Love I'll Never Know

Love I’ll Never Know

 

 

I’ve felt the grass beneath my feet

The leaves that shuffle through city streets

The falling rain upon a rose ~

 

love I’ve never come to know.

 

 

I’ve seen the innocence of a child

Ships against currents, raging wild

The total being of being alone ~

 

but love I’ve never known.

I’ve felt the sun upon my face

The feeling of a warm embrace

A promise that beckoned to be true ~

 

though love I never knew.

 

 

I’ve come to know the night can blind

A broken heart may cease to find

The pain that comes from letting go ~

 

but love I’ll never know.

 

 

 

photography by / Stefan Beutler

 

Author's Note

...this is one from many years ago, when I wrote about love as something that would never happen to me. Remember that feeling?

Reviews

[Tony]

You certainly have a way with words!

[Kelly Scheppers]

I feel blessed that I do, every day. Many thanks, Tony!

[Richard🖌]

Ummm … Kelly,
I love your gently flowing Free Style, how you blend emotion, gentleness, beauty, vivid feeling, and thought together with tender sorrow, threading it through the yearning essence of your living, breathing words, and the picture reeks of perfect ache.
Yes, I "remember that feeling", Kelly … every moment!

This one knows me all too well ⁓ Richard

[Kelly Scheppers]

Many thanks, Richard...good to see you!

[Richard🖌]

Oh, you're welcome, Kelly.

[Dean]

I'll bet it did! (a sure thing)

[tangledlabyrinth]

Stunning. I absolutely adore the examples you chose for this.

[Kelly Scheppers]

This is one from my earlier days. Thank you!

[vivian]

That is a really good writing. I felt that way for awhile.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Its a wonderful feeling when the reader expresses the same joy the writer had in writing. Thank you, Vivian!

[Dave]

Love comes in many guises. Sometimes it's there and we don't recognize it and we let it slip through our fingers like so much sand. When it comes and it will come even if for only a while it is a whole new world. A world with stars sparkling in your eyes. a world where only the two of you exist. Love finds us all, we must bide its arrival and when it comes welcome it with arms outspread.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...so beautifully said, Dave, and I wholeheartedly agree. Thank you!

[Kelly Scheppers]

...yes, indeed!

[Paul Bell]

I was always told never to look for love, it would find me. They lied. But heah, the roller coaster is there for a reason.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I like your roller coaster analogy, Paul. Thank you, and good luck!

[Enchanted-Raven]

The longing for something we feel we will never have...expressed beautifully :) x

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, Tina. Your words bring me much joy!

[Herman Martin]

many of told me because I am an older gentleman, I could never write with feeling...sometimes I agree but let me tell you this, I can read with emotion and I felt every word you wrote....you are a true writer

[Kelly Scheppers]

So kind of you to say. Thank you for that, Herman. A true gentleman you are!

[Herman Martin]

I accept your compliment with a grateful heart....

[Great Aunt Astri]

I think your poem too is lovingly penned! As Poppy says in her review ... it is very potent....... you portray the wonder and loveliness of Nature so well in this beautifully tactile poem. ( and, although you will probably deny it, I bet you have known love !!!!!!)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Oh yes, I have indeed! This was written many years ago. I simply revised it and brought it to life! Thank you!