another Whitney Houston poem.......

[Haunted]

I will always love you


if I could sing
I'd sing it for you
in the most rousing soprano
but I can't

and for all my shortcomings
my biggest weakness is
falling in love

I will say it
I will always love you
but for all my shortcomings
I will always love you
until I don't

because there will be another you
and another and another
and then there may even be one
that loves me back

to make up for all my shortcomings
allow me to play this song
to say happy valentine's day

just
to you

today

via the phone
into voicemail

[ShadowsCool]

She had a wonderful voice, no one can deny. And her personality was fine too.
It's just so sad what drugs can do. I hope she rest in peace now, cause she
deserves it. One of only a handful of greats out there.

[Hawkman]

An amusing take on the day and recent events, Haunted. You need to change can for could in the first line though. Not sure about the last two lines. The way you seem to be winding down towards the end, with fewer and fewer words, is sort of spoiled when you conclude with a two liner. I'd suggest you just say, "by phone." I think it would have more impact.

Live and be well - H

[PrinceMyshkin]

I'm somewhat confused by this because it seems to be as much as or even more than about the author than about Whitney Houston, and I can't see the significance of


a mouthpiece
of an old fashioned phone

[Jerrybaldy]

The way i read this, it is nothing directly to do with Whitney Houston (other than her song title) and she has been mischeviously placed into the title to mislead. The poem is rather about the hopelessness of love in the eyes of N. It speaks of unrequited love and questions its permanence and whether anyone is 'the one'. I liked the old fashioned phone ending as I was thinking 1948 and all that :)

I could be wrong... I am full of shortcomings too :D Really enjoyed it though Haunted.

[Haunted]

ShadowCool, that a nice comment of yours to commemorate Whitney. She had a stunning voice and every time I hear I will always love you it always stirs up a lot of emotions in me. That's why I decided to do a poem as a tribute to her music.


Thanks Hawk, I'll make that change. I did have a simpler ending before settling for this posted version, I will resurrect it. I wondered about "can" or "could", thanks for the correction!


Prince, the second commenter to question the effectiveness of the ending lines. Comment noted. Changing as we speak. YES it's about the author, NOT Whitney Houston. It's only her song I'm using, to reflect how the author feels in her own relationship:

If I Should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go

So good-bye
Please don't cry
We both know I'm not what you You need




The way i read this, it is nothing directly to do with Whitney Houston (other than her song title) [...] The poem is rather about the hopelessness of love in the eyes of N. It speaks of unrequited love and questions its permanence and whether anyone is 'the one'.

Jerry, your read is dead on! It is indeed about unrequited love. The author plays the song for her partner on breaking up.


I liked the old fashioned phone ending as I was thinking 1948 and all that :)

Yeah, I'm torn on this one. Maybe it belongs to a 1948 song poem... I'll save it for future use.......


I could be wrong... I am full of shortcomings too :D Really enjoyed it though Haunted.

That makes two of us :wink5: