Forget the world

Love is universal

 

 

Forget the World

by jack

 

 

Trinkets of touch saved for memories keeping

Traces of love we now lock in our hearts

Days never end as the mornings beginning

Tears find their path in our moments apart

 

Catching a glimpse of the barren horizon

Wondering what it will bring to our eyes

Simply the thought of the one true affection

Caught in the stars that do light up the skies

 

Here as I sit on this beach ever changing

Lost in the mind is the essence of proof

Moving my feet, causing ruts in the sand floor

Noticing nothing aside from the truth

 

Why does it seem that this life wallows empty

Every day is the same only more

Swiftly the clouds bring the rain’s chilly vision

Dreaming of only the one I adore

 

Drinking the drops in the puddles of reason

Splashing against all that I’ve ever known

Capturing dreams in a spoon that is leaking

Now that I find that my worlds all alone

 

Hard to believe that a flower is blooming

Fragrance as sweet as the heart beat we share

Chains bear the lock that does keep me from reaching

Look but don’t touch is the warning, beware

 

I long to run down the path of decision

Challenge my fear in this soft ocean breeze

Finding a cave at the edge of the mountain

Placing my soul in the shadows to breathe

 

Only my heart keeps me here by the wayside

Hoping beyond every truth that does form

Lasting the pain of this fearless affection

Keeping my place in the face of the storm

 

Proving to no one’s un-answering questions

Feeling ashamed as I’ve nothing to show

Still I will wait on the eve of my lifetime

Promising always that I’ll love you so

 

For I am a man who so desperately needs you

There is no other that I’m thinking of

Here I will sit till the world it is ending

Counting the days till I know your sweet love

 

Why can’t we meet at the same destination

Drink of the day that affords us the view

Forget the world and its many distractions

Except for this love that I hold here for you

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[KAOlmsted]

The third to the last stanza really stuck out for me...it was just so...so...yeah. Like that. Sorry, I can't really articulate it, obviously ;-) kimmer liked :-p

And then...oops..."For I am a man who does desperately needs you..." We gots a stray s up in there ;-) If the "does" was "so" my world would be sufficiently rocked.

Really great write, Jack...you never fail to deliver the goods.

[Jack...]

Thanks Kimmer. Appreciated as always

[KAOlmsted]

My pleasure.

[sedatezoe]

every stanza is quite symbolic.and the mixed emotions are presented with equanimity such a nice characteristics of a good writer like you.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much

[Dhaye]

Another excellent review from a fan, for another excellent work like this! Superb, as I expect.
I love this so much:
"Why can’t we meet at the same destination
Drink of the day that affords us the view
Forget the world and its many distractions
Except for this love that I hold here for you."

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Dhaye

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Wow! speechless, I imagine myself merges in this write, it is magical feeling reading this piece to the person we love. Brilliant stunning work as always Mr. Jack. Love it!

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Marc. I always enjoy reading your reviews.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Welcome Always Mr. Jack.

[Baby Ricochet]

Man you can write poetry. The flow is perfect, the rhymes are spot on. Incredible.

[Jack...]

Thanks, that means a lot coming from a fantastic poet like yourslef.

[icelandicblue]

There is both great beauty and longing in this piece. To have a soul mate is to have everything. You write from the heart Jack.

[Jack...]

Always appreciated are your comments Blue. Thank you so much.

[Sami Khalil]

"Here as I sit on this beach ever changing
Lost in the mind is the essence of proof
Moving my feet, causing ruts in the sand floor
Noticing nothing aside from the truth."
The truth hurts and some people can't handle it for reality is a heavy weight we all carry around to our destination. It is hard for humans to find peace but not impossible for we can find it in the small moments of life lived fully and lovingly.
Another one of your great pieces Jack...:)

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Sami, I appreciate your kind words.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...Pen on to greatness ...:)

[quinfinn]

a beautifully penned piece, full of the promise and agony of an awaited union with that whom we dearly love. i could wax poetic with that worn out cliche about absence making the heart grow fonder, but we all know that that fondness is more of a pain than a pleasure. this is a gorgeous write, jack, full of wonderful imagery and exquisite metaphor. how am i supposed to compete with this? i bow to you.....

[Jack...]

Oh come on now, it is I who writes to be like you sir. Thank you so much.

[Just Kim]

Such a lovely read, Ever so beautiful,
Very nicely written

[Jack...]

Thanks for stopping by and reading this and for your kind words.