My Head On Your Shoulder

written about my sweetie

I lay my head on your shoulder,

unable to keep my hand from touching you,

with care.         Caressing your face,

running my hand across your chest, your stomach,

running my fingers through your hair.

 

As we lay like this,

I am feeling the love I have for you,

to the marrow of my bones.      My heart

feels like it will fly out of my chest,

I stop myself, from voicing moans.

 

The next day, I love you, still more.

My heart is holding more love,

than I thought it could store.

Sometimes, my throat constricts,

as I swallow back the tears,

tears so close to spilling from my eyes.

I'm afraid that you'll misinterpret my cries.

 

Tears of happiness and gratitude,

for being blessed with you,

the relief of long sought closeness, that we share,

sometimes, to the point of over-whelmimg me-

a loved soul, laid bare.          I wonder

that you cannot feel or hear,

all of this, within me,    the words

so inadequate,  I fear.

 

At times, I feel a crazy giddiness

well up within,

a feeling so foreign to me,

yet, I cannot keep it inside,

but, I hesitate to let you see.

 

It makes me want to to dance about,

shout out to the sky above,

it's love, it's love, it's love!

While you thought,

that I lay quietly,  next to you,

these feeling grew and grew.

 

Why have I kept this inside of me?

It gives you power over me.

You could hurt my heart, so much,

by walking away.

Now, I realize, you knowing

or not, I'd still have to pay.

 

I love you, so much,

I can't let fear get in the way.

So, I am telling you everything  and

I'll always love you,

day, after day, after day...

Reviews

[Kevin Mattingley]

I love the abandonment in this poem. Wonderful feelings that it evoked in me as I read it. One critique might be 'the marrow of my bone' felt a little uncomfortable, to me personally, but perhaps that was the effect you intended; to get at the physicality of feelings. Good poem! Kevin x

[Ama May Cooper]

So amazingly beautiful .. the true feeling of love harboured and adored . I somewhat wish my view on love hadnt been twisted at burnt so much that i could honestly belive things wher eever that rosy. BUt a beautiful peace that i only wish love was quite so perfect

[black_rose_obsession]

This is so beautiful! I can really relate to this, I love it really GOOD WORK!!