there is only one pain

by Tyrone Penning

December 3, 2018

there is only one pain
that is love
pain of longing
for love
and pain of losing
the beloved
for whatever i have
i will surely lose
that which i long for
is already lost
the greatest joy
the seed of
the greatest sorrow
here today
and gone tomorrow
every moment is fleeting
every breath anew
nothing to be said
nothing can be done
to turn back time
or to change what is to come
so the wise have said
better to have loved and lost
than to never have loved at all
all i know
we are
have been
will be
forever
love

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S.zaynab.kDec 3, 2018

Joys and sorrows here today gone tomorrow wow a nice super poem and I like how you put it. Thumbs up. pleez do comment under my newest poem too, comments are not common here but I like meeting poets via comments.