Only me

This poem is about lost love and the longing one feels for a lover.

Keep me love

keep me in your fervent eyes

keep me in your warm breaths

keep me in your foggy veil

keep me in the rise and the fall of your chest

and of course, in the wild beating of your heart

Keep me love

keep me in your words unspoken

keep me in your glorifying vices

keep me in your evasive secrets

keep me in your naive misleading promises

and of course in the agonising echoes of our past

Keep me love

keep me as long as the seasons change

For I am not ready to be forgotten, yet

For I am not ready to be a story or a song

let my phantom torment you to madness

And let this chimaera return you to me

Only me

Reviews

[garrshaw]

Yes, "For I am not ready to be a story or a song" lies at the heart of this piece. It is the cry of the lover not willing to bear separation from the beloved; the pain of the lover's desires breaking his heart; the blaming of his beloved for his pain. In the end there is "Only me" - acceptance and "fierce tears"(*) You have expressed the journey so well, Priya.

(*)Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Dylan Thomas

[Priya Tyagi]

Thank you for your appreciation. "For I am not ready to be a story" or a song is one of my favourite lines from this poem too. I will be grateful if you have any suggestions on how to improve the poem.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like this....especially the idea that i am not ready to become a song or a poem....because most of those are about after the relationships are over....

nicely done...

[Priya Tyagi]

Thank you. I am planning on writing short stories soon. Hope I will be good at it. Please, let me know if you have any suggestions to improve my work.

[costa siwale]

Awesome, this is a fantastic piece..the flow of words and the depth of emotion is lyrical. Well done

[Priya Tyagi]

Thank you. Happy you liked it. I am planning on writing short stories soon. Hope I will be good at it.

[Sara]

Loved it! brings back memories. Good job :)

[Priya Tyagi]

Thanks Sara. I hope to write more poems. Hopefully, I will try and bring good memories this time. :)