It was marvelous to have loved you

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

0 posted 2001-10-08 12:14 PM

It was marvelous to have loved you-
Time stilled between every breath.
I imagined dreaming next to you
caught yet free….

It was marvelous to touch you,
shirt open, eyes closed, fingers stroking,
tongues exploring.
Yes, marvelous.

Through midnight rain and morning dew
there was delight passing through
our flesh, as lightning across a desert sky.
Your words fell into my
arms and I enfolded every syllable.
We were everything simple and all things
complex and we paraphrased one another.

It was marvelous to have loved you
but my legs dangle now,
over the bed frame.
My fingers drop the pen.
My tears cake dry and words cease.

But in those final sentences, it
would have been more merciful
not to have ever written them.

[This message has been edited by The Lady of Shallot (edited 10-08-2001).]

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2001-10-08 01:07 PM

This piece is so heartbreaking, yet beautiful. I love this! Sending this to the top so perhaps others may enjoy as much as I did. ~Hugs, NancyLee~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-10-08 03:39 PM

Yes it's nice to have those feelings of love stirred up and we can only hope that feelings will be mutual...in fact they are sometimes not...James

A Whisper's Caress
Senior Member

since 2000-11-03

Posts 791
on the horizon of a fairytale

3 posted 2001-10-08 03:41 PM

more merciful not to have evr written them?

no, once the ache ceases, you will have such beautiful thoughts to replay.

Poetic verse nestled in the warmth of my heart, reveals the sweet yearnings of my soul....

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-10-08 03:41 PM

Sadly beautiful work. Great expression of feelings and imagery. Well done!

[This message has been edited by Interloper (edited 10-08-2001).]

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-10-08 10:07 PM

'tis true that broken hearts inspire more than the heart in love. . .

well done. . .

---------------------------------------------------------

To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

6 posted 2001-10-08 10:37 PM

It was marvelous just to read this. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

7 posted 2001-10-08 10:50 PM

Thank you for your replies, I failed to bring across the meaning of the last few stanzas but I wrote this with too much emotion. Perhaps in the future I will redo it and make the meaning clearer. I sometimes fail to do that!

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.