Nolan Bly Poet Free verse

I Could Say Nothing

How surprising to find flesh 
Where my heart should be stone
Indeed, it pounds for two loves
Only she is left here to hear it

Yet I’ve swallowed my heart
Even that day when she left
She was so close 
And I could say nothing

I obsessively kept every rule
But now what good is caution
If it leaves so much unsaid?
I’ll remember all I didn’t say

If only he were so near
As some measure of miles
But I must measure that distance in years
Maybe 60 or so if I can endure it…

But 800 miles can be covered by post
So I must tell her!
What cowardice has stayed me?
Even knowing how silences linger

I have mended my heart once before
And I promised not to do this again 
She lives. I love
I know I must tell her.

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Beata Agustin June 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.