How You Know

How You Know

A Poem by Alice Miller
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An older piece to pass the time while I wait for inspiration to strike.

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Darling,

I know it's hard to tell if I love you.
Hard to tell if "darling" is saved just for you,
Or given carelessly to all those who can make me laugh.

You know I love everything and everyone with a firecracker's brightness,
Loudly as clattering chimes and victory cries,
With a mad passion most others reserve
For falling in love, once and forevermore.

Rest assured, darling,
That I love you, too, in those wild ways.
But when the clamor settles-
When I've run out of things to say
Or when nothing needs to be said-
It's always you that I wish to share my silence with.

Please keep my gentle love.
My sighs, my secrets, my hand in yours.
It isn't so sensational as the fierce and dazzling love I give away,
But it is the only love that I keep
The very closest to my heart-
And it is yours alone.

© 2022 Alice Miller


Author's Note

Alice Miller
Because I thought we needed one more poem about this kind of thing.

Did you know that April 9th is Comma Abuse Day? I've decreed it. As always, constructive feedback is appreciated.

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Another poem about love. How could you? But you do give it a twist by writing it as a letter. Terms of endearment on a poets terms.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Very nice. It reads well but ends even better.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Really nice, Alice. I like the way this poem is constructed.

Posted 1 Year Ago


What a beautiful write! I love the closure in the final lines...(It isn't so sensational as the fierce and dazzling love I give away, But it is the only love that I keep The very closest to my heart- And it is yours alone.) Just lovely! ~Sharon

Posted 1 Year Ago



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Added on April 9, 2022
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Alice Miller
Alice Miller

Verona, VA



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