Love

Love

why so elusive and hard to attain

why must we search

for that we will never find

 

Like islands we sit alone

lost

shipwrecked on stormy seas

looking for that which can never be

 

I could drown in love but it avoids me

like a mystery

it walks away whenever I feel it coming near

disappears before I can claim it as my own

 

I will walk in the mists

of loneliness forever

a lost soul drifting

between worlds

 

Hopeless and without love

I will disappear

become just a whisper in the hearts

of all I have briefly touched

then just float away forever

to be remembered

as a moment in time

a thought

a vision

a fantasy

a dream

never again to be physically seen

Reviews

[quinfinn]

now, i wonder why you sent this poem to me...you know i am all about romance poetry! this is exquisite verse and tells a tale i am all too familiar with and have written about so many times ...but you express this in ways i had not considered, beautifully, i must say. one small typo here, my dear....elusive is the word you were looking for in the second line....i love this write!!!!!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so so much, I almost didn't post it :) I'm happy you enjoyed.

[quinfinn]

never hesitate to post your writes, trust me, your w/c friends will be honest with you and help you all we can. thanks for sharing the beautiful poem!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Tate Morgan]

I would go out on a limb here but I have little doubt that love is in your future.You wioll find it in the most unlikely place.I can tell you the adage that one can marry for money or for love is so tr4ue ,they are mutually exclusiove. One cant have both usually So i wondered on that for a long time .Then it became claer the hardships of struggle make a better person of us and love will flower in that environment .

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you, though I very much doubt that I will ever love again. Oh and I'd never marry for money it has to be love or nothing. :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Love is a many splendid thing but a good hot f**k is one hell of a consolation prize

[Carolann Dowsett]

:-O

[Dominic]

Beautifully written. The language and word usage lends itself to a truly moving piece. Your loneliness and heartbreak is almost palpable and I commend you on a very well written piece. Your writing voice is very developed and that makes the poem all the more masterful. Keep up the good work and keep sharing. I can't wait to read more.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much :)

[Dominic]

You are very welcome :)