The Old Us

If you put love in a box in the attic and then took the box out a year later wanting to have that feeling back, this would be that poem.

We've faded
We packed up our memories
Kissing you, hugging you, loving you
put them away for a while

We put distance between us
to shelter ourselves from the pain
splinters of our relationship, our friendship
cutting deep inside.

Were reconstructing, nothing short of the sign
unpacking our feelings, pressed down into the box
pulling out love, and happiness
throwing away sadness, and remembering the good times

I want us to build back
I want a relationship
any relationship
I need you
I want you
I love you

Uncovering mental pictures
words, songs, hopes, fears
dreams, life, bones, soul, spirit
mind, throwing them out, talking about them
reflecting, collecting, improving, removing

But
I hide how I feel in poems
and I don't really talk that much about my past
or my feelings.
I want to be invincible but I cant

I need to open up again, remove this armor
cast off these fears, embrace you, let you in
I need you in my life, I need your love

And
I drink too much, too often
but only to cover the fact that I miss you, and I hurt
from my regrets, and my memories
I promise I would never hurt you
I'd never touch it again if I could have you
I just want that closeness we used to have
I'd give you my world
I'd give you anything
just to hold you

So I'll keep building
and working on what we had
just so I can have

the old us back.

Reviews

[Don Shaw]

Wow very heart felt.Powerful poem.