Traditional love

Modernization quenched the fire

dwindling the flames of loves desire

making it difficult to acquire

a feeling of love which may never again transpire.

Modernization killed the sparks

buried beneath selfish desires

from an imaginary romance I remove my bookmark

waiting to embrace moments gone dark

Modernization was licensed for loneliness

somehow I am left with a feeling of nothingness

treasured love lost in the hands of time

something that I gathered through the grapevine.

Tricia Bethel 2003