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The Heartache Stone

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:23 pm
by rmbowen
I wrote this poem in the first person, but it is based on sympathetic observations. No one is immune to temptations; It is particularly a problem for a sailor on the beach. I know.
I believe it was Ben Franklin that said something like this," Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool learns in no other."


The Heartache Stone

I don’t blame you for leaving me;
I didn’t even ask you to stay.
I should have pretended I didn’t see
Or turned my head the other way,
But I just lost my mind
When opportunity walked by that day.

Northern sea patrols are a cold and lonely time.
Months pass before our feet touch dry land.
Her touch had the warmth of sunshine,
When she walked over and took my hand.

Too late I realized the mistake I made;
Temptation was leading me on.
But walls of experience are with heartaches laid,
Not blocks of stone.
Sooner or later one will find
That each must build his own.


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Re: The Heartache Stone

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 11:00 pm
by KellyJoeRay
AWESOME and DEEP...and TOO close to HOME...Been there...Done that... Thanks Shipmate...This is a fantastic work of art...