Eros and Other Love

To those who have lost love and lovers

No words can explain

The way that your name

Fills my heart with love.

But I can't take your embrace. 

It makes me feel strange.

I don't think I'm good enough.

You tell me never to fear.

You're willing to hear

All these thoughts that plague my mind.

But when I feel your touch,

I know you're worth too much.

I could never make you mine.

I do admire the stars,

So fine from afar,

But I dare not try to touch.

Those things heavenly

Want nothing from me,

A creature born and bred in muck.

I'm so full of want.

My fire burns hot,

And my heart, it brims with zeal.

But my mind stays in check.

It's holding me back

From what I'm unworthy to feel.

Oh, will I find a starlight lover?

Can you bring warmth to my soul?

Will I find a hand to hold mine?

Could you ever make me whole?

I remember you beside me,

When they raised me, when we played.

The only thing that I could wish for

Is, my darling, that you'd stayed.

I gaze upon the midday sky now,

Wond'ring if you'll come at dusk.

If tonight you come to see me,

Condescend your gentle touch.

Reviews

[Miss Sharon]

(The only thing that I could wish for Is, my darling, that you'd stayed.) What sadness in these lines and far too many today know the feelings they contain. A good emotional write. ~Sharon

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I realate to this piece...I tend to love too much in my head than just letting my heart
freely go after what it wants...and part of being in the head is not feeling worthy of another.
The idea that if someone claims love in my direction, there is a feeling of condescenion within.
j.