Bittersweet

I saw you lying by my side

I awake my damaged pride

You spoke my name in your dreams

My life was bursting at the seams

 

I felt with you a loving grace

With you i felt in my place

A lost piece found

A restless soul bound

 

A single thing kept me away

The mark of death on you must stay

My heart shattered at the thought

A life without you i'd rather not

 

A need that was greatly dire

To leave while possible our passions fire

Yet as i start to slip away

Your face turns towards me and i must stay

 

My heart now torn in two

I am forever lost without you

Reviews

[J Kiplinger Young]

the rhyme in the poem sounds like it is being forced rather than allowing it to flow.