Wanting To Love Who We Can't Have

Across a room

In a social setting

You see someone

You want to love in life

Then low and behold

A flirtatious situation unfolds

You see her

She see's you

Or in most cases

She see's you first

Then you notice what's possible

In your love life

As the glare for

The trading places stare

In the eyes of both parties

Remains strong as the attraction

For love at first sight

Then the plight of reality shifts to

Unveil her husband and immediate family

Sitting together at your favorite restaurant

A clouded vision

Now has both parties emotionally distraught

Over how

Commitment and relationship timing are off

Not in each others favor

For this present-day fantasy

At hand

Which will never come true

While being in view of

A love you'll never have

During this present moment

Of a deeming chance

For coquettish affection

Gone in an instantaneous

Waving of the hands

Only to acknowledge friendliness

Remains a unnerving saving grace

Against confrontation for Wanting To Love Who We Can't Have

Reviews

[Lucy Morningstar &heart..]

i'm thinking if you keep writing such awesome stuff, such thought provoking, wonderful stuff, you may have to change your name to A+Poet lol well done again, my friend :D

[Krista Weiss]

Been there and done that :/ it's the worst feeling in the world! It definitely makes for a great poem though!!

[Dhaye]

"Wanting To Love Who We Can't Have" ---Somehow, it struck me deep inside. The wounds now are refreshed. Whenever I think of this impossibility in my life, it creates more cuts and I feel the pain...
Bpoet, you made me feel sad again... (:

[Robbie~xoxo~]

I felt the yearning for this situation to be possible, yet the time is off...sad yes, but at least you know there is a connection... Would it be better not to know, or to have had this magnetic attraction ever take place?... a least you felt something... Lovely write.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

"Wanting to love who we can't have"--*sigh* This is all too real a thing, my friend. I love this piece, because of the stark reality of it all. There isn't a lot of imagery or broad brushstrokes of wording, but the emotion and feeling is spot on. Well done.

[Emerald Seas]

Well, when I said a while back I'd like to see more emotion in your writing, I never expected this topic from your previous writing. Jeez, how do I review this...
You capture the emotions thoroughly throughout - initial recognition where the heart skips a beat, the euphoria of two entwined souls - ignoring reality, and then sadly the harsh finality of loss. That loss is a bugger of a pain!
Yep, and that friendliness at the end... Definitely ( 'an' btw) unnerving residual... Hard to shake though, even harder when you refuse to do so.
Ahem... Okay, I'm done... Great writing!

[Rogue]

I really liked this one. You captured the moment the eyes meet and the excitement ignites all the way to the disappointment and resignation one feels perfectly.
For me, this is one of your best pieces yet. :)

[kublakhan27]

You've displayed an incredibly deep understanding of one of life's most emphatic letdowns...I'd be lying if I said I haven't been there...nicely done :)