uglywill
Sep 30, 2016

Unconditional Love

Sometimes words of wisdom come too late.
Each one of us learns the secret of sharing,
with the patience given through trial and error,
honest and sincere efforts and caring,
open the doors to a deep and meaningful relationship.

Sacrifice of self and unconditional love
provides a basis for real love.
The depth of human love exceeds all emotions and
opens the door to personal growth.

Some find the secret early and benefit,
others search their whole lives and never reach that pinnacle.
Lost in self-absorbed love never capturing the pleasure
and escaping the earthly bounds that unconditional
love and caring achieve.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Country/Region: Hawaii Big Island USApoet . i have written about 100 poems and am waiting for new inspiration!

Favorite Poets: I have never read poetry . I just sat down one day and started to write and after two years I had written 100 poems (free verse) and the inspiration to continue passed!

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Comments

weirdelf

though it lacks prosodic (the science or study of poetic meters and versification) quaIities.
See what happens if I reformat it into paragraph form?-

Sometimes words of wisdom come too late. Each one of us learns the secret of sharing, with the patience given through trial and error, honest and sincere efforts and caring, open the doors to a deep and meaningful relationship.
Sacrifice of self and unconditional love provides a basis for real love. The depth of human love exceeds all emotions and opens the door to personal growth.
Some find the secret early and benefit, others search their whole lives and never reach that pinnacle. Lost in self-absorbed love never capturing the pleasure and escaping the earthly bounds that unconditional love and caring achieve.

"Sacrifice of self and unconditional love" a sacrifice? One could juxtapose it with "Altruism is the highest form of self serving behaviour". Perhaps I'm being a bit facetious.

Perhaps some poetic devices might help, some meter, a tad of repetition, I would stop short of rhyme.

Don't get me wrong, this is a strong piece and I like it.