The Unwritten Love Letter

I don't know how to do this! I don't know if I can

say goodbye, let you go.

No! No, I don't think that I can.

Not now, not ever!

 

Not when

 

That smile in your eyes

still plays on my mind,

a tinkling little melody

impossible to forget.

 

Not when

 

Your scent lingers over me

hugging me tight in sweet remeberance

of cold nights and warm blankets,

of strong arms and peaceful sleep.

 

Not when

 

Lyrics from a favorite song

find me savoring my best memory.

One of that first kiss,

one that brought me back into all this.

 

 

So tell me now

 

After all the words are said

and you and I have come to an end,

just how do I move on,

how do I let you go?

 

Tell me

 

How can I when you're still right here,

with me, and yet, not.

Only a friend who lays with her at night

while I stay here all alone

 

Loving you till the day I die.

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

this was writen for a contest, but it's still straight from the brokendown ruins of a thing I call a heart.

Reviews

[Dani California]

This is so sad. How does one move forward when memories keep surfacing, the things that we loved about the person continously haunting us. I think we've all been here and can relate. You've done a great job portraying these emotions... which is important that you take your reader into your emotions... and you've done that.

On a side note, sadly but thankfully these memories fade. Pretty soon... they're as if they never existed.

Great job! I hope you win or have already won the contest! :)

[dark and twisty]

How can I when you're still right here,
with me, and yet, not.

SO TRUE.

you come up with these amazing lines you know..very true, succinct yet poetic...

like the phrase 'the broken down ruins of a thing I call heart' btw....

you have a way with words, you certainly do :)

[Samuel Dickens]

I followed your words and remembered thinking in a very similar way---it was many years ago for me, but one never forgets such things. Your poem seems a little more cerebral to me than most. Nice job!

[SPINNING ON that dizzy ..]

good expression here of the difficulty of letting go, saying goodbye, putting an end to something that doesn't seem done.... I like the format of the question and then the insufficient for you answer..... good one.

Kath