I lied: I'm never done with you Never finished, Never lost, Never not yours Did I lie, Or tell the truth, A truth beyond my comprehension? Because We've changed I'm never not yours, Yet, I belong to myself alone You're never not mine, Yet, you do as you wish, too The complexity of truth is maddening: Worlds beyond "true" and beyond "lies" Paired mirrors, we are, Face-to-face: Ever-ongoing, Ever-lost, Ever-abandoned Ever grey And Ever blue
Tag: love poems
Rush
Yes, It came and went so quickly: A storm that passed between, Swept us up in a dream -- And, in a climactic scream, Emptied Us Both. Beautiful perfection Existed for a moment, Faltered into an abyss. What a pity. There's a mirror somewhere around, When you want to look into it.
Rush
Yes,
It came and went so quickly:
A storm that passed between,
Swept us up in a dream —
And, in a climactic scream,
Emptied
Us
Both.
Beautiful perfection existed for a moment,
Faltered into an abyss.
What a pity.
There’s a mirror somewhere around,
When you want to look into it.
Daydreams
And the world is blue without your arms And grey, without your mind; It’s red, without your kisses, fine, Refined by stalwart art My mind creates a land of charms With vibrant greens and gold Despite the chill of winter’s cold, Brown swallows dash and dart Amidst white clouds and shining things, A rainbow hangs above; And sing a bird’s song, bright, of love, Into this brand-new start Come hither, where the church bell rings With every passing hour And bring to me a springtime flower, And in my life, take part And the world is blue without your arms And grey, without your mind; It’s red, without your kisses, fine, Refined by stalwart art My mind creates a land of charms With vibrant greens and gold Despite the chill of winter’s cold, Brown swallows dash and dart Amidst white clouds and shining things, A rainbow hangs above; And sing a bird’s song, bright, of love, Into this brand-new start Come hither, where the church bell rings With every passing hour And bring to me a springtime flower, And in my life, take part
All
It has been said that Cigarettes Are a way to hold Fire In a human's hand It has been said that Wine Is the source of Life I say that You And I Are yet the depth of Love And love Is Life Is Fire Is all of Faith Is Truth Is All Is All Is All
So-and-So
So, you don't want the words I spill, pouring from this surging swell, cresting lips you've known so well from depths of me you've helped to fill 'Why bother with men,' an old man said one chilly night, when the leaves were dead, after up his walk my feet did tread; and, quickened, my mind and my heart then sped "I love because I must," said I, and gazed into that darkened sky remembering how many had said 'Goodbye,' loving each one anew to verify So, you don't want words uttered now, do you? Don't want my heart, though undoubtedly true. Don't want to delve into all we've been through, Can't walk away to a fresh morning dew And that's still your trouble, my favorite dear: That the past remains: insurmountable fear, You'd sooner look on us with distasteful sneer, Sooner leave your past lonely and shed not a tear I'll cry for us both, as I've cried times before And I'll keep true to us, as I've kept true our lore While you hold yourself stifled, and life, you ignore - But I'll not forsake you; you're one I adore
Only You
Only you Defied reality Defiled my mind Withstood my sea Came back to me Not only you Resisted reality Withheld your mind Shrank from my sea Came back to me Only you (And only they) Could claim my mind Shift what you say With meanings play Not only you (Nor only they) Left me, my mind And heard me say "Love is not a game I play," But only you Are only you I keep my mind My heart is true I still have room for "I love you"
Love In Rainbows
Love me in rainbows, Not just red, blue or green, Love me with whispers of the Agean Sea Love me in rainbows, Not with some smattering, Love me with fervor of mosquitos' biting Love me in rainbows More than red, blue and white, Love me and hold me with all of your might Love me in rainbows, Love with all of your sight, Love me with such heat we lift up in flight Love me in rainbows Ends piled with gold Love me with such love our love can't be sold Love me in rainbows With colors so bold Your love and my love can never grow old Love me in rainbows 'Til we reach the sun Love me and love me 'til we become one Love me in rainbows, Silken touches you've spun And I'll love you forever, 'cause I won't be outdone
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Clichés
Please don't tell me how great I am If you're just gonna walk away Frankly, I don't give a damn I'm here and now, let's live the day Don't let's wait another year Before we dare embrace again Falter to love and not to fear Spread wide your heart, let love begin Please don't waste another word In lieu of love, then run from me They're all the same; they've all been heard Don't tell us both I'm best left free When it's excitement in your ear And rambling thoughts that sound like fear In the stillness of your heart's rush Is still the shadow of joyful blush You found a soul with a widespread heart Embarked with a mind whose life is art So, come back, now, into widespread arms Let me thrill you with feminine charms Don't tell me, please, how great I am If you're going to walk away Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn Carpe diem, love; sieze me today
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Silhouettes of You
Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I sense your sensual energy flow And I can't, for all of me, reach you And I can't forgive myself For I can't and I won't make do I won't put life on a shelf Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I can't bring myself to go And tomorrow won't be different And tomorrow won't ever do For tomorrow, you won't think to repent And I'll still be missing you Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I can't reach you; I can't know If your voice, my heart will cling to If my voice will sing to yours All I want is to be near you All I want is mine and ours Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds Still, we flow, we love, we grow
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Running In Circles
So, the obvious 'comes apparent; Does this change 'nything in truth? For our friendship leaves the aberrant ‘Fore I come home to Duluth And I found another lover And your soul and mine depart And my freedom, I recover And I find again my heart There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above There was only I and you, two lonely souls stood, side-by-side There were only two hearts calling, though but one love could abide And I found this other lover And your soul and mind depart And my freedom, I recover And I offer him my heart So, the obvious 'comes apparent, And all life is changed, in truth And a friendship dies, inherent, For each choice made in Duluth But, I found my only lover Ne’er his soul and mine depart And our freedom, we’ll recover As I share with him my heart There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above There are only I and you, together: souls here, hand-in-hand There are only two hearts ‘twining, exploring love and life, unplanned
Prisms of Love
Don’t you know? I long to feel the skin upon your face, The brush of whiskers nettled on your chin And when I reach to touch, you to embrace I find that I am forced to reach within For - don’t you know? I tremble all the day and all night long My body eager, vibrating as you strum The heartstrings of such a familiar song Your fingers not yet on flesh; still, for you I thrum And I cannot foresee another way Than dancing deeply in a world unknown So I will live and love another day That one day, maybe soon, this depth be shown That, maybe one day soon, I will be yours And you’ll be mine, in body too; That one day soon, we’ll dance through doors In ethereal worlds we’ll live, both I and you So, don’t you know? My heart is bound to yours and lost to me It’s yet my mind you kiss, that you must woo And I, lost forever in this fantasy Somehow made real, this life, by your love true And - you must know! Forever, in this time That you are yours, and also I am thine; That I belong to me, and you are mine! That we are ours, forever-love sublime
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“Be Good”
"Be good," And I am filled with confusion Singed with pain Filled with fear For what good Is implied in that allusion When your stain I hold so dear? I was good! T'was not delusion: Did I not return again, And without a sneer? We were good! And, in conclusion, My tears fell like summer rain And no one to hold me here It is not good - This old contusion Held a mem'ry in my brain, I must let go of this arrear So I'll be good And find some fusion Such that this loss does not me drain, Such that love is my engineer
The Sounds of Freezing Rain
I don't care if you are beautiful, I am done with you I don't care that I love you I don't care about our past, I don't care about our future because love was meant to last I don't care for your intentions, I don't care for your mistakes; I don't care for our desires This must end before I break I don't mean it for a minute, I don't mean it for a year I mean: I can't bear this feeling of you calling me your "Dear" while you test that my heart beats for you through the test of time while you promise me your friendship when devotion is but mine I don't want to hear your sweet voice I don't want to read your words and should you chance upon me please don't ask that I abjure either love or firm abstinence for my heart and mind must heal I have chosen life without you 'til your heart you will reveal Without love, there is no friendship without friendship is no love possible between two people who may swear to skies above that they are true, that they love, that they care for one another purely and yet, wish for something different... as when you ask me to demurely sit, or walk, or feel for you, abnegating all my soul, deprecating all I value and then, playfully, cajole me into bearing, yet again, my heart such is neither kind nor true I don't care that you are beautiful I must be done with you
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Wonderland Has Come
He doesn’t know - And neither do I - How much time passed in the netherverse of love How much power heartbeats have in times of need. Years passed by without him near, And mere moments since I have returned, Thick with love and sweetness; And we’re drunk on each other, again. With every breath, I inhale a world that was mine. With every glance, he takes me in. This is not the love, the passion of children, Of hurt adults fumbling towards ecstasy; This is the love between worlds, Between the seconds of real time; This is violet love, of the kind Tesla knew… This is fantasy-come-true. Don’t talk to me of what might have been. Don’t utter words of dissent, of discontent. These are the times worth saving, Moments worth living… These are the worlds unseen and yet alive; So: Live And love Endlessly.
