allowed/aloud

A poem about still loving someone

Am I still allowed to love you?

Even if I haven't heard a word?

Am I still allowed to love you

if some memories still hurt?

I haven't seen you in forever,

but I miss you just the same

A year without you's basically never

and time only adds to the flame*

I still wish to wake beside you

and to see you every day

I still want you in my life, too

and wish you want the same

I still haven't shared my rhymes

and haven't seen yours

I want to share your happy times

and I want to share your chores

Is it a crime to want little ones

to call yours and mine?

Should I be fined

if I want more time to spend with you?

I've worked so hard to cope

only to find that

when we're apart

I still have hope

Surely I seem a fool

to wait here at the docks

as it's been so long

and we haven't done so much as talk

Do people think I want a difficult love?

or that I like to hurt?

Do they think the words "just move on"

ever actually work?

I've never said, "I love you"

and I just want a chance

to go and share this truth with you

even if we've separate paths

I never would've picked you,

but that doesn't mean you're not great

It just means I have a type

and from that you're miles away

Are there labours to do for heaven

If I want to see you again?

Some deed multiplied seventy times seven -

Will we be reunited, then?

Author's Note

opinions welcome