Gypsy Can’t Stay

how did you do it? 

grasp my soul?

were you even aware? 

a look, a gesture, a notion 

you dragged me in

allow me to touch you without touching 

let me reach deep within your heart 

can I help to ease the pain of life?

my heart is open for you

it pours in contentment 

when next to you 

let me in 

but don’t find me a home 

I shan’t stay long 

I’m transient 

but for now 

I wish to sit with you for as long as it takes

to penetrate your soul 

don’t allow it though 

just take it as a message 

good or bad, 

it’s all experience 

‘she was here once 

baring her soul -

I took what I needed from her

- because that’s what we do - 

then she moved on’

open heart 

gyspy soul 

life is transient 

I cannot stay 

be okay in knowing 

this is how it was meant to be

Reviews

[Nipplegrinder]

This is melancholy in such a good way. You deftly describe longing and absence.

[Einstein Noodle]

what a tragedy in contented reality ...but i must oppose the leaving dahlink! ;) reading this tugged ME in ..so well done says i! i once fell stupid and knowingly head over heals in love with a young lady that told me from the start she would be leaving ... after 5yrs. i could not stand the lack of a commitment .. it was driving me mad ... so i told her she had to leave ... can you believe that! i still feel the pain even as i write ... but we have remained friends over distance now for 15 yrs or so ... i like this one a lot KW! its solid, enticing and real ... i give it 110 points ;)
E.

[KWP]

hey E - I have often pondered my own feelings of impermanence in every moment - this is from where this stems - thankfully I have a life in balance that will always tug me back into my beautiful now.

PS - that heartache hurts ... but life will always unfold X

[Einstein Noodle]

i just love you girl! ;) yes...sometimes staying in the moment i think of how dramatic and vital the change is... dust particles in constant flux ... lighting, breezes, insects animals ...us ... not the same at all each and every moment ... its kind of intoxicating .. but never holds my attention for long ;} hugs and my prayers for you dear friend

[emmajoy]

' .. let me in ~ but don’t find me a home ~ I shan’t stay long ~ I’m transient ~ but for now ~ I wish to sit with you .. '

Perhaps there's a streak of moon exploration in all of us.. waiting for the right moment, for ropes and chains to fall away from habit, deep bound roots, fear - to name a few. Commitments makes prisoners of so many of us, loyalty or/and love the same. Being able - being free to roam is a privilege not everyone has.. and bemoans every second. Whether imagined or truth, your poem speaks out so brilliantly. It's like reading a pure pond where everything beneath its surface can be seen. Magical.. in its way.

[KWP]

hello beautiful - how are you? I’ve been skipping here and there - got a job and all - I love it, I don’t love it, Love it again. It’s just a moment in time - I shall enjoy it whilst I am there.

Thank you -as ever, as always for your reading and understating, like a peek into a kindred soul ... flitting and skipping is important I think - to stay fresh - to stay alive - but you - how are you in the English winter - it’s cold bleary and raining here - not the best time of year for this lass in Aus - LOVE YOU X

[emmajoy]

Hello and waving like crazy.. so delighted to read yet another of your marvels, and apologies for not doing so before. Quite a lot been happening, and is, but another time for that.

Much success with your maybe or not or maybe, perhaps, job. Maybe tis the not quite as free to come and go causes the uncertainty.. happens, Time has snatched me away again... so wil say keep warm, keep thinking beautiful thoughts, smile, be the wondrous you. Or else will have to sing Waltzing Matilda to you.. the worse punishment anyone could incur! (You(

[KWP]

i would love your rendition of Waltzing - I may bring the wine and join you - it’s early, like 4:23am early and i gotta do stuff before I fly - take care you mucho love X

[emmajoy]

Now to bed.. 01.05 Wednesday morning. Lots to do over the next few days, need stick to my schedule. for once!! Take care of yourself, please. x :)

[KCthelastboyscout]

You take my heart and run away? That changes a man and his relationship with others in the future.But maybe I should have known all along.This is why musicians write songs about women like this

[KWP]

and sometimes you know you should stay - but still, you just have to move on, it’s in the heart, it makes the soul X

[Ardra]

she was here once 
baring her soul -
I took what I needed from her
- because that’s what we do - 
then she moved on’


Love this poem...speaks a lot to me....
I have that gypsy soul too... :) who loves to travel maybe in search of a home worth staying....

[KWP]

hey - hi - yeah totally relatable when you don’t feel the need to settle - I think gyspy people are strong - they thrive on change and therefore thrive on learning too - always a bonus - nice to see you X

[Jack O]

It takes more energy that I can create to help someone that needs another.
You can touch them, talk to them and tell them they are safe. But you can never allow yourself to get bogged down by them in their mire of life.
I have my own life to live.
I like this poem you have written. It is not about ninjas. but it is a good poem.

[KWP]

why ninja?s that’s a funny comment ... I’m a ninja ;)

[Jack O]

Do you wear black t-shirts about your face and pretend to be attacking samurai? if no? perhaps you are just a poet that wrote a good poem?

[KWP]

Actually a female Ninja who trained with the Grand master in Japan - but that’s another poem right there ...

[Jack O]

The grand master narrows his eyes
The little black dressed woman kicks him between the thigh?

-- I might have completed the poem.

[Ghost]

Somewhere inside some of us we have a gypsy soul... This was a good poem, thanks for sharing it..

[wordman]

take what you need and move,but wouldn`t it be nice if we could just stay

[AYVID N]

It takes so little to give a lot, especially to troubled souls. And I assure you, that such love is returned manifold. I believe in it. This poem captures the essence of an ephemeral, transient yet fulfilling love.

[A.Tarek]

that was educating.. I enjoyed it