Love LITerally: She Will Be Loved

Full disclosure: The version posted here is edited (in 2020) because my teacher gave me feedback that I occasionally broke the rhythm of the poem for no reason in the original submission (2015). I still don't think the rhythm flows perfectly... but here you go! Oh, and excuse the cringy lines I left in there to remind myself I wrote this back then.

Roses are red, Violets are blue Sugar is sweet and so are you

Peonies are pink, Willows are white Try and catch me with all your might

Leaves are green, Trunks are brown Don't you taunt me on my ground

Skies are blue, Suns are yellow Make me yours if you aren't that mellow

Bruises are purple, Scabs are maroon I'll go through all to bring you the moon

Ambers are orange, Opals are colourful You’ll stay with me when I’m being awful?

Stones are grey, Coal is black

Like a phoenix I'll rise and bring you back

Seas are turquoise, Corals are magenta

Thank you my angel, I'll love you forever

Tin is silver, Champagne is gold

Will you be with me until we grow old?

Water is clear and so is my answer

I'll be with you happily ever after...

Reflection (I had to do back then about the piece)

This poem was inspired by a commonly used catchphrase - the first two lines. I felt that the relationship between a boy and a girl should go beyond the initial sugar-sweet moments of

falling in love, but also staying in love. Every relationship should be, in every traditional sense of

the matter, taken seriously right from the start. Also, from a girl's point of view, when she is in a

relationship, she would inevitably consider whether her partner is husband material. The girl would have had some 'criteria' that the guy needs to fulfill before making her decision. As such, the poem

depicts what goes through the girl's mind during the course of their relationship, ultimately

leading up to marriage. At first, I wanted a specifically named couple to have the snippets of

conversation in the poem, but decided against it as I felt it would be more relatable to readers if

the characters were left anonymous.

Cover image from here.