Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.37
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Love feels like it's at the tip of my tongue, like the word I know but can't quite get. I can feel it resting its hand upon my palm and before I can intertwine our fingers it quickly pulls away. As if teasing me to run after it, so I do, running as fast as my legs let me go, trying to breathe in as much air as possible with burning lungs. But I can't quite give up. Not now, not ever, but maybe later. My legs can no longer carry the weight of my body. They shake and quiver, quickly letting me plummet to the ground face first. Embarrassing me and yet she, Love continues running, so I muster the courage to continue and run. Run until there is no air in my lungs. Run until my legs feel numb. Run until my heart can longer beat in a rhythm. All that is racing in my mind is to catch her, to hold her, to love but no matter how close I am to her she seems to put some distance between us. As if silently telling me I am unworthy of her, she so effortlessly, clings onto the hands of others and smiles at me when I see her do so. And maybe just Maybe A jealousy fills my heart, but it can only last a few minutes before I let it go. I've stopped running after her. It was no use from the beginning, why would she run if she thought I was worthy of her? Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I'm not. I've given up, but I can't help feeling as if my legs are too long to move at a faster rate in order to catch her trying. Sometimes she comes around but for a minute, only to whisper lies in my ears. And for a minute I believe her. So I hesitantly let my fingers graze her arms. No not, not ever, maybe another time. I let my fingers fall. Love feels like it's at the tip of my tongue, like the word I know but can't quite get. I never got that word.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required