Still Yours, After All This Time
by Poetic Rizz
Original poem "When I Look Back" by Richard Netherland Cook
Poetry Now Version
In the quiet of reflection,
I discover a timeless truth—
it's you who holds my heart,
no matter how far I roam.
Through the haze of lost dreams,
your light still guides me home.
The wind may whisper your name,
but it's my heart that truly knows you.
In every ache and every sigh,
I find the strength to love you longer.
Your love is the fire that never fades,
burning bright even in the dark.
No other can stir my heart so deep,
or thrill me through and through.
And in my dreams there will never be
no other love but you.
— Poetic Rizz
Original Poem
When I look back
On the dreams I left behind;
Buried there in all my thoughts
It is you I always find.
I saw you then as I see you now
Through love's impassioned blindness,
A heart so fashioned there within
Filled with love and kindness.
How often has my heart declared
With anguish, for my words are few,
That the wind shall blow a little longer,
To keep me here with you.
Sweeter still are the pains of love.
The bonds of love grow stronger,
Even after the moonlight has gone to sleep,
I shall always love you longer.
No other can stir my heart so deep,
Or thrill me through and through,
And in my dreams there will never be
No other love but you.
When I look back to times gone by
There is one sure thing I know
It is you my love, who stole my heart
Fifty years ago.
— Richard Netherland Cook