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Lavender

Sep 10, 2022 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Unrequited

Let me gather my thoughts...
they drift around me like
fallen leaves before the rain,
like flyaway cottonwood
stirred by my wandering feet.
I scatter each thought of you
with every bewildered step.
Let me gather my thoughts...

You are in my sunlight.
You are in my silence.
You are in my music,
my poetry,
my rain.

If there could ever be a day
with no thought of you,
I would somehow
miss you still.
***

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: United States

Favorite Poets: I tend to read Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Billy Collins, Paul Simon, Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry, and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.

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Rosewood Apothecary

Rosewood Apothecary

2 years 10 months ago

Yeah

I love it. It’s so inviting. No corrections or suggestions, I just love it.

Tim

2 years 10 months ago

Hi, Tim,

Thank you for reading. Your comments mean a lot to me!
L

2 years 10 months ago

Absolutely...

How I wish that I had written this! It says everything that one might say to the love of their life. Not a single word out of place.
~ Geez.
.

2 years 10 months ago

Hello, Geezer,

I find that love is the hardest subject to write about. I'm glad you like this!
Thank you!
L

2 years 10 months ago

Love is hardly...

hard to write about when writing from the mind of a poet such as yourself, who uses the pen as a conduit for emotions buried
and hidden. ~ Geez.
.

2 years 10 months ago

Dear Geez,

Thank you...
L

2 years 10 months ago

this para does suffice unrequital love still...

If there could ever be a day
with no thought of you,
I would somehow
miss you still.
nicely slapped......

2 years 10 months ago

Hi, Lovedly,

Thank you very much!
L

2 years 10 months ago

I like poems but

minuscule they must convey................one's mood

2 years 10 months ago

Hi, Lovedly,

I believe I understand what you mean...
L

2 years 10 months ago

Hello, Mark,

Thank you for reading and your generous comment. I appreciate it!
L