Always there

Always there

A Poem by Elaine Lynn Alice

A feeling I've felt before

To yearn. 

To admire. 

From a distance 

I watch you fall just as a hope sets into my bones. 

A love so fast, yet so fleeting. 

A comfort is made and hope returns

How wrong it feels that it's there

The small moments

Overthought 

To yearn. 

To admire.

I'm not alone 

There are others that yearn for you

Jealousy and anger

Not profound to me 

Not common either 

To think I thought love

Now I am confused. 

But why? 

Is yearning for something that hurts worth it?

Pain is love 

But love does not equate to pain

So close to smell the scent of the future 

Too far to make the future a reality 

Do you know?

Would you think of me like I do of you

I’m told to move on 

Something about you keeps me steady on the thought of us

But why? 

There is so much pushing me away

But yet I stay

To yearn. 

To admire. 

Never to touch 

Never to hold

I watch everyone have what I desire 

Never what I desire do I receive

Never the right 

Everyone has their right 

Their hope 

Their desire 

I watch with a smile so bright 

And eyes filled with happiness 

But welling with tears 

Internal tears never to be shed

I want something I've never had

To always yearn. 

To always admire. 

© 2025 Elaine Lynn Alice


Author's Note

Elaine Lynn Alice
this is probably bad; I have never shared my writings before :)

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There is nothing more unrequited than yearning. It fills us with hope and leaves us as empty as the bucket you dumped the water from. You captured the continual teeter totter that we love to hate.

Posted 4 Months Ago


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Elaine Lynn Alice

4 Months Ago

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I’m not sure what I’m doing. Honestly, I just have a lot of feelings that I felt the need to share. more..