FOREWORD: I wrote this after a night spent hanging out with my ex... I love her with all my heart, and we would get back together if it made sense right now, but it's been two years since we dated (we're going to different colleges, and I'm the only guy she keeps in touch with). Anyways, the poem is about the abstract sensations I feel around her, and when I think about her, that I can only assume make up the foundations of love. She is my dearest friend, and the only girl I have ever felt anything close to a spiritual connection with.
Like the tide at sea
The feelings ebb and flow
Love was lost to me, and
This heartache only I know.
Here, still, remains my soul
Perched as a bird on a branch
Waiting, Silent, Watching,
Preparing for the Spring to return.
Glimpses of bliss mingling
With the scent of caring.
Striking lights of heartfelt gold
Pierce the gaze of my memory.
What a fool I have been!
To think that I could control this,
My feelings, my thoughts, my heart,
The emotional well I thought was my own.
They are out of my control.
They are hers now.
She holds them, sifting through
Like a child with sand.
The love of my life is her,
She and I are bound, completely,
With the thread of God
And something else more powerful than He.
As I gaze out these sea-blue eyes
I realize the truth of love.
It is eternal and invincible,
And it will always and forever remain.
DEDICATED TO ALLIE
