I Will Step Aside

I wrote this poem on September 18, 2007

Take off and gently fly away;
Like an eagle soaring in the sky.
I can't make you want to stay,
These thoughts make me start to cry.

Go and leave, do what you should.
Be where you achingly need to be,
But love me, if only you could.
Regretfully this isn't what I see.

I release onto your own path.
Maybe some day your mind will change.
Towards you I could never feel wrath,
Only confused as lives rearrange.

Soar to the place you long for;
Escape to where your heart wants to be.
It may devastate me to the core,
But if you must, spread your wings, flee.

Take this love, with you, when you go;
For life will be mournfully dim.
Sorry my emotions are so,
But without you life is dark and grim.

Leave me standing alone, right here;
Watching you gliding, flying away.
This is my nightmare, my worst fear,
But no crying, I won't make you stay.

No blocking or standing in your way;
If home is what you needfully crave.
Keeping you, a game, I'd never play;
Even when, to my heart, it feels grave.

Choose the direction, follow your heart.
In the path that it does needfully lead.
I should have built walls from the start
Now without protection, my heart pleads.

Yelling, begging you not to leave,
But needing you to want to stay here.
No outward sign, but inside I grieve.
For my heart's solace needs you near.

No matter what, I won't ask you to,
Change your decision in your mind.
That isn't fair, of me to ask of you,
But forever to my heart, you did bind.

Silently, I will step aside,
As you gracefully soar skyward away.
My devastation I will quietly hide,
As you peacefully part leaving disarray.

Author's Note

This poem has been changed from it's original form to make it a deep more heart felt poem. Give honest opinions for this is an older poem I have reworked.

Reviews

[Dana Kathryn]

This is very well crafted!! I feel it strongly as it flows...Yes letting one leave is very hard,But it does help us to grow and teaches us a lesson..We can NEVER make one stay and Love us,and if we try ,it will eat away at our souls! Very good piece! :)

[Frantzuu]

You still write beautiful poems like always, :D
one of the first thing I look for when I read a poem, is the story behind it, the message, and the emotions come alive in this piece as well as the imagery. Stunning write!!

[kewlbluetiger]

Wow. This poem strikes strong emotions I think many readers can capture as their own. It's really disarming and vulnerable. If you were seeking to make this more heart felt you certainly succeeded. Great work.

[Crowley]

Ouch.....this is really sad and in the same breath a reality that so many face every day. I think you did a beautiful job of painting a portrait of heartbreak and disbelief, but alos of compassion and facing reality. Nice work.

[Mauricio Montoya]

I can relate to this piece because I was involved with someone for six years where I had to step aside and right now I still have those feeling but like in the last verse;
Silently, I will step aside,
As you gracefully soar skyward away.
My devastation I will quietly hide,
As you peacefully part leaving disarray.
Excellent write.

[HorrorMaster]

Very good and powerful poem that tells a message and make us feel the way you do.

[Steve]

Very well written....this is real poetry!

[Dinesh Sairam]

Do let me know if you edit it :)

[Dinesh Sairam]

Since this is an old write, I'm not suggesting or correcting anything (Rather, it seems a very personal write). My favorite stanza was :

"Take this love, with you, when you go;
For life will be mournfully dim.
Sorry my emotions are so,
But without you life is dark and grim."

A nice poem, to say.

:) Kudos.

Keep writing.

[Bette]

i like this alo, and not just because i know what its about. you did great with this and you emotions. well done