A light in the darkness

This poem is inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem " How do I love thee? " Since it is a sonnet, I will write it in the same form. I will borrow the first line only. I tried to understand what makes a person feel loved. I took insights from various posts and Gary Chapman's book " Five Love Languages. " How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. First I thought, I will do all as you say and I saw myself like the fading rays so I thought to gift you a starry day but still you forgot out bondage which made me feel used up still, I gathered courage and filled my admiration cup only to discover missing passion.  I thought togetherness was less but that wasn't your mission. when I felt you in me and caressed your need as mine that I found the loving bliss of thee. This post is a part of  Blogchatter Half Marathon 2025

 For this half marathon, I want to compose a few poems with a twist. I will take the first line of each stanza of the poems and compose a different version of the poem.  The first post is inspired by the poem " The Road Not Taken " by Robert Frost. This is one of my best poems. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, where will I find my daily food? Is it okay to travel this way or should I follow the guiding ray? My heart is sinking as the dilemma is building. Time is flying and my destiny is calling. I Then took the other, as just as fair, because I knew within my layers that my destiny is right here nothing to fear just adhere to what's there beyond the visual gear into the vicinity unclear.  And both that morning equally lay opening their arms and calling me their way. How can I refuse one way to relish the pleasure of the other way? The dilemma is devouring but the time is determining and I choose one over another. di I shall be telling this with a sigh that fathoming u...