There to Reach

I should give up.

I should really know better.

Too late.

Now I hope I pull through.

I dreamt I felt you.

I'll dream it forever.

Just one touch,

God, I swear I want to.

But I can't have you now.

And I know I never will.

Please come and lay me down.

We'll breathe and sleep so still.

I think it's safe to say...

I think I fell...

It's something I just can't explain.

Tonight, I feel cold.

Tonight, I feel lonely.

I'd give it all,

To have you hold me.

I'll try to pretend.

I'll try to rest easy.

The only way,

To feel you with me.

But I can't have you now.

And I know I never will.

Please come and lay me down.

We'll breathe and sleep so still.

I think it's safe to say...

This hurts like hell...

It's something I just can't explain.

Through the distance,

I think I heard you.

I just hope,

You hear me, too.

If I could just say it.

If I could just tell you.

I'll never do it,

But I swear I want to.

And now...

I felt,

The world,

Just turn,

Inside me.

I hear,

Your words,

Resound,

Around me.

Don't waste,

Your time,

I'm yours,

Already.

The world,

May burn,

But you'll always have me.

I think it's safe to say...

I think I fell...

It's something I just can't explain.

I think it's safe to say...

This hurts like hell...

It's something I just can't explain.

I think it's safe to say...

You've got me now...

It's something I just can't explain.

Author's Note

It's been a while since I posted something new. This is just a little piece that I think will be making it into the poetry book I've been working on.

Reviews

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Oh this is such a real piece of writing, where the love is hard to understand, where is it? it's still there but gone at the same time, I do like it you repeat a several lines in here, it could be a great song... on acoustic guitar. I feel the heartbreak in it, the yearning the need, to have her near... beautifully expressed my friend.


- Elisa

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you for being so supportive and inspiring, Elisa! :)

Aw, thank you! keep on writing, I shall keep on reviewing and following you. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like this admittance of falling....and being caught by another's heart.

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you, Jacob!

[Stefanie Holmes]

These are true raw feelings sprawled out for all to see. I love that you made in heart-wrenching and so true to what happens in life. Well done!

~Stefanie

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you very much, Stefanie! :)

[Lotus Flower]

Wow this piece is breath taking. The yearning for the love that you can't have but want so bad is tangible. This poem really spoke to me. :)

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you very much, my friend! :)

[Dhaye]

Wow! Michael, it's been a while... Glad you have a new piece now.
It is beautiful but the sadness is obvious. I can see most of your pieces have common concept. Is it a distant love that I can see here and to most of your poems?
Love is powerful. Even if two people are separated by distance and time, their hearts could be together...united by love.
Sad but beautiful today...I hope for something happy next time. Best wishes!

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you very much, Dhaye! :) you are always so inspiring! Sometimes I just take one emotion and then make a poem out of it. In this case it's the feeling of being far from love.

[DKLaw]

your writing is always very real and raw and heartfelt. great job.

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you so much, my friend, for reading and reviewing! :)

[Ashley Griffiths]

This poem captures the enigma that is love!

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Wow! Thank you for reading and for your kind words! :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree with Elisa. Love is hard to understand and impossible to control. I like the struggle in the poem. Like the good song of the past. "Should I stay or should I go." Sometime we must be fearless and take chances. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you, Coyote for always reading and sharing your kind thoughts with me!

[Amber Lily]

This really describes the moments you lay awake at night and your thoughts of someone else won't let you sleep. It really is like torture, which was easy to feel during this read.
Also it has a sweet melody to it, almost like you were telling it to yourself to help you fall asleep.
Wonderful job :)

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you so much, Amber! :)

[Wandering Minstrel]

How beautiful this is mate. I thoroughly enjoyed every exquisite word

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you very much, my friend! I really appreciate it!

[Sami Khalil]

Well written, song quality...Bravo................

[Michael (Letters and Lifelines)]

Thank you so much, Sami!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)....