Faceless

This is an older poem before I had a real girl friend. It is still a love poem thou just not a happy one.

I don’t want to be the person who has to

love alone in a populated world full of people.

I don’t want to be that dependable friend

who is always there to pick up the pieces.

 

I don’t wish to be that call at 4:00 am

because I am the only person who listens.

How do I fill this ache that burns deep inside,

When you don’t hear or notice my words that bleed?

 

Why can’t you see the pain I feel each day?

even when we hug it is never close enough,

strong enough and truly never long enough.

My eyes should tell you that it is you who I love.

 

I can’t imagine a single day in this world

without living it with you to eternity times twelve.

You make me feel so high above life that no one

can ever touch a single hair on my body.

 

My heart sings in the most beautiful love notes

that gives thanks and praise to the woman you are.

I don’t want to hear the silence of our love story.

The quiet scares me because it screams the truth!

 

I am just another friend, who has

fallen too deeply in love with you.

 

Alone in the torture of this reality.

I am the faceless lover whom roams this earth.

loving a woman who doesn’t even recognize

that I want her more than my own life.

Author's Note

I so remember having a best woman friend and being head over heels in love with her and she never gave me the time of day. So glad those days are over.

Reviews

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

I really liked this..a lot a lot,there is something so true,so just as it is,so raw about the emotions in your poems that i adore.There are some very evocative lines here..simply amazing...Why can’t you see the pain I feel each day?

even when we hug it is never close enough,

strong enough and truly never long enough.

My eyes should tell you that it is you who I love.
also,
My heart sings in the most beautiful love notes

that gives thanks and praise to the woman you are.

I don’t want to hear the silence of our love story.

The quiet scares me because it screams the truth!
It is a gift how you write straight from your heart and are not afraid to show how you feel.

[Goddisia]

Oh Iota... now i am almost afraid to read your other poems... You made me feel so much less alone in what i feel... yes, the theme is universal, but it is the details and the stabbing little words that make me completely speechless, it is ... wonderful. and i agree, i don't want either...

[Jacqueline]

Bless your sensitive soul on this one! It sucks being the security blanket for everyone else running into love or being foolish about it. Your strength seems to seep away little by little as you give your love and affection without return. This touched me

[deeps]

This is kind of the emotional write here. Sad but so beuatifully written.
You express yourself very well.

[Luna]

This is very beautiful, though very sad. Other than the one small mistake i found, it is so beautifully written. It is always difficult when you fall in love with a friend. You wish for it to work out so badly yet they never seem to see it as anymore as a friendship. Well done.

"How do I fill this ache that burns deep inside?

When you don’t hear or notice my words that bleed." Maybe you should move the question mark to the end of the two lines. it kinda seems like the question continues to the next line.