The Man I could not Understand

I hear the lovers cry at night,

they miss holding each other tight,

they can't remember why they quit, 

they are alone and sick of it.

I see them clinging to their phone

like travelers away from home,

they linger in their damp regret,

they shut their eyes but can't forget.

I watch them walking in the rain,

hoping the drops will cleanse their pain,

they look so stranded from themselves,

their hearts locked up in dusty shelves.

I never look them in the eye,

I give a nod, they give a sigh,

they say ''now all my dreams will die'',

I say ''at least, you got to try''.

I won't deny, they're tortured souls,

they made mistakes and crashed their goals,

their squirming muffled, their laughter forced,

 the broken up and the divorced.

Yet, they had a chance and gambled,

and now their choice is all too scrambled,

they kissed, and wept and slept together,

side by side, in stormy weather.

But what, I ask, is worse in life,

to play and lose, and wonder why?

Or to never get the chance

to have your very own first dance?

I love a body I never touched,

a man I never got to tame,

I still bear a confession

that I never got to name.

I never said the words

and I never held his hand,

I chose to love the only man

I couldn't understand. 

I want the one I'll never hold,

the one my folly pursues.

Tell me again how much you miss

her countless '' I love you's''...

The longing is the least of it,

it's the unfairness that stings,

I could have loved him all my life,

we could have lived like kings.

Reviews

[Paul Shannon]

Excellent diction and rhythm.

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

First of all the title is very interesting. Also, you have kept the flow of rhymes perfectly throughout the prose. Loving someone, whom you cannot understand or not even tame needs courage and a heart full of love. You also ended the poem nice.

[.:Arianna:.]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it ^^

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

Your welcome :)

[Antonio Valentino]

so very, very, beautiful... sighhhh

xx :D

[Sir Drift & Mr. Pulse]

love the person you have never had, very nice and true to feeling, how is it that you love someone you have never met or even know if they exist or not? good writing

[Carolynn]

Wow another really great poem, loved the different styles of rhyme you did and the story is so sad, to look back and wonder all those WHYs - why did it end, why did it happen - I think I'm getting lost in my own memories :)

[.:Arianna:.]

Thank you Carolynn for stopping by to read another poem of mine and thank you for your kind words, I am glad you enjoyed it ^^

[The Twin Arenas]

To hear and see all that loneliness, ya gotta be out on the street with it. Sad one.