not going anywhere

on late nights with you

afraid to fall

the words that roll

so easily

off my tongue

for others

are not so simple

after all.

not because

I don't feel them

but because

I am afraid

to fall.

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For now with you is better than all the forevers who came before ...

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Your blanket

It isn't that I

don't feel it

in every cell --

I know it.

I am so afraid

to say it,

wrapped in blankets

at your feet.

you say you aren't

going anywhere;

those words are bigger

than this particular night.

you are my

nearly everything

that makes sense,

that feels right.

you didn't have to

but you did,

for me,

like you always do.

because that's the only way

you know how to be.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

He's a solid guy.
Not many of them about.
Hold on tight.

[Lyn Anderson]

Oh, I| plan too. Solid. That's nice. I agree. Sounds like a poem. Thank you.

[Paul Bell]

I'll await it then. lol

[Dr. YumnaKay]

"you say you aren't
going anywhere;
those words are bigger
than this particular night."

This is nice! I liked the contrast of the stanzas. A nice blend. 😊

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I appreciate the read and review.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

You're welcome 😊

[Kesha]

"because that's the only way you know how to be" that last stanza really nails it in. I loved this piece so much! Nicely penned

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[Kesha]

You're welcome :)

[Sami Khalil]

"you are my
nearly everything
that makes sense,
that feels right.

you didn't have to
but you did,
for me,
like you always do."

Very enjoyable and sensible. Thank you for sharing...:)....................

[Lyn Anderson]

You are very kind. Thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome kindly...:)...........................

[Shannon]

Interesting trilogy. I love the simplicity and the rhyme of the third. And the first, where the person that they just are is what you want or need.

Lyn, I feel as though the progression is a little jarring. What if the first and third were switched?

Then the second, a thought thst is both romantic and pragmatic (really a contradiction), acts as a bridge.

Well penned as always.

[Lyn Anderson]

You are probably right. I posted them exactly as I wrote them, with no edits. It probably does sound better the other way around.