you who have been loved.

i have to let you go

now

you who have been loved

who, in fact, is still loved

by me



your ghost touch can no longer

caress my cheek

your voice can no longer

sing the syllables

that belong to me alone


you've reached a place i cannot follow

you grasped a dream too singular, too hallowed


i've no business tying down

one who's donned the wings

i've yet to learn to wear

i've no business holding down

a spirit that soars

with the rainfalls of my tears


so


go
quickly
now

while i've managed

to prise my loving hand

from yours

go
quickly
now

while i am managing

to hold back the bits

of this true me you've created

go
quickly
now

while i can still manage

biting my lip

to stem the flow of words

begging your soul to stay

housed within my own


i have to let you go

now

you who have been loved

who, in fact, will ever be loved

by me

Reviews

[Eagle Cruagh]

Awww ! Another foreign language poem.

You see I have never understood the language
of love and this poem speaks only in that tongue.

Take my hand, come with me, to the land of
our desire, where all is pure form, not love, but
loving.
Is not love really just loving ? What is it, if it is not
one demonstrating pure affection for another ?

Whatever it is, you have sung the song, eaten of the
cake and suffered the belly ache of having been
overstuffed with the goodies of living.

You have written a beautiful song/poem.

My rating ------ 100 %

-------Eagle Cruagh

[Wildfleour]

You broke my heartstrings with this one, my friend. So exquisite. I felt each line like a knife, tearing the wound a bit more.

[The Flawed]

True love is unconditional, and unselfish, and very very rare,
That's what the beautiful voice in this poem talked to me about or at least that's what I heard,
But what do I know?

[R J Askew]

I was apprehensive of this one because of the 'been' in the title. The poem speaks of a strong love ending with great passion, esp the 'Go quickly now' repetitions. It is clearly you do not want this parting, but for some reason it must happen. Sad, sad. But, from the outsider's perspective, very moving on account of the way it communicates the feelings involved.