Love's 'Try Again'

(three separate sonnets or one whole; you choose:)

Love’s best intentions, darling, often fail

And where intent faltered then fell awry

Time’s intervention tips hope’s sacred grail

As melodies of pardon fill the sky

A brand new ‘try again’ ignites the deep

‘For better and for worse’ is not a ruse

Ah darling, we have promises to keep

We cannot quit; love offers no excuse

But lays upon the ways of human heart

The workmanship of time’s untarnished art

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What lies beneath your sighs, your touch, your kiss?

Ah, help me hear beyond the sound of noise

Darling, your eyes tell words the ear can miss

Love’s language speaks in strange and unnamed joys

It stirs a fervor bound to persevere

Where ‘no’ is not an answer; ‘yes, yes, yes’

This is the language of lovers, my dear

And primes time’s way to heaven-happiness

Love is such kind companionship; it wakes

Us to a world that gives more than it takes

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 My mouthed endearments cannot satisfy

Save if and when the heart adjusts its stance

To recognize the hunger in your eye

Reciprocation is a brave romance

Then, let me be shameless in ways of love

Let my feet thin within its second miles

And though skeptics may not fully approve

I’ll take my pay in laughter-laden smiles

For I am glad for records love won’t keep

Its virgin ‘try again’ ignites the deep

© Janet Martin

Every morning God smiles and fills the skies with 'try again' grace...

Love keeps no record of wrong...1 Cor. 13:5