Starting Over

I went to dinner at Don and Ellen’s home

They were not hesitant to tell me

That there was a motive to their invitation

I needed to get out more

I needed to get back in the “swing of things”

I needed to find someone and start over

Maybe they were right but

That was eight years ago

 

Today, when someone asks me what I’m thinking about

The answer is always you

If they ask why I still waste time thinking of you

I only thought of you once

But that once never ended

I walked in the park covered with the leaves of autumn

And imagined each leaf was a reason I loved you

And it was wonderful -- until I ran out of leaves

 

They say, “But she left! 

She’s the one who left and broke your heart!”

How can I tell them?

All the small fragments still love you

I may not have been the right one for you

But I was never meant for anyone else

Even if I dared try to find another us

I wonder who would have me

 

I went to dinner with Elizabeth

She was talkative, fresh and funny

Yet . . . . her hair did not cascade over her shoulder

Her eyes did not glisten against the moon

She didn't talk to me about running away

To some land no one had ever heard of

When walking, she did not fit well into my arm

And she was intelligent enough to know . . . .

Will you always be the standard of all others?

 

You come to me like tears in the rain

The sense of you is mine alone to know

And you whisper from somewhere

Saying that we never really ended

But simply started too late

And I smile with the thought

Wondering if it is true

That we never really lost our love

We simply lost the forever part

Reviews

[Eve]

oh man, I wonder if i'm going to get through just one of your poems without becoming teary eyed, you pour so much emotion into your writes that they just reach straight into the reader's heart and squeeze. every single line has me fighting with my emotions, wow, I don't think I can handle anymore of these today :) I think i'll just sigh over this one for a bit.

[DrD]

Thank you, Myth. I appreciate your comments greatly.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes two people can be in love, but just can't stay together...so does that mean that love will necessarily fade?
i don't think so...it's always there...and sometimes we feel everyone else who comes along gets compared to that one person, that one soul mate...
sometimes we just cannot let go of that forever part of us...that is so linked to that lost love.

[s y e]

Wow David, this is some poem. I really loved how you wrote it, there is so much emotion in this piece that it touches me to the core. Just wow. What can I say? You honestly have me speechless and touched my heart. You have the ability to make the reader feel what you feel....

Amazing.

[Cryingkate]

Next time someone is sad I'll will refer them to this poem.
Why?
Because, it always helps cheer one up by seeing/hearing about someone who is even more sorrowful :-)

Skillfully ,Beautifully penned as always.

[DrD]

I am grateful that you came to visit. You always leave such kind words behind.

[Cryingkate]

I try very hard not to leave good words unless I truly mean them :-)
It is a very rare occasion when I can't leave good words for your Beautiful writes.

[Sid]

Again a great write, you pack in a lot of emotions in this relatively short poem. To be able to convey so much and touch others' hearts is simply remarkable...Amazing work!!

[DrD]

You are most kind, Sid and i am delighted you enjoyed this

[J. J. Nightingale]

There is no body else but you . someone sang ..
Sometimes no one else will do ..

No other one beneath the sun could make my dreams come true
No one else will do, sweet-heart.
No one else but you ..

They say "it's better to have loved and lost .. " ..
But some of us can't agree ..

I hear your heart .. Jazzy

[DrD]

"Loved and lost," don't believe it for a minute . . . . oh, but you don't, do you . . . . thanks, Jazzy

[J. J. Nightingale]

You are welcome .. and no I don't ... xx J.