ANGUISHED LOVE

A Poem by Ellen Hammond

Romantic love can give us great joy, but also great pain. The secret is to find a comfortable balance that helps us to flourish grow.

ANGUISHED LOVE

I felt your anguish and your pain

Saw the torment in your eyes

I heard the words she uttered

Which broke you and made you cry

"Mom always thought so much of you"

May have triggered your first tear

But the sobs and trembling started

With her hug and "I love you, dear"

You drew her close without a word

Is that because I was so near?

"No one knows me like you do"

Your reply,"Call me tonight , my dear"

I felt the turmoil within you

As your head and heart were reeling

To give her love and comfort

Yet somehow spare my feelings

There had been years between you

And now you share her pain

Grief shared can be so bonding

Will you be torn between us again?

Be careful how you answer

Take time to truly search your heart

For the grief from trying to share you

Would be worse than being apart

Not that I could bear to lose you

You fill my heart so I'm complete

Yet can all the love I offer

With so much history compete?

I'm not giving ultimatums

Nor asking you to choose

It just hurts to watch you suffer

And think about all we could lose

Time can make the heart grow fonder

As it will dull hurtful memories

And often turns the better ones

To embellished fantasies

Beside which you may measure life

And unrealistically compare

All relationships that follow

Including the love we now share

(c)Ellen Hammond

© 2009 Ellen Hammond

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Mark

A lovely expression of an obviously emotionally charged interlude...I'm only guessing, here, but is "I" the spirit of a deceased man, observing his widow being comforted by his former wife? Two women, who loved the same man, growing a friendship based on their commonalities AND their differences?