Misery Is Not Ecstasy

The way things are...

Love is the word that I use to describe

A deep, burning feeling in which you reside.

No other could touch this place in my heart, and

No time seems to pass when we are apart.

All that I am is yours, my dear. Even through...

Misery, torment, anger, and fear.

You are the one that I wish to hold near.

Closed in my arms as you lay in your dreams,

Heaven is with us, even more than it seems.

Apart from you, I am nothing; alone.

Only you have warmed this damned heart of stone.

So maybe the end truly justifies the means?

My conscience is plaguing. I feel I disgrace

Your radiant beauty, that I seem to misplace.

Long the road has been, yet we dont' walk apart.

On an even longer journey, I pray that we may start.

Very different, yet alike, in so many ways we are.

Even though this is the case, I thank God for everyday thus far.

Author's Note

A present for my lady. The structure might seem a little off in places, but that's because this piece contains a message. The first letters of each word in the title and the first letter of each line spell a message to this magnificent creature.

Reviews

[Adara]

"Closed in my arms as you lay in your dreams,
Heaven is with us, even more than it seems.
Apart from you, I am nothing; alone.
Only you have warmed this damned heart of stone.
So maybe the end truly justifies the means?"

wow those are really beautiful lines!.. whatever you do to this poem, don't change those lines!!!

[Annebelle Ashire]

It always throws me when I see what wasn't there.

[Fran Marie]

breathtakingly beautiful, both in form and content....i would say Lanna is a very lucky girl... very nicely done acrostic piece~

[J.V. Stanley]

You know, if I had a guy write something like this to me, I do believe I would be putty in his hand. So long have I wished for a man to be so open about how he feels through words. If you ask me, a gift of a poem written from the heart is a priceless gift indeed. Not many men out there are so willing and so thoughtful to even put in a secret message for his lady love. It is beautifully written, honest, true, and the devotion you feel for your woman is clear. She is one lucky woman.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A love you sense of protection and guided ruling, a well written piece, structured and flowed correctly, well done