There are no promises

There are no promises

A Poem by Lady Shade

There are no promises

He lavishes love, exhales eternity

Spews poetry, passion, compliments and love with no boundaries

Yet I know boundaries exist.

 

There is no way to swear forever

To promise faithfulness

Eternal devotion

Attraction even when time takes its toll

 

There is only now

Today

Maybe tomorrow

But don’t swear for forty years down the line

 

Take it one sweet moment at a time

Each memory given its own space in my mind

Each kiss its own imprint

So I don’t forget

If the promises empty over time

 

Every breath

I try not to imagine tomorrow

Not to plan the future

Force my mind to focus on NOW

Knowing THEN can’t be as I imagine it

When I’ve had one too many glasses of wine

And his kisses to influence my dreams

 

There are moments

When I hold hands with him

Wandering through the day in common complacency

Happy simply to BE

In love and comfortable in my own skin

Imagining this as my FOREVER

Dreaming that this will be my eternity

Trusting in this emotion

 

Do I dare trust so much?

Will this last?

Can it?

What about fate? About statistics? About history?

Where do we go from here?  How far do we let go?

Wait, how far do I let go?

Do I risk it all and dive into a pool that may drown me?

Do I trust in a love that may leave me?

Do I just keep asking questions until I miss out on every moment before me?

 

Forget it.

I’ll just live. 

Let go when I feel like it.
Fall into bliss when it allows me to do so.

Make love with the moment presents itself.

Be in love when I feel my heart swelling and wanting desperately to do so.

Laugh out loud because I’m happy, kiss in public because I can,

Promise myself forever joy because that I can promise

I am my own divine

I can make it all true

Maybe it is time to stop being afraid and simply to live and love and exalt

Maybe it’s time to love me

And just share that love as I go

And just maybe

His love will follow along

 

 

© 2010 Lady Shade


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This is achingly beautiful

Posted 13 Years Ago


This is so exquisitely written I had to read it 3 times,
I didn't want to miss a single word line and Stanza...
I really really enjoyed this...LS Nice ink....

Posted 14 Years Ago



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Lady Shade
Lady Shade

Waconia, MN



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