Separate Ways

I always wanted more
Than you were prepared to give;
It leads us now to separate ways
With altered lives to live.
My heart will always beat for you
With what little is left intact;
Love for you has come and gone
So now there's no turning back.
If you ever have a lonesome day
With nothing else to do;
Think back on our love filled days
When my love was all for you.


A collabortion with my dear friend
Dan Kearly who "gets in the mood"
now and then.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Bickerstaffe Avatar
June 27, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Achingly beautiful... lovely cadence, rhyming and a sentiment so well expressed. A fine collaboration!
Situation Avatar
May 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM
How simple but artful.
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May 4, 2012 at 7:23 PM
The title pulled me in again.
Situation Avatar
February 7, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Dan, you really betrayed us on this one. You took a step down on the ladder of success and with that step slipped all the way down to the bottem. never do this publicly again.
Horsman Avatar
December 31, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Just had to read your first posted here on soup, not disappointed. harry
Macfarlane Avatar
November 10, 2011 at 5:11 PM
You two should join forces more often....a super write1
Green Avatar
October 30, 2011 at 10:46 AM
super poem,,,of love and more,,,congrats on the teamwork,,,,,it paid off,,,loved it....
Babcock Avatar
October 27, 2011 at 10:07 AM
You both did a fine write on this poem. Love can make or break a person . Like the last two lines of this poem. love phyl
Minardi Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Ohh... so this is a collaboration between you two... Excellent, Elizabeth! i like this a lot! :)
Hill Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 7:46 AM
lovely and sad...TAH
Peranteau Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 5:18 AM
Ok......I decided that.............I concur with Andrea; it reads as if one soul wrote this ! Awesome write ! Have a blessed week dear poet....much love, james
Peranteau Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 4:55 AM
Hello dear poet ! I wanted to let you know that; I concur with the comments made by the souls below in regards to your write here, and I'm fix'n ta read some of your older posts, so I will know who wrote what lines here ! *smiles* I see that a sum of the souls; WANT TO KNOW ! be back............
Henderson Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 12:42 AM
true love (at the moment) so true.
Effendi Avatar
October 26, 2011 at 12:27 AM
simple, with such complex meanings in between the lines. Hope you are well, dear friend, all well down here.
Dietrich Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Those last two lines are really cool. How did you divvy up this poem. Did you write every other line? I know one time I did a collaboration where I went back and forth with someone alternating the lines of the poem. This really has the feel of one person doing the poem!!
Sweetheart Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 8:51 PM
we all have such great expectatiions in relationships elizabeth.. your words express for everyone who has had this dilemma.. but hope is on the horizon.. getting to the core of luv ..luv..
Kearley Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 3:41 PM
You are funny :-) Beautiful write... "Gets in the mood" ha ha
Martin Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM
This one has the whisper of James Taylor's classic hit "You'v Got a Friend." I like them both (the poem and the song).
Aul Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Another heartfelt poem, take care........... George
Austin Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 11:24 AM
So sad, touching, how the "wanting more" lingers. Your usual fine effort, Liz. Love, daver
Lane Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Well done Lizzie. Tony
Johnson Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 10:45 AM
This would make a good song. It seems to me, there is a song with this title already. By Journey or somebody. I don't know. Wonderful collaboration guys. Enjoyed.
Sivey Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 9:08 AM
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October 25, 2011 at 9:01 AM
A very nice poem,, Liz,,, did Dan, post this collab,, Just asking cause, i stopped at his work,, and did not see it...very entertaining... thank you for sharing,..p.d.
Zzzzz Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 8:54 AM
I'm sure many who read this will feel they have been there and done that. A sad reality for many of us. A nicely expressed piece...hitting all the blue notes. xoxo Robert.
Kendrick Avatar
October 25, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Enjoyed reading the collaborated work..Thanks for stopping by..Sara
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