"Might Have Been"

   "Might Have Been"

 

Love is pain...

fraught with sorrow.

Destroying today...

and each tomorrow.

When a heart fills with love,

that refuses...to die;

All of the "might have beens"

just pass it by.

Leaving it to wither...

alone on the vine.

Once it loved deeply,

now  it slowly lies dying.

Living in a long ago,

that shant be again.

Broken branch on the ground,

bent and just lain.

Love is pain that slowly,

chokes the broken heart;

Leaving tomorrrow...

no new place to start.

 

  Valentine 2009

Reviews

[MsJewel]

Love is pain that slowly chokes the broken heart
leaving tomorrow no new place to start..

Kathie - your words are touching. I know the pain of a broken heart and that it can only heal once one lets go and moves on...which can be easier said than done.

As always, your talent amazes me.

Julie

[Valentine]

Thank you Julie...just an inherited trait from my mother, the original Valentine. Kathie

[Leslie Philibert]

Fine write, that I hope does not express thoughts about you personally !

[Valentine]

No...this is an older poem I wrote some time ago. Kathie

[Jamestown]

The depth of love can most definitely hurt unfortunately, but that is
the pain that's worth it:) Great piece, thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Valentine]

Thank you for reading my write. Kathie

[R Smith]

so much passion and pain here Kathie, certainly love can linger beyond the relationship that it came from, when that has gone the love lives on, then as you say here the love chokes the heart and deters the possibility of another start, great work :)

[Valentine]

Thank you for your insight Richard. Kathie

[KWP]

you write with such depth of angst and pain it really jumps right out and grabs you - ahhh it's a really beautiful write - coming from deep within the soul it seems XX

[Valentine]

Some writes come from within...others from listening to what is said around me. Kathie

[sereenaoutloud]

this is beautiful, " real love brings real pain" To love so deeply that their absence cuts beyond the flesh right to the core!
Brilliant write :)

[Valentine]

I know losing my husband not only cut, it nearly did me in. Kathie

[sereenaoutloud]

:(.... >HUGS

[Ruth]

Agonising ... love is indeed a dual balance of pleasure and pain and if we really love, love is both...beautifully rendered...

[Valentine]

Thank you for reading this. kathie

[Melinda McQueen]

This made me cry. So beautiful in every way.
Though it hurts, love is the greatest.

[Valentine]

Yes, love is great when it is returned to you. Kathie

[Donald Meikle]

love hurts but not yet. and when it does it shows its worth.
They say it's blind
But they said that when the world was flat

[Valentine]

I did not realize that the world was flat! Smiling. Kathie

[Lizardo]

Oh such a intriguing poem, what mightof have been if we made those decisitions from the past...
Great poem, I really like this.

[Valentine]

Glad that you enjoyed this write. Kathie