Less than all who came before

sometimes less doesn't need to be more

You are

my first 

thought,

my last,

my next;

my everything

in between --

what was, 

what is;

what hasn't 

happened

Yet.

 

Unexpected lines, 

tiny coincidences … it was always you

I was searching for ...

Names and dates, 

paths intersected, 

but never crossed .. until that day

I didn't know it then, 

I am not even sure 

the when 

one day

I held your breath 

inside me

and I just knew

It was always you.

I was lonely then, 

when I wanted more …

but More

was what 

I'd always gotten ...

More words

More promises

More things

to wrap the lies

in pretty ribbons

of More -

What I needed

was Less

than what I wanted

and more

than I ever dreamed

You are the Less 

I needed

than all the More

who came before

Author's Note

Reviews

[Jon Roggie]

Just a little less,
one moving alongside.

[Lyn Anderson]

Nice to see you. :)

[Jon Roggie]

Back to you!

[Einstein Noodle]

"What I needed
was Less
than what I wanted
and more
than I ever dreamed"
brilliant Lyn .. simply brilliant .. the search for true love can be exhausting and few there are who know what it is out of the gate ... seems we do have to stumble over and around it before it opens to us .. i always enjoy your unique form ... like asides .. three different people as she has become someone different with each learning step .. very clever twists on more and less .. hmmmmm i feel happy for your protagonist ... ;) she has found peace, comfort and love with more of less

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much!

[redzone]

hi Lyn, now this is the style (form) of poetry that is you.... snippets of thoughts that together make up a single thought... and those thoughts point to the conclusion of finding love, being happy and whole, especially after those "mores" left you broken... nice music to go with the poem.... nicely done Lyn...

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah to be that less which is more than the more before....
and to be the everything in between....that is exactly where one would want to be...
fitting neatly into any one of the three poems here.
j.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much

[NotUsinganymore]

Very interesting poem. I liked the words and layout of it!

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you kindly.