will you let me

will you let me

take away your scars

heal those open wounds

left on your heart

will you let me

take you to the moon

introduce you to stars as

they sing a lovely tune

will you let me

love you for eternity

be your alpha and omega

find a peace within me

will you let me

be all these things

I can’t watch you

diminish into nothing

push

I push up steep hills

arms straining beyond the max

but I keep going

I cannot stop now

too close to the finish line

where my grand prize waits

but there are those times

I wonder is it worth it?

will the risk pay off?

and I do waver

legs go from underneath me

and settle for less

but no surrender

lies within this stubborn heat

so I must go on

these words I write to you

I loved you at twenty

I think I still do at forty

in love with a dream that

will never became reality

I still have those dreams

same places, different faces

but they always come back

to your handsome eyes

you’re that far flung star

still luring in my heart

maybe I should instead

chase fireflies within reach

perhaps I should let go

those dreams and you

let these feelings sink

into deep blue oceans

giving up (or not)

I did not think it

would be this hard

I was ready to

throw my arms up

and just walk away

let the puzzle pieces

fall in whatever place

but my heart was too

invested to just let go  

so I keep pushing on

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #79 - Up with the Poems, People

hold me tight

will you hold me tight

until morning light

you kiss

me soft as the night

and it feels so right

such bliss

that makes my heart bright

and dims the moonlight

like this

love again

my heart desires

to fall deep in love again

but my mind wavers

Inspired by Poetic Asides's 2019 April PAD Challenge: Day 29

banish

the feelings were too great

and yet at any rate

I banish

the desire I had within

I knew it’s a sin

to covet

what I simply can’t have

but my skin just won’t

stop burning

- Inspired by Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge: Day 25