Lovers

When you think back

To previous lovers,

Not encounters but

Real lovers,

Are you still in love,

If not, were they

Really lovers.

How can a lover

Ever not love

A lover that has gone.

May the gods of love

Help your now lover

Your next lover

Understand this,

Accept this,

Love you even

More for this,

May the gods of love

Help you to let them

For after all,

This is the unfolding

Of the rose.

Stephen Nesbitt ©