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The Lark And The Lion

by Mickey 

Posted: 01 February 2008
Word Count: 212
Summary: And now for something entirely different!


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My love’s like a lion, so fierce and so proud,
as it roars from my heart that there’s nothing to fear.
The King of all beasts, who will never be bowed
and will never stand back all the while you are near.

My love wants to soar like a skylark in flight
and proclaim to the world, through its crystal-clear song,
that you are the source of it’s constant delight,
that it’s reaching new heights now that you’ve come along.

But the lion’s been trapped, and his reign’s at an end,
and he’s now nothing more than a sad circus act,
now you’ve told me that I am no more than a friend,
and your love was a sham I mistook to be fact.

And the lark has been caught in the cage of despair,
where she’s thrashing her wings in a bid to break free,
now the reason for singing is no longer there
since you’ve told me your love is no longer for me.

But the lion is King just because he is strong.
And the lark’s role in life is to sing and to fly.
So the love that I feel will just go on and on
and I’ll love you right up till the day that I die.






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joanie at 23:31 on 01 February 2008  Report this post
Hi Mike. As ever, I love the careful rhymes and the subject matter. I can't cope with the capitals at the start of every line, however! I just think that it is so much more effective when the punctuation is as in prose.

My love’s like a lion, so fierce and so proud,
as it roars from my heart that there’s nothing to fear.
The King of all beasts, who will never be bowed,
and will never stand back all the while you are near.

My love wants to soar like a skylark in flight
and proclaim to the world, through its crystal-clear song,
that you are the source of its constant delight,
that it’s reaching new heights now that you’ve come along.

But the lion’s been trapped, and his reign’s at an end,
and he’s now nothing more than a sad circus act.
Now you’ve told me that I am no more than a friend,
and your love was a sham I mistook to be fact.

And the lark has been caught in the cage of despair,
where she’s thrashing her wings in a bid to break free.
Now the reason for singing is no longer there,
since you’ve told me your love is no longer for me.

But the lion is King just because he is strong,
and the lark’s role in life is to sing and to fly.
So the love that I feel will just go on and on
and I’ll love you right up till the day that I die.


What do you think?

joanie




Mickey at 12:56 on 02 February 2008  Report this post
Thanks Joanie, I think you're right actually. I always used to punctuate in the prose style you are suggesting but sometimes I'm not sure where to put a full stop - more often than not, the lines follow one another as one interminably long sentance. I read somewhere that the capital letter was acceptable (and it does away with the need to keep going back and 'correcting' the smartarse MS Word) However, in view of what you say, I will go back to the proper way of doing things. Thanks for your help and advice
Mike

<Added>

I've now corrected the poem, but not quite as you suggested. Is this any better?


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