Love’s Folly ©Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry

Welcome to week 3 of the “journey of love in June” series where the heartbreak side of love is the poetic focus—“love don’t die easy”.

In the corner of this crowded room,
he laughs—a sound, like summer rain, descends on me
And there—his eyes catch light, not mine
Telling tales of how his fingers sketch unseen dreams onto her skin, not mine

When he smiles, it’s for her, while my affection lingers, unclaimed
Every whisper between them,
a language I will never speak
Every secret shared, a wall
that grows higher, thicker, between us

In quiet hours, I trace the contours
of a love that is not mine to hold
In a world where he is the heartbeat and I, merely the echo
He is someone else’s warmth, someone else’s promise, someone else’s always

I watch from afar, my love a silent sonata unplayed
Suspended in the space where longing meets loss
Left here, another heart learning to beat alone in the aftermath of love’s folly

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In creative solidarity, Dee

40 thoughts on “Love’s Folly ©Dawn Minott”

  8. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    I really enjoyed reading this prose, it really put in perspective the idea of living vicariously through someone lens. The things hoped for when looking for love can be fleeting if the love is not reciprocal

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  11. RoHan Williams's avatar RoHan Williams

    Speaking my life with your words!

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow – huh huh –

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow – huh huh –

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow

    She is a no show

    When Dawn pen to paper, all systems go.

    I tried to leave it as a coment but  I did not see it  so I am seding it
    here.

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  12. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    Speaking my life with your words!

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow – huh huh –

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow – huh huh –

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow

    She is a no show

    When Dawn pen to paper, all systems go.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  13. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    sating my life with your words! 

    Taylor Swift a Taylor a slow - Huh Huh-

    Taylor Swift. a Taylor Slow - Huh Hih-

    Taylor Swift a Taylor Slow

    She is.a no show

    When Dawn put pen to paper – all systems go!

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