No Love Requited Left To Claim

Tonight, the rains gush down upon my life,
Like shards of glass they cut through every vein.
Your footsteps, plodding heavily with strife,
Regretful puddles echoing your pain.

To walk away can be the hardest thing,
When there’s no love requited left to claim.
Though better than to die amidst the cling
To hope, my heart, for yours, will feel the same.

The passion swells, though muted by the grief,
And all the growing distance seems so wrong.
Then suddenly I’m cast into belief,
For you, I’d held affection all along.

If there was but one thing I’d wish to say,
My absent tongue would call to you, “Please stay!”

23rd November 2019
Midnight Aurora
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Lamoureux Avatar
December 31, 2019 at 5:51 PM
Blessings for 2020. I enjoyed giving this one another read.
Messina Avatar
December 30, 2019 at 10:31 PM
Absolutely Beautiful, MA. Hope you have a Healthy and Happy New Year!. Hugs Charlie
One Avatar
December 22, 2019 at 8:47 AM
Not written in a while... You must be busy .
Radhakrishna Avatar
December 21, 2019 at 5:13 AM
Lovely touching sonnet! Why the absent tongue? My heart says to you- please stay! I loved this poem' please keep writing!
Lamoureux Avatar
December 18, 2019 at 5:59 PM
I have not written many sonnets but when I do, it would be my wish to write one as beautiful as this one. Well done and thanksfor your visit.hugs Rick.
Cornish Avatar
December 17, 2019 at 7:39 AM
Hmmm, are you truly new here, if so you join very few on the soup who can write a perfectly metered , rhymed, and phrased English Sonnet - I'm impressed!
Babcock Avatar
November 25, 2019 at 11:05 AM
You captured heartbreak very well in this poem. Wonderfully penned. love phyl
Messina Avatar
November 25, 2019 at 8:10 AM
There is nothing worse than a broken heart. Great pen Midnight! Awesome write! Charlie
Green Avatar
November 25, 2019 at 8:06 AM
"Tonight, the rains gush down upon my life, Like shards of glass they cut through every vein." These two opening lines capture the painful essence of heart break so wonderfully. I know this feeling first hand, it has become a part of me. This entire poem is fantastic. I can feel this throughout.
Edges Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 7:02 PM
Wow, It's sounds like you know the same pain as me! Though I am guessing many do, heartbreak is nothing new!
Hamilton Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 5:40 PM
Heartbreaking MA but...well written, tells me you know something about this feeling to express it so well. Thanks for posting!
Shaw Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 2:06 PM
Oooo . . .
One Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 1:05 PM
Nothing hurts like lost love....
Aurora Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 1:26 PM
Yes. It can be the making or the breaking of you...
Pandit Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 12:46 PM
Longing and love throughout with sad overtones--elegant write, MA. Great ending.
Aurora Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 1:25 PM
Thank you Vijay.
Sands Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 12:34 PM
Full of longing. Very well written to lead the reader to feel it. I hope you have a nice day :)
Aurora Avatar
November 23, 2019 at 1:24 PM
How lovely. Thank you Heidi. Hope you have wonderful day too :)
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