I was never in love with you

 

 I was never in love with you,

I was in love with the poems,

The songs I wrote and compiled for you.

 

I was never in love with you,

I was intoxicated by you,

The intricate way you held my hand,

Let me kiss you, let me cry with you,

And convinced me I was not alone.

 

I was never in love with you,

I loved the scent of your cologne,

The kind I bought you for valentine’s day,

That somehow managed,

To permeate my senses completely.

 

I was never in love with you,

I loved the sound you made,

Whenever I made you laugh, or smile,

That sound you only made,

A handful of times because of me.

 

I was never in love with you,

I was in love with the promises,

The allure of a summer we never got to spend,

The places we never got to see.

 

 

 

 

I was not in love with you.

 

 

 

 

Were you ever in love with me?

 

Reviews

[bluessadmood]

yes this is not talk of the mind ,its illogical,its talk of the heart ,it tells us a lot still illogical but very much expressive,the heat is,oh yes you do love him or i will never know what love is,but you are mad at the broken promises,at the places you never saw with him,and the thought always there,are you in love with me,this is so romantic ,asking yourself again and again something you know the answer to very well,its like telling yourself oh yes i am in love but not sure if he is,wonderful really,nice words

[Adrian K. Smith]

The last line presents a curious twist on a poem that otherwise speaks well of all those little things we might love and attribute to a person, perhaps thinking we are in love with them - when it is really just a case they have shown all those little things or been near all those little things. The last line introduces a question that perhaps makes the previous statements bitter. I keep reading it as Were you never in love with me for some reason though, I suppose that my mood this morning is given more to sadness than bitterness.

[emmajoy]

Oh my, i almost understand the emotions behind this! You write with your heart, don't you? Actually, this could almost be a song, well, the lyrics for a song... lines shortened a little here and there.

Are you sure you were never in love with this cologne wearing man?

The words flow so beautifully, metre's a little off but that makes the write so natural and flowing.

Don't think you meant to put a comma after 'managed' - my punctuation deliberately plays mind games with me lol

So glad we enjoy a similar style, similar feelings. Thank you very much for sharing :-)