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P.S. I Love You, Still
I fell into your world, my love; And here, I shall remain, in heart, Even if I am away, Even if I must away, Even if I am to be in a Wonderland of my own making… I fell here, first, my love; And here, I shall remain, in part, As I have for years, As I have for weeks, As I shall, again, until I find the mirror-gate to you… There is a Hatter who makes tea for two, Who protects his M with kindness, Who tempts Alice with long-coated horses, Whose silver steed drives like the wildest things. There is a girl whose land is elsewhere, Yet finds life in Wonderland rings With yet too-familiar courses Of behavior with him all-too true… And yet, we pine in distance; And yet, you are right here; By some grace of our natures’ providence We touch what we hold so dear… And you are in my heart, my love; And here, you’ll always stay, No matter time may come or go; No matter how many worlds away… For we have already broken rules Upon us set by else-worlds’ minds, Still: As precious as Majesty’s jewels, Each other’s hearts, we find. Stay with me. Love me. Be with me. We shall never fear nor be torn apart; For we are as Titans, as magical as gods With all we’ve ever seen.
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The Road To Giving Up
he’s just not that into you… It’s been a week since I’ve heard from you Sweet words of love Of tenderness he’s just not that into you… While men in desirous parts of the world Beg my attentions, pour on me affections, Pull for my presence, promise me peace he’s just not that into you… I suffer long, lonely days alone, abused still By absence, by affliction, by the remnants Of maltreatment banished he’s just not that into you… And wonder, worry for your beauty Wonder, worry for my own… Reminded by your native enemies… he’s just not that into you… No sweet words come at last No fond words of affection No desire to be present… he’s just not that into you… But, even my white kitten comes, An angel's silent steps and passionate Love-bites to remind me of my own… he’s just not that into you… You’re just not that into me, are you? For, if you were, your words would spill; For, if you were, no harm could come… he’s just not that into you… for, if you were, you’d share words of peace, feather me with beauty… … just not that into me… … and I fade, my love burning like a pyre, my heart aching like a martyr, my mind begging for a champion, and I, abandoned of your touch bereft of love… he’s just not that into you… my eyes spill, slowly, yearning for the truth… he’s just not that into you… 'til my heart breaks as I read your words: “… I’m just not that into you”
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The Death of C & S
Feels different, now: Feels empty, like we’re both hiding some dirty secret. You won’t look me in the eyes; I can’t smile at you, and I don’t want to lie to you. We were children, for a moment. We were happy for days, Two friends across a room, Two strangers giving love For nothing more than a common simplicity. No one cared but us. No one demanded of us. No one really knew, but us. It feels different now. It tastes different now, Like stale bread, Like spoilt milk, Like turned fish. I don’t like it; And, I think, Neither do you.
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Love In A Criminal World
Don’t tell me you want to get to know me
When I give you all I am.
I’m not made of the times we share,
Not made of the things we do,
But of the life I live,
The ways I love,
And how I see the world.
Don’t investigate me like a criminal,
For I’ve done nothing wrong to you
Except give my love
Boundlessly
To a man
Who thinks he does not deserve me.
The Return
I waited.
I learned.
I did not leave, nor quit of my feelings.
Why would I, when love IS?
Why would I, when you ARE?
Why would I, when I AM?
I waited.
I learned.
I felt you so many times, and I still loved you;
I knew you always loved me, too.
Why wouldn’t you, when love IS?
Why wouldn’t you, when you ARE?
Why wouldn’t you, when I AM?
I waited.
I learned.
I did not give up hope – though almost…
And you returned.
I don’t know how long it will last – but I will still love you;
I don’t know how it will look – but I will still watch you;
I don’t know how you will be with me – but I will give to you…
Because love is,
Because you are,
Because I am
Always.
Oceans of Mine 