Through steely blue the spirits dance
The old-time moves of no regret
Begin to mingle retrospect
Inventing history of romance
To give new love a sporting chance
Demanding truth of intellect
Cavorting trust amid respect
As lovers share a fleeting glance.
A moment lost to longing stares
A promised kiss upon a smile
The hidden wants of visual style
That leads the knowing unawares
Revealing thoughts the heart declares
The talking eyes that stay awhile
Like the sun on an old sundial
For love has sworn its place is there.
Let not olden days aspire
All about the you and me
In wild, wild winter of desire
Longing and longing to be
In each other’s warmth
Love is in the air, they say
Oh, with it the minded minds
Vibrantly wish to live and sway
Embracing between the lines
Speechless faith does harm
Now that we both are in the
Arms of the great unbeknownst
Never been such our history
Crazy us that we surely own
Yonder mountain of distrust
Let not this fungus of love
Overwinter in dead leaves of the
Verdant tree of such belove
Entrapping souls to live in the
Same old alleys of our lust
Love is in the air, they say
Ah, with thoughts and dreams
If ego did not part our ways
Love, would it be so deem
Irresistible like us of yesterday
Still I feel those footprints
Still I remember those walks
Still I feel that unknown longing for you
Still I remember all our talks
Still I just want you is to smile
Still I want you with me
Still I feel that this place is an exile
Still I don't know why do I feel so
Still you're in my thoughts
Still you're in my cries
Still you're in my every dream
Still you shed as tears from my eyes
Still I love you like anything
Still I want you back in my arms
Still I'm poor even though I've everything
Still I'll keep waiting for you, My love.
It is not the pale moon that brought you here
nor the longing for a sober night. There is
a sliding melody between your footsteps,
and your lips whisper a song
full of vowels to the wind.
I can read the sorrow in your eyes, better
than the scintillating symmetry of the stars. And
if you could feel the pulse of my quivering roots
underneath the weary soles of your feet, you may know
how to use my branches for lumber
during those nights when you need warmth.
Use my leaves as shelter, when the falling snow seeks
to numb your skin. When you are angry,
you are free to peel off parts of me. And carve out
little bits of your secret thoughts on my bark
when you are lonely.
All I want, is to be
the shade that protects you
from the scorching eyes
of the world.
Crisp cold air moves in slowly expectedly.
How nice it can feel after long hot haze filled days of summer.
Gradually the chill embraces all.
And all succumbs to mother winters icy graces.
Trees lay dormant.
Water rests in a shiny crystal state.
And the ground sleeps under its insulating blanket.
Not all rests during these grey times.
So much more grows and thrives then the darkened cold ground reveals.
But like the ground it must remain covered insulated from all around it.
For if it is seen it shall not survive the blustery Gaze that it will be subjected to.
so it sits waits... but growing.
An enigma in a world full of certainties
It lies unmoving through many months of the grey and grows stronger and larger
with each blast of icy cold.
Forever longing for the thaw.
Yet knowing it may never arrive.
As the days grow longer it waits, waits for the summer perhaps then it can bloom.
Taking comfort in the fact.
That although the release into the sun would be oh so freeing.
That the cold grey is its mother and here it can stay forever.
Hidden continuing to grow never to be harmed isolated,
OH winter longing's
Oh to hold you in these loving arms, to see your crystal eyes
Time, it seems, loves to hold the longing heart, yet I will hold you still
In the setting of the night, we rise to kiss the dawn so bright
Many months we have conversed
we take the decision to finally meet.
my introduction now rehearsed
for I am so longing to greet
this beauty oh so sweet.
Along the promenade we walked
the wind blowing her lovely hair.
swapping giggles as we talked
admiring what she wears
for in her eyes I long to stare.
Our hotel room we finally reach
still chatting, holding hands.
kissing between our wanting speech
relenting to our wanting demands.
two desiring to share their commands.
Face to face, touch of lips
adventurous hands in loving glide.
to the floor our clothes slip
falling before our pride
naturally we sensuously guide.
