Andrew Crisci Poet Quatern

Hesitation Has Cost Me Much Joy

Hesitation has cost me much joy,
sweet moments I didn't share,
it wasn't either greed or insecurity...
I preferred look away and not care.


If this guilt had not been there 
to control my sense of extreme humility:
a laugh, a kiss, a touch or gesture 
wouldn't have been missed by me.


Some wonder why they didn't dare,
why they wouldn't dream of what was already there,
not to explore all the wonders and delights of desire...
being reluctant to show the tender side.
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Wished my decisions hadn't been too premature,
making me prone to mistakes, that in turn 
turned out to be a disaster rather than a failure...
watching everything I built quickly burn.  


Hesitation has cost me much joy,
the tender feel of willing and passionate lips,
to assure those eruptions of internal passions...
now, what I desire is deluding me.


Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci

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Simone Segal November 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM One life, GO FOR IT!! Great poem, love Simone

Kim Hilliker November 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM So sad and powerful. Best wishes to you. Keep on keeping on.

Carolyn Devonshire November 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM Very compelling poem, splendidly written, Andrew! I have a friend who "hesitated" all of his life and now has many regrets that he missed out on sharing his life with a partner. If you are truly in this frame of mind, I hope you will hesitate no more and embrace the future. There is always the potential to be burned, but there is no hope when we don't allow others into our lives. Great poem! Love, Carolyn