I Don't Feel Like A Love Poem by Ken HarnischI dont feel like a love poem
In these troubled hours
But that doesnt mean
I will not fall, relieved,
Into the circle of your welcoming arms
Or softly kiss your lips
If they are gently offered me.
I have taken solace in your heart
Before;
Restored my soul at the well
Of your supportive conversation;
Leaned, almost leadenly,
On your sweet shoulder
In all too many times of rain.
But this is a maelstrom of another
Kind, and the weight I would suffer
To lay upon you is one both
Unbidden and unfair
To a soul I treasure so.
Yet, I find, you embrace me still
Even in the darkness
Where my words are acid-dipped
And my heart as black as night
And even though I cannot
Bring myself to write the
Words of Love, perhaps
In their unspoken clarity
I already have
And you, you always seem to
Hear them when I do 03/21/2003 Posted on 03/21/2003 Copyright © 2024 Ken Harnisch
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Rhodora M Fitzgerald on 03/21/03 at 06:06 PM Words never spoken are sometimes more beautiful than the ones that are and true love is always there even when the words are not. Another beautiful poem Ken! :o) |
Posted by Melissa Arel on 03/24/03 at 04:15 PM For not feeling like a love poem, this one sure was LOVEly :) |
Posted by Amy Niggel on 03/24/03 at 04:43 PM never ceases to amaze me what you can accomplish with your words. This is one of my favorites of yours now. Great job! |
Posted by Kate Demeree on 03/27/03 at 04:42 PM I stumbled across this.... stopped... stared.. read, and reread.... For some reason, it made me feel like I was standing at the edge of a rocky climb staring out at blue sky, and cloud, with the sun shinning and a day just beginning. |
Posted by H.M Stevens on 01/20/16 at 02:13 AM wow- this is excellent. |
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