Poem: Care

Care

I do not deserve your kind of care

The thought stays deep within my mind

I fear I can’t respond in kind

To rosy cheeks and downy hair

Yours is a special kind of love

Which when the one you love you meet

Treat them as if they were a treat

That you and they go hand in glove.

I cannot make an even trade

For I can’t follow your love in fashion

I cannot imagine a stormy glade

Or stars that bedeck the night in passion

I fear I can’t return your stare

I do not deserve your kind of care.

Author Note: Sonnets! Simultaneously the most frustrating and most interesting form of poetry in all the languages that use them. Continuing the theme from the previous post, this was another time when I was experimenting with various poetic styles to see what I could make of them. Who is the subject of the poem? Who is the speaker? Does it matter? The meter isn't quite right all the time, but overall I tried to follow the rules and I'm pretty proud of this one.