What happens to a Love...

As much as I enjoy writing poetry I read it as well. I have been fortunate enough to take a poetry class at the college this term and I am enjoying looking into new authors to me but old authors in writing. Especially my new favorite Paul Dunbar he is a beautiful writer! But the poem I want to share with you today is one I came across a long time ago and it has always been dear to my heart. Hope you enjoy and I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!

What Happens to a Love…

December 19, 2007 by Raatkiranii (K.F.S)

What happens to a love that you're unable to explore, that first spark, that, which starts with temptation?

Does it wither away?
Scorched, burned, a wound that's best left untended? A pain that's best left forgotten?

Does it remain an unextinguished temptation?
Inappropriate desires, fantasies, reality gone unchecked? Passion fulfilled in dreams?

Perhaps it becomes a self-doubting, lingering question?
Guilt ridden, what have I done? What am I doing? Should I think this way? Should I feel this way?

Maybe, it warps into an unyielding, nagging regret?
Years gone by, time wasted? Chances missed - the ever present, What if?

Does it fester; rot you from the inside out?
Make you bitter at not having what you ought, what you deserve?

Or does it remain a youthful bud?
A memory, evergreen, bittersweet, unspoiled? A tear, a sigh, a smile? Never forgotten, a private reminiscence always visited - in the mind, in the heart?

I'm not gone...just pregnant...new poem.

One of these days I will name names…but for now I don’t because then everyone knows who my poem is about and I think the mystery to poetry is important. It makes it so that when you read the poem it can be unique to you and personal. You can easily picture who you would write the poem about. If I told you it would ruin it for you personally. It’s like when they make a movie out of a book you’ve been reading and the characters almost usually never match your imaginations description.

Chaos, confusion, am I the only one losing?

And I’ll look for her in lines of your life

Secretly hoping you never make her your wife

I can’t help but smile when I see your face

I swear no one will ever take my place

I wasn’t the first nor was I the last

But I’m that unforgettable past

The one you think on

Wonder what went wrong…

Was it because I always loved him

Would you ever win?

And you’ll keep coming deep in the night

When my guard is down and I can’t fight

I want to reach out and pull you in

But remember you never win

And the music on the radio is so right

There playing all our songs tonight

I will beg you to let me be

As I move closer to you

This isn’t yin or yang

This is chaos

And we will never be the same