Catie Lindseys "one Last Poem" With "responce" By Jhlovingiii

one last poem
 
You would never have to share me
If you would only claim me for your own
No one has touched me
I have friends
and then I have closer friends
But I love you
But leaving me
you gave me away
I cannot bear the pain
 
You speak as if you were the only one
who had things to forgive and forget
ButI femember a few things too, a few who's
"i'm only a man" was your lame excuse
"Your are more beautiful than the night"
"Winter is cold, you are warm"
and each of them wore different
feminine names.
I don't want to share either
Not your love. your desires, your body
any of it.
I deserve to be everything to a man
I deserve to be enough
 
So walking away at this late date
comes late for me
You left long ago
I cried for you to come back
My esteem lessened with each blow
each name
Still i love you and want you
but need to be enough for you
no fooling around
no games
no surprises


BY Catie Lindsey


"Responce"

i would'nt share you with anyone 
i would'nt share you with the world
or with one single solitary soul
and I ponder God himself
no one should touch you
lest you lose your reproach
but all my love
depends on this
all or nothing
 
you speak of friends
as if they were close relatives
as if you have the right 
to spend time alone
"Nay!" i am only a man
trust has foolishness out grown
i too reminess the things of the past
some too painfull 
to remember
having shared with 
kings and beggers
scorn and wrath
"He's just a friend."
such a lame excuse
how convienient and proper
for such use
 
for the crime of infidelity
men don't forgive
and they don't forget
it is a tormentor
that like the fires of hell
never go out
and violence to the soul
ruins the sane
 
Don't worry about my faults
worry about your own
 
i don't want to share you 
with anyone or anything
i want to be enough
 
but if walk away i must
on that you can trust
for a little bit of love
and a tiny bit of lust
my esteem destroyed
with one blow
and still i love and want you
 are you in 
or are you out
 
 
BY J H Loving III
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Loving Iii Avatar
April 7, 2018 at 3:07 PM
After all these years i amaze myself. And I say Yes that's me, that's the way i still feel today. But with the poetic spirit I had back then. It's 9 years latter and I still love this.
Babcock Avatar
December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I don't think I will touch this one. God Bless Phyl
Chircop Avatar
December 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM
This poem touched my heart and soul John,,indeed did..lovely response to Catie--Charma
Bono Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Very sad.I am trying to cheer up.
Devonshire Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Mail to be returned.
Kendrick Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Interesting combination. Keep the magical pens flowing. Sara
Devonshire Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM
This poem strikes home, John. The last man who loved me said he suddenly "stopped" one day. I've spent many months wondering why I wasn't "enough." Why his feelings changed. What I had done to change his heart and make him so cold. Dear friend, there are probably many of us who ask these questions when a seemingly ideal relationship fails, even when there weren't other people involved in the decision to end it. You touched a special, sad place in my heart. Love you, Carolyn
Brown Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Thank you John for sharing your amazing poetry with us all today. WOW I enjoyed the read. Love, Carol
Haick Avatar
December 3, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Awesome response, I believe! Peace and love, Audrey
Culverhouse Avatar
December 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
nice responce poem!!
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