To Love or not Love

Currently with someone that is in my life, we have somewhat known each other for quite some years but never before have we really come about feeling this way-

I have no idea what this is and it feels great!

I had forgotten all about the crush I used

to have on you, as a teenager.

And seeing you again, as a man, has made me 

remember and so much more.

Your eyes, are black as coal, yet even if some 

are put off by your stare, I feel as if I 

could drown myself in them.

Sure you have grown older and maybe a tad bald;

I do not really care!

Your eyes can be deceiving, that much I can tell,

but with me, you are completely unveiling, 

of all you feel for me.

And my heart, oh this heart has cheated me once again, for as hard as I have tried, I am unable

to suppress this flame.

I am sorely afraid, of what could happen, if we both decide to venture out onto that tiny limb; would 

our hearts be mended or broken, would our wounds be reopened or forgotten?

I dream and yearn for many a thing, yet even than I fear that one thing, FAILURE

What if this falls apart, what if we do not work,

than what will become of us, and this newfound relationship?

I want to get to know you, all of you, yet

that fear spreads through my heart and chills my soul.

What to do with these emotions and feelings?

Oh, can this be it? Are you the one?

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The question of love?
"What to do with these emotions and feelings?
Oh, can this be it? Are you the one?"
I told my kids. Be careful. Love is limited and don't abuse. Karma will bite you in the butt. Thank you Maria for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Maria]

Thank you once again

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Maria.

[Maria]

Much appreciated

[siri]

This is such a feel good read! thanks for sharing. Good luck on your adventure.

[rowan.taylorrr]

i really like this. it shows teenage feelings in a older since and shows as you grow you do not loose feelings, and i love the confusement on lovr because love is a very hard thing to grasp on.

[Paul]

What a wonderfully tantalizing poem, filled with vivid imagery and emotion from start to finish.
So many questions about love, always arise when faced with the potential "one." You captured that perfectly.

Well done Maria!

Paul

[Maria]

Well I appreciate your input and keen observation

[Paul]

The pleasure is mine. :)

[Richard🖌]

Again, Maria,
You melt me into my socks … this is sooo amazingly open and intimate, so filled by unsure desires and needful yearnings, you feel so vulnerable, yet so very very sure of your needs.
Maria, I am not all that wise a man, but I can tell you this much: To succeed one must do everything necessary, holding nothing back, because the more dedicated you are, the more determined and willing, the greater chance you have of succeeding.
It's true, I don't know much, but I know this: In love and relationships, there is no guarantee, but for a chance to try one's best, it is wonderful for however it lasts, for a day, a week, a year, a lifetime, there is no higher high than new love and all the incomparably wondrous emotional, mental, spiritual, and sensual sensations it brings.
Alfred Lord Tennyson, a much wiser man than I, once wrote: "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." And, knowing all that I do about love, I completely agree.

Remember, lovely poetess, "Nothing tried, nothing ever gained, and the more we put into our efforts, the greater chance of making it work.

Now, you've made me cry … LOL!
Hugs 'n smiles of warmest thanks, Maria 🎶 ⁓ Richard

[Maria]

Oh dear! oh my, well look at that, I think I can say no more than I already have. Thank you kindly for your input and advice, should we say, into all this. Much appreciated. Humbly,
Maria

[Richard🖌]

Anything, for a lady in need … smiles 'n hugs! ; )

[Maria]

:) Muchisimas gracias, Richard