Would you still love me
If I had no money
If I had no means
Would you still love me
If there was no gain
If all I had to offer
Was my misery and pain
My heart muses
Heavy laden
As a rock
(#Quadrille)
©Vivian Zems
Quadrille #45 for dVerse Poets Pub with the word ‘rock’.
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November 20, 2017 at 9:03 pm
Unfortunately money always come into the picture… sometimes I fear that love is more like making a deal.
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November 20, 2017 at 10:41 pm
That’s the sad part- where money’s concerned – it might as well be a contract.
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November 20, 2017 at 9:27 pm
People tend to focus on the older party as the bad guy forgetting that they, too, need love.
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November 20, 2017 at 10:39 pm
Humans are always quick to judge- it’s always the sad way.
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November 20, 2017 at 11:06 pm
Too true. Though I’m sometimes guilty of that myself. We probably all are.
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November 21, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Guilty as charged!
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November 21, 2017 at 4:50 pm
Well, as long as we’re in good company. 😁
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November 21, 2017 at 6:44 pm
👍
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November 20, 2017 at 9:36 pm
The eternal question. Interestingly, I’m assuming it’s a man speaking, as that’s the usual dynamic. Maybe not? Would it be different if it was the woman asking the questions? I think the power dynamic would be different.
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November 20, 2017 at 10:38 pm
You’re right, Sarah-it’s the man- the usual dynamic. I think the questions would be the same if it were a woman.😊
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November 20, 2017 at 10:10 pm
Misery and pain can lead to an empathy that money can’t buy.
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November 20, 2017 at 10:40 pm
Too right!
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November 20, 2017 at 10:55 pm
For some reason I heard the woman’s voice, and it changed the dynamic and thrust. As to can money but love–sometimes–but remember one cannot live on love.
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November 20, 2017 at 11:46 pm
That’s funny but true, Glen!
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November 20, 2017 at 11:07 pm
Oh Vivian, way too much truth in this! What, exactly, is love – gets adressed here.
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November 21, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Thanks, Jilly!
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November 21, 2017 at 12:25 am
The age-old worry: Love me, or my money? Well rhythmed and striking!
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November 21, 2017 at 1:54 pm
Thanks, Frank!
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November 21, 2017 at 3:55 pm
You’re welcome, Vivian!
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November 21, 2017 at 6:44 pm
😊
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November 21, 2017 at 12:36 am
It will be difficult I believe ~ What sadness when the heart is heavy as rock ~
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November 21, 2017 at 1:53 pm
So true….
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November 21, 2017 at 1:21 am
Wonderful rhyme in this. Love me? Love my money? Love my poverty? Sad but true. So many people look at their lovers as what the lover can give them monetarily.
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November 21, 2017 at 1:53 pm
‘Tis sad how life’s like that sometimes.
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November 21, 2017 at 1:35 am
I could feel the poem getting heavier with so much pondering…..and collapsing under the weight of it all. This is wonderful.
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November 21, 2017 at 1:50 pm
Thanks, Mish!
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November 21, 2017 at 4:43 pm
Perhaps not the same questions if it was a woman talking! Other dynamics also enter into the mix, don’t they? A worthy read no matter who is speaking.
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November 21, 2017 at 6:44 pm
Thanks, Charley!
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November 21, 2017 at 6:48 pm
You are welcome!
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November 21, 2017 at 6:51 pm
😊
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November 21, 2017 at 5:03 pm
Love is complicated, isn’t it? I think we need each other for many reasons but real love will sacrifice for the other, not use. (did you mean “If all I (not is) had to offer”?)
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November 21, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Thanks for pointing that out 😊. Glad you stopped by.
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November 26, 2017 at 1:37 pm
And what kind of a rock is that? I could never understand the saying ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’. 🙂
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November 26, 2017 at 6:08 pm
I don’t get it either! 😊
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November 26, 2017 at 6:12 pm
🙂
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November 26, 2017 at 6:07 pm
😊- I don’t get it either!
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