Stay
I have never had to say it...
the word, that now is pushing at the seams of my closed lips
but I find myself wanting to
I have never needed to say it....
the word that has the ability to cut me down at the knees
but I find myself wanting to
I have never thought to say it....
the word that begs to be meant whenever it is spoken
but I find myself wanting to
I have never had to say it...
that one word...
the one...
that takes away, in an instant, all the dependence I have on myself
but...
as always...
I find myself wanting to
I have never needed to say it
I never...guessed I would...say it
I..
should
probably
stop
saying
never.
because that was before you
before I fell
off the cliff of a beautiful free-fall, right into a pool of eternity with you
before I felt
the warmth of knowing that there is a special place for me, with you
before I could
imagine the world as a sphere of untapped boundless potential...
and you
I have never needed to say it.
before you
but tonight
as you pull your hands away, letting the cotton of your embrace slip of my reach
I stare into you
letting the wells of my soul speak for me in a language that was made for you
and
I have never had to say it
but I do.
Stay.
Copyright © Karis Watie | Year Posted 2013
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