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This is inspired by love long gone. The loss of love, but also the gain from loving and being loved. Thank you for reading.

Runaway With Me

Would you pack up and run away with me if I were to ask you to today?
Would you throw aside all the past? The turbulence we shared? Would you forget the screaming matches and remember what we shared?

If I dream of this; is there a chance that it may come true? The answer is too much time has passed, and there’s nothing more to say or do (unhappy face). 

But I keep on hanging on, like a worn out Diana Ross song. I blame you; bellowing ”you just keep me hanging on”. 

It seems I fell victim to the powers of your kiss. I treated you badly I didn’t realize how much I’d miss. 

In this case there are no victims, there are only volunteers, and it seems you too fell ‘victim’, still loving me after all of these years.

I’d like to say I am sorry, but this is a worn out tune. I do have regrets. I blame it all on me. As they say it takes two to tango I wish now that I could see. 

But then how could I be sorry to have loved so passionately? I am the lucky one, that someone too loved me. 

I still ask would you run away with me? Take me to the justice one more time for a quiet ceremony? 

Walk with me through life as if this is something we ever knew how to do. Accept the others faults with no backdoor to escape through.
 
Grow old and gray together family at our side, the American dream they call it a wild, bumpy ride.

All of the latter is something we will likely never know, but the passion once shared will surely never go.

Its electrical magnetic charge is etched upon my heart. Those times when we were young and would just do ‘it’ anywhere, that heat that drew us like flames we didn't have a care. 

I ask again, would you run away with me?! Run away with me now!!! there’s no time to make haste. Life really is short we mustn't let it waste.

My beauty fades fast my love, my lines have become deep, my desires they are waning. Still my love for you I keep. 

Run away with me my sweetheart I promise I’ll be fair. I will love you to the ends of time, more than you can bare. 

Run away even if you have to wait until the dark of night. Run away with me my love make everything alright.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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November 3, 2015 at 9:07 PM
Danitra, :) Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups Home Page. ~SKAT LOVE~
Makama Avatar
October 28, 2014 at 7:28 AM
Lovely and remarkable. A definitive 7
Mcdaid Avatar
October 23, 2014 at 1:26 PM
truly this for me danitra a powerful piece of writing
Ochieng Avatar
October 23, 2014 at 5:16 AM
what a masterpiece it is...! I am so humbled.
Goldkind Avatar
October 22, 2014 at 12:52 PM
There's a poem in here trying to get out. Go back and cut the fat from the flesh and leave the bones. My 2 cents. Running away with someone; asking someone to run away is a powerful feeling of thrill and terror. I need to feel the emotion from your words in order to give them credence. The emotion is there but it's over explained. Tell me the truth....
Sergi Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 5:31 PM
Hi Danitra: A beauttful poem of love found and lost and lost and found. Welcome!
Bateman Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 2:31 PM
Danitra . . . Very well-done and articulated quite well!! I enjoyed your write here very much!! BTW, Welcome to Poetry Soup. From what I read, I understand that you are a new Premium Member. I will try to drop by and check out your poems from time to time. I've been with Poetry Soup myself since August 9th this year. Drop by as you have time and check out some of my poems too. All The Best. Cheers and Spill Ink!! Gary
Thompson Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 9:05 AM
THAT WAS SOO AMAZING! my breath was taken away and it couldn't stop reading!
Conley Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 6:32 AM
Loved it! Relatable to many of us, for some reason we waste time and thoughts on those we are not meant to be with. Very good job!
Munyasya Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 6:07 AM
very nice poem !!!i love it.
Kiggin Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 4:17 AM
I love it all ,I love it tragically, I love the way it's about you and me, I love the comedy and the sensitivity , I love it all because it's real and passionately.
Chakrabarty Avatar
October 21, 2014 at 2:41 AM
Intense passion skillfully chiseled to craft this beautiful poem as Diana Ross song"you just keep me hanging on”. Your write is so powerful Danitra. Just hang on. Love.)))));;rajat
David Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 11:04 PM
I love this. I would like to say these same words to my husband! Thank you for writing these lines. You attracted me back to the group. Thank you.
Horn Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 8:52 PM
This is lovely Lacey who is just, Always to all of us is a real must, With emotion she is so full of; Look at her and see lots of love. Jim Horn -------------------------------
Yvonne Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 5:53 PM
I can hear you singing these sad-happy lyrics, and they sound heavenly!
Med Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 5:24 PM
nice ink
Anish Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 4:33 PM
Seems like you speak from the heart with this one. Everyone feels the pangs of age. But as Pythagoras said "Time is the stream I go fishing in" Peace & Love Matthew Anish
Horn Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 8:59 PM
He even truly had a theorem, That did resolve all the delirium, And when fishing in a stream, Geometry is always in his dream. Jim Horn PS. Ever listen to a song called My Little Runaway?
Mcdaid Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM
truly very beautifully painted picture danitra
Butt Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 3:24 PM
Are you sure you are not trying to elope? I think NO... The piece is a good narration of the sentiments or infatuations of two lovers , However, if implemented upon it could end up as a wager.
Goswami Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 3:19 PM
Lovely feelings...I enjoyed it with love...Best wishes from India...
Roper Avatar
October 20, 2014 at 2:33 PM
Such a beautiful Poem, :) eve
Smith Avatar
October 14, 2014 at 5:47 PM
How beautiful, loving, longing...I have had many of those thoughts...you put it so eloquently...hugs Tim
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