all queens
Lady of ladies
My true love’s the one
Who gives me these words
And for this
I'm in love
Not with one
But all ladies
For this
I'm in love
In love with the world

© 1993

890 hits as of October 2024

06/09/2015

Author's Note: Partially inspired by the work of French poet, Jacques Prévert (RIP 1900-1977).

Posted on 06/09/2015
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti