Ballad of a Fool who Loves

Written late 2010

I fall tranquil to your chestnut eyes.

It's like falling asleep to an open fire;

pits of passion that smoke away the icy layer I've placed 

to coat my heart.

They become clear; a window to your soul.

All my bridges I have built 

then burn.

The gas gauge to my heart

once empty, 

now full.

So eager to teach

but for once I will learn

that my perceptions of you were mere deceptions.

I never believed one could love,

I denied it were true,

that one could love another

as I see you do.

But like tender rain you surround me

and I am nourished.

The soil in my garden

my plants then flourish.

An array of colors for every emotion

so vibrant and tender

like your devotion.

Please hold me tonight as you always do.

Keep me cozy and warm

while I dream of you.

We'll battle dragons and serpents and endless fire

my nightmares are jaded by your desire.

Neither alien nor predator can stand in the way 

of my aspirations

of waking to you the very next day.

A light comes forth through stormy clouds,

you reach for me with sun beamed fingers

I've never felt so proud

knowing that your presence lingers.

I awake and rub my tired eyes

blurred vision then comes into focus

and you're still by my side.

I'll hum you a tune

you'll be the note I will hold

to sing through the years

as time turns us old.

You are clay in my hands

though I cannot create you,

you're already a work of art

I cannot display you.

See into me

you might learn something new.

The poisoned word which stings the tongue

when rolled off so carelessly by the young;

Naive or not it may be true

that this poisoned word is meant for you.

Author's Note

I am far from a romantic, and I wrote this before I ever even experienced the feeling of love. I suppose I was trying to understand romantics by putting myself in that mindset. To me it is sappy and silly, which is why I needed to experiment with the thought. In my later poetry, after I could truly understand love, I found that the cliche undertone fades into the words a little more.