The Night I Shot Cupid

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  • Lover's Story
    • Paint
    • is doin some Solitary Thinkin-- Lee Ann Womack

    The Night I Shot Cupid
    I laid waiting in the darkness
    and targeted my prey
    with a swift move of my bow
    It shot straight as a sunray.
    I pierced Cupid's wing
    His cry a beautiful sound
    He struggled in the air
    as he fell to the ground
    Under a lover's night
    stars did light the sky
    I bent over Cupid
    and I asked him "Why?"
    With each heave of my chest
    my heart and soul grew bolder
    I pointed at his heart
    with another swift move of my shoulder.
    I just heard him sigh
    He looked tired and worn
    but I just stood there pointing
    To me Love was just a thorn.

    He said I know your thorns
    Thy valley of discontent
    Wait patient, Tis not your time
    For your Love has not been sent.

    But once again I shot
    It went straight through his heart
    He did not deserve my mercy
    for he always left me thirsty.
    At once the night grew silent
    The night no longer loving
    storms gathered in
    as Cupid lay there dying.
    In an instant I knew pain
    for there was no love left to gain
    So I set out for a cure
    but Hope was nowhere near.
    So I walked in Cupid's footsteps
    I retraced his every move
    I saw valleys of despair
    grew green for Love did soothe.
    I wept at what I did
    for Love escaped my heart
    I didn't know how to feel
    for Cupid's pain was art.
    At last I did find Hope
    tending to lost sheep
    She was so beautifully crowned
    and in her arms I did weep.

    She said do not fright my dear
    for Love does not die
    you do not have to fear
    As long as I am alive.

    So comforting were her words
    as I wandered to the spot
    I looked for Cupid's body
    with the arrows I had shot.
    But he just sat there waiting
    proud of his latest deed
    A lover torn by heartache
    Found Hope at last indeed.

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    Bettysrainbow48 commented on The Night I Shot Cupid

    11-04-2009

    The other comment I have is that it I couldn't kill anything. Poor cupid .I know it is just a poem yet a good one. It is sad. Sometimes the waiting makes it all worth while. True love would have come with patience..
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    Bettysrainbow48 commented on The Night I Shot Cupid

    11-04-2009

    What an owsome poem .This must have took a lot thought. It leaves the mind wondering. Very good job, good work.
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    BigDaddyCash commented on The Night I Shot Cupid

    11-04-2009

    Well Mr. Paint, obviously you are a writer and a damn good one. Your poems of love are real masterpieces. Here I go again; I love to write more than anything else I do. I read everything that's available and write about everything and anything. I love writing children’s stories as well as adult fantasies. Give me a topic, any topic, and I'll write about it. I write in a language that's not to prestigious and I write for the reader of average intelligence. I have one published book called Total Recovery that I wrote as a bible for the substance abuser and I’m working on a novel called Letters to Elena. I’ve written songs (both lyrics and music) and I’ve written 1001 poems, all styles. I just entered a poem in the weekly original poetry contest read it and rate it if you get a chance. The poem is called “Lady Luck and Deprivation” actually it’s two poems in one submission. If you read it be sure and watch the video that goes with it, the links in my commentary. LOL, BDC
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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