But Love, For Love — a poetic ode to love

An iambic trimeter/pentameter poem inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 51

Esther Spurrill-Jones
The Word Artist
Published in
2 min readApr 10, 2024

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a lighthouse silhouetted against an orange and red sunset
Image by Joe from Pixabay

O Love, forgive my doubt
And help me to believe
That I am worthy of your admiration.

You bid me to come out;
You vow you’ll never leave me;
Help me to accept your adoration.

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Esther Spurrill-Jones
The Word Artist

Poet, lover, thinker, human. Poetry editor at Prism & Pen.