If Love Could

English Cemetery in Syracuse

(A cento poem)

Just one of the
many happy boys
whose lives were cut short
so tragically

Only a grave
but it needs care
for the one I loved
is sleeping there

Think not he had
too short a day
he knew the dawn
but did not know decay

We loved him. Yes
no tongue can tell
how much we loved him
and how well

If Love could have saved you
you would have lived

2017


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Sush a touching message as a tribute to your late mate!

Татьяна Легкодимова   14.08.2026 10:07     Заявить о нарушении
Not mine, actually. This is a cento.

Дмитрий Жоховский   14.08.2026 11:07   Заявить о нарушении