Beautiful Scars Poet Verse

Almost Love

you were NEVER mine...

yet

I felt you slip through
my aching fingers,
like arthritis longing
to be healed.

       you are my rose never picked-
       yet the thorns deeply pricked

I endured the sorrow of
a death that never died-
for you are my wound
that was never cut,
and I am virtually scarred...
                    FOREVERMORE.

saturated in ebon loss without
you even knowing I exist,
I drown in tidal cascades of 
knowing you will never see
my perpetual eyes.
and oh-
     the way they look at you.

            so I say to thee like
            a fleeting ivory dove,
            you know me not-
            but you're my ALMOST LOVE...




August 27, 2018

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Line Gauthier January 1, 2019 at 12:58 PM Love the raw emotion, Lu Loo. Congrats on your win.

Craig Cornish January 1, 2019 at 12:32 PM Romance personified Lu Loo!

Janice Canerdy December 30, 2018 at 8:17 PM CONGRATS on your well-deserved win, LuLoo--very moving! Janice

Eve Roper December 30, 2018 at 8:16 PM Congratulations on your win, laura, the imagery is fantastic in this well written poem. May you have a blessed Happy New Years. Hugs Eve ~`*

Mark Toney December 30, 2018 at 3:22 PM Lu Loo, congrats on your win on mile 6 of my 2019 Poetry Marathon contest! I don't know what's worse, experiencing an "Frozen Farewell" like Greg wrote about, or enduring an "Almost Love." Yikes! Passionately piercing, poignant and painful! Brilliant! A Fav for me. ~Mark

Line Gauthier September 28, 2018 at 8:45 PM More congrats on your well deserved top win, Laura.

Line Gauthier September 11, 2018 at 8:51 PM Congrats on your podium finish, Laura. Well penned.

John Lawless September 11, 2018 at 6:47 AM Oh, Laura, I think we've all had one of these.....haunting "if only's" and "I wonder's"...Great metaphor in here also. Thanks for entering the contest

Anisha Dutta September 10, 2018 at 10:25 PM Congrats to win on your wonderful poem. 'I drown n tidal cascades....nice flow. Love.

Susan Gentry August 30, 2018 at 9:39 AM Congratulations on your #1 win. Amazing how this filters into heartwarming and heartwrenching st sane time with few words. Beautiful Scars September 11, 2018 at 5:39 AM thank you sweet Susan! :)-luloo

Michelle Faulkner August 28, 2018 at 5:12 PM Oh this is so poignant, especially the lines 'sorrow of a death that never died", congratulations on placing in the contest! Beautiful Scars September 11, 2018 at 5:39 AM thank you sweet Michelle :)-luloo

Abdur Rasheed August 27, 2018 at 9:45 AM A wonderful poem. So pragmatic.Really nice. Beautiful Scars September 11, 2018 at 5:38 AM thank you :)-luloo

Abdur Rasheed August 27, 2018 at 9:39 AM So nice. Its pleasing to ear and touchy to mind and heart. Beautiful Scars September 11, 2018 at 5:38 AM thank you Abdur :)-luloo