The Life of Us
By and By, Try and Try
I can't for the life of me
Know why for the life of you
We came to be the life of us
In this life we knew
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I don't much know
For the life of me
How I live with you
In the life we see
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It's our life to live
Come what may
In the life of you
When we live this way
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Don't take me as I am
But don't pass me by
I may cost you a lot
But gain your soul when I try
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We're all cat's eyes
In a toy ball bag
But our lust asks us
To zig when we zag
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Real as I am
But, does not real fly?
The game is at hand
Both our ways when you try
About the Creator
Gerard DiLeo
Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!
Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/
My substrack at https://substack.com/@drdileo
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Comments (18)
This made me so emotional! Such a gorgeous poem! Congratulations on your Top Story! I've subscribed to you!
Ohh this lyrical history in a very intense poem is very lovely! I enjoyed it! Congrats on top story!
I love the play on words. Great entry! And congrats on the top story!
Great poem. Congratulations on your top story.
This is beautifully done. It flows so well. Congrats on the Top Story.
Congratulations on your Top Story🎉💖
So lovely❤ congrats
Nice piece and Congratulations on your Top Story🎉💖
Lovely piece. Congrats on the TS.
Nice, clever entry! My mind is spinning, in a good way. 🎉 congrats!
Great work here
I loved this, especially the use of the word life.
This is so good. Love it <3
I loved this, and I love that you figured out how to format poetry! 🥰
I really like this poem, Gerard, but I'd like to see it have a good chance at winning, so I thought I'd mention that "really" has 6 letters.
Clever. well done
Unique in its un-simplicity. Great questions to find an answer is a conundrum.
Brilliant love poem!!! Loved ir!!!❤️❤️💕