Without Dreaming

Tremendous first offering to the soup. I wish you a belated welcome. I think you will fit in nicely.

Natural and going with a flow. Completely connected with reality. Good one. Regards, Bhavna

Easily identifiable. The gift and curse of having loved and lost. Beautifully expressed. - Raven

Wow, deeply expressed piece of beauty, Doris. Amazing honesty of that distance, that one wished to get rid of, in hopes of getting closer to that special one. Enjoyable piece overall. Check out some of my poems, might find some you like. Peace.

this touched my heart

Lovely write Doris!

This poem says so much, the longing, the wishing, the needing, Your feeling are strong and you use them well, well done, write on :)

Full of longing that pulls the heart strings..:) Nice write Doris..:) from Phil??? Welcome here in poetrysoup..:) GBU from olive..:) hope you will enjoy it here as much as I have been since I joined here..:) poetrysoup a big family of one heart writing ..:)

I like this, Doris. Angst but good :)

When destiny decides it is time .

great write really enjoyed this but sometimes people are beside each other and are still worlds apart. Welcome to poetry soup Andy

Lovely Write, and my favorite line is "When shall I be with you, without dreaming?" Touching poem. TFS and Welcome to Soup. Jess :)

I can relate to loss too. You wish your loved one was still alive and you see or remember them in dreams but when you wake up you remember they are not there. Awesome poem!

Another heartfelt write Doris. Its hard when a relationship breaks down and the hurt here is intense i do hope things get resolved for you. Hugs Jan xxx

Yearning is expressed here and we have all felt that as we move through life... i find it moving

Strong emotional content. Very moving. Nicely done.

Strong emotional content. Very moving. Nicely done.

nice.. emotions running and keep burning my soul in this one

DORIS, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Welcome to Poetry Soup. Very nice first piece. I wrote a sonnet, with a similar theme to your ending, called Odsessey; you might like it. Thanks for commenting on Something Left Behind.

Welcome to Poetrysoup, Doris!!! Your poem touches my soul... "when shall I be w/ you w/o dreaming"... That' truely heartwrenching... knowing that our love can no longer be seen... Awesome start!...Keep penning w/ your heart!! :O)) hugs... Aiyah ^_^

Doris welcome to the family, lost love or unattainable love is always the worst, time will tell ....David

I totally can relate to this, Doris. It brings back so many lessons-filled memories that still hurt but changed me for the better. Powerful first post on the soup. I can't wait for your next one. Thanks for dropping by my page! :)

Doris, this is a beautiful poem about loving someone and dreaming of being with that someone. I enjoyed my visit and just kept the faith. Verlena

I understand this poem. It takes some patience. A LOT of patience and also some action on both parts, but if it's meant to be it will, good luck and great work.