Goodnight My Darling
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Poem by: James William Cooper
Goodnight my sweet darling,
The one who I loved with all my heart,
You were my light in the darkness,
And now my world has been torn apart.
Each and every morning I awake,
Hoping that you will be lying next to me,
But when my senses come to,
All I can see is a bed that is empty.
The shackles of sorrow keep me prisoner,
As my eyes weep for your return,
The heavens won't give you back my love,
Oh this heart of mine in pain does burn.
You weren't just my lover sweetheart,
You were my support and my friend,
But now I feel like a bird without wings,
Never to be with you until the end.
You had a heart of such love,
One that captivated each soul you met,
But I no longer hear your tender melodies,
Each time I see a picture of you I just get upset.
You were an angel that walked the earth,
My angel that brightened up each and every day,
But now your wings have taken you to the heavens above darling,
I know that nothing can bring you back whatever I say.
A one in a million you were to me,
An irreplaceable sweet human being,
Now that your kind light has vanished,
'Tis only darkness that I am seeing.
What I would give my darling,
To be holding your hand once more,
To gaze at the beautiful starry sky,
Letting our souls in loving harmony soar.
If I had but one wish,
It would be to have you once again by my side,
To smell your fresh scent and to kiss upon your tender lips,
Truly my love the apple of my eye.
But I guess this is the way it has to be,
With me down here and you up there,
I just want you back sweetheart,
Oh how life is so unfair.
We shall meet again soon my darling,
Where we can finally be together,
Holding hands in that peaceful place,
Where our love will last forever.
-- James William Cooper
© Copyright 2019 James William Cooper. All rights reserved.
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There's only one word that I can say that describes this poem...
Beautiful!!!
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Hello there Christian, I hope you're okay? Thank you so much for your kind comment, I really appreciate it. Just shows how powerful love can truly be between two people. :)
Beautiful!! Great Job.I can feel the emotion in it.:)
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Hey there, I hope you're okay? Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it's great to hear such nice things like that. I'm glad the poem conveys emotion. :)
Aww this is so beautiful and sad. You have written so well and helped to create the deep sense of grief and loss. Great poem. This definitely gets an 'I Like It' from me :) - Sk2093 x
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Hi Sk2093, I hope you're okay? Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it really means a lot... Love is a powerful force in the world and to lose the person in your life that you loved so much must be absolutely heart-breaking, like losing a part of yourself. Thank you again. x
very touch and deep and heartfelt...
really connected with this
awesome
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Thank you for your lovely comment thumblina, your kind words mean a lot. :) I'm glad you liked the poem.
Beautiful! Wow James! Although this was a very emotional poem, I smiled by the choice of words and the way the poem has been expressed. This was absolutely wonderful! My most favourite line was: 'But now I feel like a bird without wings....' this line was so intense and so powerful. It really showed how hurt and lost he was due to the fact that his love has passed. You expressed this poem very well. I really enjoyed this, James! Great job, as always :) A like from me, of course! :) x
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Hello again Ikky, as always a pleasure to see your comments. :) I'm really pleased that you enjoyed reading the poem. What I wanted to try and do with 'Goodnight My Darling' was to try and convey how heart-breaking it must be to lose the one you love in life, to lose the one who was always there for you, who always picked you up when the world knocked you down and who loved you for who you were. I guess I wanted to try and show the idea that, just like how a bird needs it's wings to fly, people need each other in life to love and to listen and to be there and to lose the light in your life is like being a bird and suddently, you just lose them completely and hurtle towards the ground. I can imagine it being like losing a part of yourself. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed this poem Ikky, it really means a lot that you took the time to read it so thank you very much. :D Thank you for the 'like' as well, 'tis very kind of you indeed. :) All the very best to you Ikky. :) x
What can I say? Love, love, love.. somehow the center of each lives for my own opinion. Wow, this one is a great poem. Well done! I applaud you for this one.
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Hello there Chazeeh, I hope that you're okay? I really appreciate you taking the time to have a read and comment on my work, it really means a lot to me so thank you. :) Absolutely, I agree wih you 100 percent Chazeeh, love is somehow at the centre of all of our lives. I'm really pleased that you enjoyed reading my poem and your comment was lovely. Thank you once again. Take great care and all the very best to you. :)
wow truly a beautiful poem. so much love
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Hello again quetzala, I hope that you're okay? Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, it really does mean a lot to me. :D Take great care of yourself and all the very best to you. :)
Oh wow. I think my favorite line was "You were an angel that walked the earth." It's something I can relate to in a way.
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Hey Suzonne, I hope you're okay? Thank you very much for your lovely comment, it really is much appreciated. I think it's nice when people are able to relate to the pieces. Thank you very much once again for taking the time to stop by and having a read of my poem. Take great care and have a wonderful day. :)
There were some good lines to this, and had a better backdrop than I was expecting. Poetically, I'm not much of a rhymer anymore, and recently, rhyming poetry has just made it slightly difficult for me to connect with the piece, odd as it sounds. Not to say I have any disdain against your poem and voice, I enjoyed both! I just had to pick it apart and work with the ligaments. I started from the earlier spectrum of your work and I may pop around to other pieces. I appreciate very much your versatility covering an array of, to say the least, sorrowful, touchy topics. Notably, your voice didn't seem afraid, as many poets (including my own former works) I've read have had. However, as far as my suggestions would go, please watch out for clichés taking over your voice, because topics as broad as these can easily be shriveled up in that aspect. What I do is think of what the most unconventional approach would be to a poem, and still be ME, you know? Anyway, enough of my rambling; I hope this helps some, and thanks for sharing, James! I'm looking forward to reading more! -Liam
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Hi there Liam, thank you very much for taking the time to stop by and leave some really good feedback. I'm glad that you felt this piece had some good lines to it. Not at all, I guess that everyone has their own type of poetry that they like whether it be a piece that follows a rhyming pattern or whether it's one that simply is without the need for any rhyming to it. I'm pleased that you enjoyed both the piece and the voice used as well. I know what you mean about picking apart works, I myself quite enjoy being able to look at each section of a piece and analyse it and look at what is good and what's been done effect effectively and so on. Absolutely, I understand what you mean about the clichés and what not, particularly when it comes to talking about love. These words that I wrote came from the very heart itself and I take a very old-fashioned view on things like love and so on. I guess I am a cliché kind of person because this is how I would be with my lady if it was my final goodbye. I think that looking at it, I wouldn't have written it any differently to how it has been written because my style is kind of clichéd when it comes to romantic pieces. I like to look at the things that others might see as the usual cliché. I agree that you have to be careful to not let your voice become shrivelled and approach the poem in a way whereby you can still be you, but I think that this is just the way the poem is, simply because I put myself in the shoes of someone who was losing their partner, their lover and so this piece is me essentially being me, I guess it's how I'd write it no matter how many times I re-do it. Absolutely, it's definitely helped a great deal Liam and I appreciate your constructive feedback, it's always nice to see what others think of your work. My pleasure Liam, thank you very much once again for taking the time to stop by and have a look for me. Take great care and have a good day! :)
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