And I

There is this one woman...

and I loved you

the day I saw you

outlined in chapel soft light,

quietly, you were sitting in a pew.

12 years old and struck in awe

Something about the way

your eyes pierced the truth

the set of calm in your face.

and we grew and all the time

I didn't know, but I knew

down inside, that place

that's empty and waiting.

and I lost you

and we went seperate ways

in long dazed, crazed

smoke and drink days.

and I thought of you

from time to time

eyes and the halo only I saw,

of your clear sight and heart.

and I will love you

until I've died,

even though we may never

walk the same ground.

Sometimes it feels like

I want to cut that part

out and throw it away.

Today, it just feels like...

What matters is not what

love makes us feel

but what love does;

the connection we can't break.

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

a fine write that transports emotions with a clear voice !

[dw817]

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Love is - indescribable. It is the one thing that can completely shut down sound reasoning and cause your heart to beat out of your chest - longing - to be with someone you know, you know deep inside, that you have an affinity - a connection with.

While that is not all of love, that is certainly some of it, and it is definitely DEFINITELY worth the journey of the heart - to take the risk and open up to someone else.

Nicely written, Mark ! Here's hoping very happy trails for you and the ones you love ... ღ

[Mark]

There is love, there is attraction, there is the feelings. They are part of the same thing but separate. People just get confused and think love is about how they feel. When really, it is what they do more so.

[dw817]

We can only express so many things with unspoken words, after that - there must some degree of communication. :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Stunning! Love need not include the physical. When there is a connection such as you describe, it is never severed and no one can ever have exactly the same alliance with you. That sort of bond is forever strong. This is a tad melancholy, but the emotions are very honest and I enjoyed it. Lydi**

[Mark]

Thank you for reading.

[Claire Twinn]

This made me feel sad, a love that never had the chance to blossom and perhaps a connection that is only felt on one side? You have expressed the feelings beautifully though

[Mark]

Thank you Claire. Sad is the title of my romantic life! ;)

[TL Boehm]

poignant write. Sweetly simple yet achingly profound.

[prachi prangya agasti]

i liked this one... i felt the same feelings overpowered in me... good one

[s y e]

Love does many strange things Mark, and when we break up or 'fall out of love' sometimes it can break us. An amazing write as always Son.

[Stella Armour]

you can never "cut that part out" Mark, and loves does many strange things to us when it leaves..or is not fulfilled..

[Ruth]

Wonderful display of the heart and how things like that last in our hearts, whether together or not...I think most people can identify with this poem, beautiful x