Love Poem: Why I Must Stay?

Why I Must Stay?

Why I Must Stay?

You entered my heart faster than wind.
And promised my soul bliss would begin.
Joy, soon faltered, by blistering sin,
Where lost hope and hate put life on spin. 

Lopsided lovers living as friends,
Why on this earth does not this love end?
Angry words become sweet lines again.
According to some, such love cannot win.

Alone in the room while you sit near,
I wonder why hurt brought each new tear.
We dreamed forever of loving dear.
Harsh words have hindered gladness, I fear.

So as thoughts befall on this dark day,
I pray, “God, please take my life away.”
Then, I remember why I must stay.
Grandchildren laughing, wanting to play –

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
June2, 2010
Poetic form: Rhyme  (Each verse is written in monorhyme...almost.)