If you think...

It took me less than 15 minutes to write this....I felt like the words were flowing from my fingers straight onto the keyboard. I didn't exactly have to think much. I suspect that my brain did not compose it. My heart did.

 

 

 

If you think...
It’s easy for me to carry on,
Find another man and live another life,
Build another home and be a good wife,
You’re mistaken...

If you think...
I have erased your memories from my mind,
Emptied my wardrobe of your clothes,
Thrown away your letters, those love notes,
You’re mistaken…

 
If you think...
I can spend an entire hour minus a thought of you,
I go to bed each night without shedding a tear,
And I don’t get flashes of you everywhere,
You’re mistaken…

If you think I don’t miss you, you’re mistaken
…mistaken, because I can’t look beyond you.

For you mean myself to me.
Yes, you still do…

 

 

Reviews

[Alba T.]

I understand this so completely, I felt like this ...
a couple of times...
thinking it I could never feel this again....
but I did and it was the most horrible feeling ever...
I was told to go on, forget about him, live your life...
But how could I, when he was my life...
Like it is written above... "For you mean myself to me"...
that's just how I felt.
Beautiful Poem.
Alba :-)

[Dorothy]

Wow this is so wonderful! I have so been there... ok not being married but I was engaged. I love when you can write from the heart. Sometimes it is so hard to do and othertimes its like you can't stop it. Great write! I love it!!

[James Mayfield]

A poignant look at love lost. A great read.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

It's better to be more independant than to solely rely on another person, a sad write. Thank you for sharing, debileah

[Jenny Davis]

Awe, I have so been there, it truly does get better with time...but this is a great piece that I'm sure helped you purge your thoughts a bit ;)

[Sean M. Addams]

very strong emotions in this one... lots of good imagery... great job on this

[Lisa Robertson]

Awww...this poem shares a deep emotion that I think most of us can relate too...the tradgedy of losing a loved one..the feeling of being without...the emptyness left behind! Bravo...for you to open up to us is great! Thanks for sharing with us and...

Write on!
Smiles,
Lisa

[Quaysa]

God...I shouldn't have read this poem because it's making me cry and I don't want to. It's amazing how guys find it sooo easy to move on. They just pick it up and keep it moving and it hurts us to watch that. And they think that since they got over it, that you MUST have but that's sooo not true. It's like...how in the hell do you think that I could move on in a day or so with the years that we have had? How is that even POSSIBLE! I'm glad you wrote this poem although it did hurt me alot.
~Quaysa~

[Yvonne Heidt]

This is haunting and honest. It made feel it, and that is good writing. Great job.

[Crimson Shadow]

you mean myself to me - I understand this feeling. You can't be you without them in your life, even if only in thoughts.