Category: Poems

They weren’t supposed to fall
Those hidden tears
She tried to keep them in
She tried to wipe them all away.
Why must they stay
When seeing them would mean
That you would be crying, too?
And she loves you.
She loves you too much
To hurt you with her eyes,
Eyes that often tried to hide
All the pain she kept inside,
She tried to hide it with her smile
But her eyes, as always
Found a way to speak somehow
She failed to catch a tear or two
And that’s how you knew
All the wondrous things
That only love can do.

Look Back

His smile,
his gaze,
his touch.

The way he holds my hand,
the way he makes me feel
as though everything is still possible,
as though every dream is within my reach.

These are the things
I must recall
whenever I feel that love
is slowly fading away.

I must look back
at the very beginning
when love was new and strong
and full of promise.
I must remember…
I must never forget
the day I caught
a glimpse of heaven.

We Never Let Go

We do not really let go of love;
We hold on to it.
We hold on to what remains
After all the dross is put away.

And after all the pain has
Purified the heart,
We know that we need only part
With things that cannot last.

But we hold on to what is pure;
We cherish the truth we’ve found.
And what is beautiful shall always remain
Because we never really let go of love.

There are times when,
In the midst of silence
I catch a glimpse of him
And just for a moment
My heart is stilled
My heart is filled
My heart is satisfied.
In the midst of a barren land,
Streams of water flow
And my thirst is quenched
I know I can only rest
in his sweet presence
And all the happiness I seek
Is there only
In his embrace.

People don’t know my loneliness
They cannot see the darkness
That pains my heart
Everyday
I try to smile like it’s okay
But it’s not
I am not.
I am lost
I am broken.
There are places in my heart
That hurt too much
When touched,
Places where memories of old
Run deep
Memories that weep
When I cannot.
And people do not know.
They know not
For they see not.