He went away leaving my heart tender,
a desire to touch his lips, experience his love,
be conscious of his gentle embrace,
commence what we sensed in our minds.
We searched each other's eyes...
aspired to explore our keen feelings.
Our union...forbidden,
by parents living across the tracks.
My family not as rich as his folks,
our dating could not be realized.
Only hello's and smarting smiles,
kept our hearts pitter-patting.
The day he left for college,
I cried all day...the moon bowed to obscurity.
My world came crashing down,
loneliness sat on my doorstep.
Year's passed...I still searched for his face,
a glimpse of a look a like...never him.
No chance to tell him how I felt,
nor him to tell me.
Our attractions brought out yearnings,
he never tempted to cross the line,
left me speculating...
restless, inquisitive, and smarting.
A reunion fetched us together...
I looked into an empty face,
a stranger without sentiments.
A lump stuck in my throat,
a long-ago affection withered,
leaving me breathless and content...
I shredded a hunger of times past.
I loved your poem-story. You've shown the depths of young emotions, the heart-throbbing pain behind tender infatuations. Then suddenly you grow up and everything has changed. "I looked into an empty face...I shredded a hunger of times past." I love it, Barbara!
Extremely well written expression of our fear of showing or telling one another of our affections. You never know how life twists and turns to the conclusions brought on by living in separate paths and choices made. Things change based upon our life environment and those who have stolen or broken our hearts...sometimes there are bad consequences and other times we learn from mistakes or choices made. Beautiful work.
Wow this is truly a heartfelt write
Unrequited love is very sadden and painful!
Absolutely beautiful poetic thoughts!
Love Peace and Hugsss to you always..Yolie
Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on August 11, 2007
What can I say...excellent writing as always sweet lady...Hugssss
Wow! Wonderful writing so full of emotions from the past brought forward in a moment......
Be safe,
Karen
Reviewed by Patricia Bankhead (Reader)
Reviewed on August 10, 2007
Barbara I can really relate to this story.
I got a chance to tell him how I felt
and I wish I would have kept my mouth closed...lol
Enjoyed your story.
Thanks for sharing.
Love and Hugs,
Patricia
Reviewed by J M (Reader)
Reviewed on August 10, 2007
Unrequitted love is the hardest........ Often we make choices which would have been better off making known our true feelings. This one is sorrow but beautiful Barb......
Peace,
Josie
Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader)
Reviewed on August 10, 2007
Aw, what a heartfelt write Barbara, takes me back a few years remembering the way it was for me. Very nice work! Holly
Reviewed by Victor Buhagiar (Reader)
Reviewed on August 10, 2007
People change. We are at first separated by social bariers, and when these could be surmounted we find people change for the worse. Victor
It's a;most inhumane the way we change so violently sometimes. Like watching a movie but there is no intermission, no reviews and sequel. This was very sad, but I found myself nodding in recognition to the whole process. Very well done.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
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Beautiful work Barbara!
Love,
'Eileen
An excellent heartfelt write
Love & Peace
William
Blessings,
Joyce B.
Unrequited love is very sadden and painful!
Absolutely beautiful poetic thoughts!
Love Peace and Hugsss to you always..Yolie
Be safe,
Karen
I got a chance to tell him how I felt
and I wish I would have kept my mouth closed...lol
Enjoyed your story.
Thanks for sharing.
Love and Hugs,
Patricia
Peace,
Josie