General Poetry posted October 22, 2023

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Free Verse ~ Love poem

Indecision

by Sugarray77

As June turns to December

all's the same, and I remember

our seaside jaunts along

the shore were flecked

with burnished gold.

When will he speak?

I cannot, cannot say it first

of love, of angst, a heart

that bursts with longing for

a simple hearth,

communion with

teacups and books with

phrases intermingled,

small talk of me and you.

Why doesn't he speak?

I'd have been content had I

not known a table with

conversation strewn upon

it mixed with bits of

marmalade on toast and

no place set for loneliness.

Uncertainty across his brow,

always fleeting, always now,

as if the universe would melt.

His would melt and so would mine

into universes intertwined and

enriched with so much more,

more love than we've ever

known before.

Why does hesitation make his

steps falter upon my stairs

or to the altar?

Shall I savor the warm wind

fresh from a summer sea and

make my own way ~ mine and me?

Shall I capture its essence and

tuck it into my soul...

nestling and nurturing it

against the midwinter

shadows damp with

solitary cold?

I'll leave him to his

indecision, his tepid

warmth, constant revision.

I'd rather be the queen of hearts

and center of the world; to lead

the parade with flags unfurled

than look back with a heart

full of lost hopes and

childless years of his

weekly visits.

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Free Verse ~ Love poem

Indecision

by Sugarray77

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