You.

thinking of you.
    again.
    like always.
And I remember the way
you’d always smile at me
    remembering how
    much I just...       
        miss you.
This isn’t a sad, silly, melancholy
    missing you moment though.
        [cause I’ve had enough of those lately]
instead I am just remembering.
    and if memories could flow like
        water, I think I might
            bath in them.        Thinking
                of you makes me    
                        feel
again.

And.
I of course still love
    you.
but it isn’t the
    head over heels
    can not breath,
    losing my mind need to see you all the time
            kind of love.
It is the kind of love
    that I will always have for            you.
        The type of love
    that will always live in my heart        for
                        you.

How strange. Because I know
you might or might not hate me now.
    but my heart still harbors these feelings for you.
My heart something                     foreign in my body
            that
I can not control.

But I am not
    regretting missing you
            today.
Instead, for now
    I relish in it. Because I
        can feel your eyes on
    me like sunshine. And I can taste your
            kiss
                and the refresher
        course in worship that
                it brings up.
Right now I can see the light
    dance off your hair.
        I can catch glimpses of your
            beautiful face out of the
                corners of my         eyes.
    And. I miss you a little bit more.
        But I am realizing
            that I might be missing YOU
less,   
        you’re a legend in my head
                now.
    I can only love a myth
        for so long.

Author's Note

This is a poem about love [well duh], but its also about how loving someone isn't always the Jane Austin head over heels LOVE.
It is also about missing someone very close to me who is off at college.
And when you read this, cause I know you will - just know you've kinda changed everything. Not in a bad way.

Reviews

[Khance]

Okay, this is a poem that breaks the mould from what i have seen from you. And i dont mean that in a bad way because im able to appreciate the different moods you have in your writing.

The pauses and breaks in the writing make this, i loved how you were able to capture the confused emotion. Not rushing it all as though rehearsed. It personifies the character talking and takes the reader in. Making them read at the set pace. I really enjoyed reading this and i hope to see more love poems from you.

Did i take a hint at the barriers towards the end, with a bit of independant woman shooting through? Not allowing yourself to be weakened by love? I enjoy the fact that i have to ask questions, its a truely inspiring piece and i can honestly tell you that i would be the first to bash your work if i didnt like it.

(Now that im aware you wont self harm because of criticism =D)

[Rhine Wolf]

This is really good, deep and full of love and remebrance and it is something that i too find myself in from time to time and yes you can only love a myth for so long.

thank you for Sharing this master piece with us.

Blessed be!
Fallon

[Dan Bullock]

Nice contemporary approach, there's not enough of that on here always. By that I mean throwing the words around the page and it can be fun! It's important that writing is fun as well as meaningful otherwise we will all fail. :p

[Life Inside Death]

"I can only love a myth for so long"
epic.
ive hung on to memories before..but theyre just memories you know? theres a point when we all have to roll on to the next obstacle. if there were no bumps in life we'd have nothing to get over. hes missing out on someone great =]
awesome emotion-filled write

[Bear]

Thanks for posting this piece!! You put into words the way I've felt, many a time in the last 30 years; of that love that always dwells within the heart for those we rarely see in person and may never see again. I enjoyed this very much!!
Sallie Bear