Suddenly You

Days pass
[without you in them]
both in presence and in mind—
you are gone.

There is a vacancy in my heart…

I start to smile with the thought
of all the beautiful ways
I can fill it.

 

 

Until one day
[one blissful day without your ghost beside me]

I look up and
Suddenly you
are there.

 

 

Your physical presence
throws me off kilter.

 

 

I am the sieve through which you filter.

 

 

You swim through my veins.
How can a moment so different
feel exactly the same?

It always was and always will be
this way—
Many empty yesterdays
[tomorrows much the same]
but briefly, belatedly,

Suddenly you
were in Today.

Reviews

[Aaron]

"You swim through my veins.
How can a moment so different
feel exactly the same?"

Those lines read out so beautifuly in my mind that I read them over and over again. This is a wonderful poem! The first of yours that I've read and it is truely amazing! I've had similar thoughts and feelings, so I can relate very well to this! PERFECT!!! FAVORITE!

[Michael]

flashes of memories, seemingly random connections, not all synapses firing, and so it flows again.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I am sometimes at a loss to figure out what to say when I read your work, the way you write captures me in that moment, here I can feel the pain of losing a loved one and then one day you have a dream so real about them that it's as if they are back again until reality hits you that it will be nothing more now then a dream... excellent work once again of brining emotions to life with your soulful but powerful writing.

[MorganLyn]

"There is a vacancy in my heart�

I start to smile with the thought
of all the beautiful ways
I can fill it."

I love these lines. :D
You almost are over someone then BAM!! they're right back in your life again
very nicely written
-D

[Imperfection]

You swim through my veins.

I can relate a lot to this one.

I don't know what would I do if we happened to meet one day. I worry about this often and I don't think I want to see him again. I'm having a tough time adjusting to this life without him and in case we happen to meet, it'll take me greater effort to re-organize my thoughts again.

Meeting him is one of my greatest fears. This poem brought a flurry of images to mind. I hope it doesn't happen to me.

Great write.
Many empty yesterdays
[tomorrows much the same]
but briefly, belatedly,

Suddenly you
were in Today.
The last few lines are my favorite.

[Randall Richard]

Your physical presence
throws me off kilter.

I am the sieve through which you filter.

great rhym great lines. this isnt oneof my favorites but it is still good.nice job

[Erin Doherty]

"There is a vacancy in my heart�
I start to smile with the thought
of all the beautiful ways
I can fill it.

Until one day
[one blissful day without your ghost beside me]
I look up and
Suddenly you
are there."

What a wonderful poem this is. I love how you expressed the suprise and disappointment in your character when the one who was gone showed back up in their life.
Skillfully written.
I think that we all have, at one time or another, had the distinct fear of having something like this happen. No one likes to be caught off guard like that.
Great job!

-Erin

[Barry S. Maltese]

Just when you think that you are over someone. Just when their name doesn't automaticly pop into your head for no reason - they appear to refresh the layer of salt on the once healed broken heart. . . . Great writing. I've lived this poem, so I can feel what you are saying.

[Roy Jacobs]

What a great affirmative poem. Of losing love and in some ways gaining it back. I'd kill to have something like this happen to me. Alas, none of the women I loved deeply have ever come back to me. Such a positive and good piece.

[MarcZw]

I can hardly believe love can be so faithful and strong�What a �feeling� character you must be! One of my favourites, because of it�s being so precious�

[JlB]

Wow, there is no closure here it's just simply 'you were there'

The quotes have already been mentioned but here in my life in a time of returning ex-gf's from 3,000 miles away, I'm sure if this poem doesn't have a direct relationship to me, then I'm sure it has profound meaning with her.

This is good work, I love the but briefly, belatedly.

Alliterate girl, lol,

jlb