Everything I Forget

Each time you turn and walk away

I find myself searching

for the sunny days

I know

once ran through my veins.

Until I wish

I could dip my fingers

into the places

where your teeth bit into my heart

once again.

I think of all those conversations

where I believed

that every shadow

lying on the floor

made our lives exciting.

Like an ocean of wine

one drinks within a dream

full of memories,

capturing all

we have been fighting.

Reality seems to lie inside

everything I forget

about loving you

when it blends inside my heart

then hides.

And I can't tell

what is black or white

each time you walk away

and leave me feeling

only........

gray inside.

Reviews

[Jack Isaac]

In the eyes of newfound love everything IS magic, even shadows on the floor, and as we come to our senses, as we wake up with that hangover, the splendors seem no more. I enjoyed your comparison of memories to monochrome, that maybe you could be forever happy living on memories of smiles, but knowing that you can't live in the past blends everything to gray. If it's any consolation, I see newfound love in every beautiful poem such as this, so thanks for keeping the magic alive for me and all on WC. Nice work.

[emmajoy]

' I think of all those conversations ~ where I believed ~ that every shadow ~ lying on the floor ~ made our lives exciting. ' .. now that rings a bell or few. How beautifully you write about being alone and without that special love. How many times is ' each time ' ? That's pain upon pain.

[Sleepless]

you never case to amaze me and stop me from wanting to write just like you this made me realte to so many things well my preinds dramtic lives mostly amzing poem neva !:)

[Kenneth The Poet]

This is excellent. Just a brilliant flourish of images that one will remember for a long time to come.

[brahim]

Wonderful words , deep meaning , your talk is a poetry ,Neva

[Ruth]

Oh my goodness, Neva, this is absolutely beautiful work!
The isolation...expressed in a unique manner that one feels in such a scenario!
Beautiful love xoxo

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

My goodness you are an excellent poet. That was so emotional and heartfelt, tugging at the strings in the heart of the reader. Beautifully written!


~Anna Rose

[MAC]

beautifully written. such a graceful feeling to it. amazing write

[Lily Mae]

"Reality seems to lie inside
everything I forget
about loving you
when it blends inside my heart
then hides.
And I can't tell
what is black or white
each time you walk away".

Serious thoughts of longing and wanting and lonliness... it made me feel the grey of the thoughts themselves.. xo

[Revery]

Oh wow, this one was not only lovely to read, but touched places in my heart that needed words of expression. Neva, this is just beautiful. I hope some of my works can be this beautiful.

[Art]

a most enjoyable piece Neva...even the memories can become that daily memory seeking to be our reality...