Ring of heat around my neck
Blooming from his thirst moist lips
Eyes stay swallowed of his scent
And my mouth hungers your kiss
Together this moment my longing bliss
When we first started dating
I had no expectation of forever
I was content with the immediate
And enjoyed each moment with her
All the mundane chatter
And flirtatious wordplay
Leading to the longing looks
And the sentimental words of love
Back then time evaporated,
Hours seeming to pass in seconds
And in all those moments
Precluding our life together
The one thing we never had was silence
But that was then and this is now
And now the silence deafens me
No more chatter
Words are used miserly
As if endowed with great value
And not to be wasted
On flirtation or sentiment
Words, when used, now bite
With venomous spite
Moments now last an eternity
Clocks that once seemed to race through time
Run now in slow motion
Her contemptuous looks wither me
Longing now for my extinction
I have yet to understand how guys think
It seems like it's based off just hormones
They'll work you up till they get what they want
Then you're on your own
They don't care how your day went or what you're really about
Friendship is totally thrown out the window as you get older
But they're good at making you feel beautiful for a night
It's amazing how one in a million turns into something more
To know that you're safe
To know that you don't need that anymore
Just longing to be held
Knowing that they're yours
I've finally found that
and I'm waiting for it to fall
it seems like doubt likes to creep in my mind
knead my beating heart
with gasps of longing whispers
turn off the alarm
my dear duncan
My dear,
you're so far away and my heart so full of longing that the only way to relieve my
grief was to write this letter.
You know, sometimes I think it would be nice to have the possibility to keep certain
feelings in a "box" ...
I'll explain: it is good to miss once in a while, but sometimes it hurts too much and
the absence of the o...ther becomes unbearable. That's what I'm feeling now, so is
this longing that I'd like to keep in a safe box or in a fragrant that I could open
quickly and eventually, like when you open a bottle of perfume or lotion.
However, what I'd really like was never felt this kind of thing. Wish you were always
around, always ready to listen and close all the words of affection that I have to tell
you.
Come back soon!
Love is a feeling deep down inside
Love is a feeling one just cannot hide
Butterflies flutter in the stomach they churn
Once bitten twice shy? But we never learn
Magical powers take over so much
Yearning and longing for that first touch
The magic doesn’t last but it sparks like mad
Making one feel young again never sad
Smitten with love the power is so strong
Having to give in to it before too long
Rose coloured glasses, tint the feeling so bright
Senses are heightened, like the stars at night
The powers that be take over our lives
Proposals are made to make us wives
Love goes on and settles like first snow
True love will survive false love will go
Kelly
By Nathan Hannen
When the shadows cast their dark shades on my heart
I think of you in my life, Holding my hand, Playing your part
Then your gone, Like a shadow that has dispersed
I walk in a dark lonely place, Treading on broken hearts, Their thoughts turn to
powder under my feet, Blown on a heartache wind
Alone with no voices to call for me, Deep black abyss, The darkness there swallows
the light
Then I see you standing there, Your face, Full and beautiful, No words are spoken,
Just you in my mind
Your hair flowing like a stream, Your stare, So intense, It feels like a dream
The contours of your body distort the light, a sunny beam, The strength in your
smile does'nt pass by me unforseen
Then darkness envelops me, No light strong enough to pierce my grief, Just my
heart, Longing for you
I love you
The End
As the desire of flight hardens my veins,
Your eyes, cool as the earth, shot with filtered
sun, stay my limbs.
It’s difficult to believe in longing or sorrow
Beneath the eves of yew and hemlock.
Though stepping towards tarmac
Shatters my thin illusions.
You, my doe, exploding through underbrush,
Trump my desire for flight,
Even in the black recesses of wasted alleys
Reeking of piss and moral ineptitude.
Lover bring me solace.
With our souls bound
The minds intricate neurons
Enmeshing our whole.
Lover bring me peace.
When behind closed eyes
I travel wearing down reckless abandon
At least for an hour of fitful sleep.
You the well of my energy
Upon my thoughts, forever
A smile softly on grim lips.
You the response to my question.
You, my summer rose, glowing
in the morning of our lives.
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