Love Poem: Hope Denied
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Written by: Kurt Philip Behm

Hope Denied

When love deceives,
  the heart to bleed,
  its truth an open wound

Forever long,
  time’s painful gong,
  rerung with every moon

When love deceives,
  on bended knees,
  and lost within the pain

All wishes fly,
  with hope denied
  —as emptiness remains

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)