Endlessly
the buds and leaves
echo what’s left of longing
as I lie beneath
dark and dismal night.
I wish to drown
what was once harbored
lest thoughts of you kiss
jaded lips
never have I felt you closer
yet so far from me.
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Posted for Quadrille #65 @ dVerse Pub
And on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads
Tugs on the heartstrings – beautiful.
Thank you so much, V.J 😀 so good to see you ❤️
A very romantic piece with an existential twist as a capper; nice. It is well suited to be read aloud as well.
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Ah, the conundrum! So well expressed.
Thank you so much, Jilly 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Oh, the longing is heartwarming here, with that feeling of being so close and yet so far. I loved this bit: “lest thoughts of you kiss/jaded lips”.
Hoping that the drowning would lead to a new beginning. Something harbored has to be let go at times after all.
A thoroughly evocative verse. <3
Awww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Anmol 😀 so glad you liked it! ❤️
Romantic with a touch of melancholy – lovely!
Thank you so much, Jo 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Physical distance….so difficult for a relationship. Yet even when some are close, they are so far away. So glad you posted to the prompt!
Thank you so much, Lillian 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt)
Filled with intense longing and sadness. Thanks for joining in Sanaa!
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Becoming unharbored … an interesting concept. Yet, happens to so many. Losing touch with what once anchored them.
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
A bittersweet journey, sometimes I think there isn’t enough water to drown out the longing.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Truedessa ❤️
A wistful, almost melancholy, romantic quadrille, Sanaa. I like the oxymoron in the lines:
‘I wish to drown
what was once harbored’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
the buds and leaves
echo what’s left of longing… like the silence of that.
Thank you so much, Rajani 😀 so good to see you ❤️
such deep longing, no regrets just wanting to be close again, your poetry evokes such deep passion
Thank you so much, Gina 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Yes, unhappiness.
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Intense. Romantic. Longing is palpable, and the pacing is exquisite. Nicely done!
Pat
Thank you so much, Pat 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I love the dreamy quality of this lovely poem.
Thank you so much, Vicki 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Goodness, THIS is just beautiful:
“the buds and leaves
echo what’s left of longing”
Thank you so much, De 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
so near and yet so far…that is the essence of this
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Beautiful, especially “echo what’s left of longing”.
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That longing sounds so final… as if a great distance has opened up between you.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Ah, sad paradox … in poetry more beautiful and assured than ever.
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So beautifully written Sanaa, and that last line is stunning!
Thank you so much, Carrie 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful!
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Yes that pain of longing is so strong isn’t it. Often when I read your sad poems Sanaa, I feel you need a hug. Sorry about that!
Thank you so much, Robin 😀 so good to see you ❤️
You never disappoint with the poety you write or the images that accompany them.
Thank you so much, Helen 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
A fading romance well portrayed. Really liked this, been there done that. Closeness is habit forming in a way, then one will call a stop with a hint of resuming.
Thanks for hosting.
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Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Jim ❤️
The final lines add a bitter sweet conclusion to this love poem.
Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful, those lines of closeness from a distance.
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love this, especially the pathos in the end “never have I felt you closer
yet so far from me.”
Thank you so much, Mary 😀 so good to see you ❤️