Quotable Poetry Challenge #2

[Anglkate]

Roleplaying is one form of creative outlet. Short stories and roleplay posts are similar, but what about the long used verse?

This is a poetry challenge. You may use any style poetry you wish as long as you utilize the given quote somewhere within your poem. It can be the entire quote or parts of it, so long as it's recognizable. Have fun, be creative, but don't feel limited by the content of the quote. Expand and let your muse free.

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I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease, you are my love
On life, oh my life

~"I Will Cover You" Rent​

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[CosmicWeinerDog]

On life, Oh my life,

The life of which I never learned.

The life of which that faded dry,

And all the bridges that I'd burned.


To my son I'd ask forgiveness,

To my love, I'd ask her Hand.

To all the Lords of which I'd played,

I'd offer back their land.


I'd seek solace in the friendships,

Those ships I'd left behind.

Sailing on a distant sea,

A younger me did find.


It is here that I must leave you,

From this bed of which I lay.

I pray you do not roam as I,

I pray you seize your day.

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[Juneberry]

This came out really awkward, but I felt like posting it to join in...

They said you can't buy love
And while that's not a lie,
I can see you up above
watching from the sky.


When I see you up there
I realize time after time
No matter what or where
My time with you is sublime


When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it.
You gave me your heart enough
I know I've already spent it.


You are my love,
I give you my all.
But when you're high above
And I'm so small
It's hard to believe
We can love each other at all.

 

[Black_Hatter]

Love cannot be bought

Now I know I can rent yours

A new lease on life

*edit: Haiku Style!

 

[PPBG]

When they said, "you can't buy love"
I believe that they meant it
But I am also pretty sure
That you are able rent it

If you give someone your love
You should get theirs in return
Now I'll sign the lease to your heart
Because for your love I do yearn​

 

[Explicit Escritoire]

They say my heart is young.
They say my love is incomplete
They tell me we cannot be one
I don't think they mean it

They tell me I cannot own her
That her heart will never be mine
That I'll die on a quest to have it
I think they mean it.

I see our hearts grow closer
But never are they one
Leased, but not owned
I know they mean it.

 

[Ashi]

Lessons for Life

Man pursues power, positions, possessions, and prestige
Such a bottomless appetite he will never appease.

Love cannot be bought, based on wealth love will quickly sour,
If money is the only quality, love can be rented by the hour.

There is nothing without faith and love, compassion and sacrifice,
Futile is living with a negative lease on life.