What is Love?

[Sir Tristan CA]

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

[yeawutever]

It was very thought out, you might want to give it to her.

[waveseer]

It tugged at my heartstrings, I agree that if you're in contact with her it would be a nice sentiment to share.

[enchanted771]

Very heartfelt and warm.