It has been quite a while since I’ve penned a poem. Today caught me in a reflective mood, just edging into sadness.
Please, darling sleep on a little longer
Let me watch the sunrise chase those shadows from your face.
Please, darling … sleep on a little longer
For I need to be much stronger
To see your warm eyes open…
And find that in lieu of love there waiting
Indifference lives in its stead.
I know not when or how I lost you
I only know I have.
The words too late for speaking
Will not pass our lips
For there’s naught that we can say
To keep the pain at bay.
I gaze back with tears free flowing
To a time, you’d once awakened glowing
From the tender love, we’d made
Barely hours before.
But any price worth paying now
Would never be enough somehow
The damage runs too deep.
Please, darling … sleep on just a little longer
I know it won’t be long now …
Until you’re aware … then disappear
The final door will close now
The emptiness lay waiting …
Please, darling … sleep on just a little longer
For I need to be much stronger …
Another is outside waiting
Your future lay with her …
I’ll try to keep the best memories intact
Our child must never witness
The despair that would surely grow
If we dragged our injured love so far beyond its time
But for now, please darling … sleep on a little longer …
For I need to be much stronger
To see your once warm eyes open
Revealing coldness in their stead.
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Just a little longer.
You hit that moment perfectly in this poem. In the pain right as it ends hanging on to that last hope before it leaves. I could feel all of that. Powerful Soooz.
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🌹Thanks, Denise. I’m fortunate to count my 1st Husband as a very dear friend. But when the marriage disintegrated after 30 years together it was utterly shattering. Time does heal, but only if we are willing to allow it to do so.
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Glad you are friends now and choose to heal:)
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Such a sad, moving poem, Soooze. Well done, and thanks for sharing this very personal time.
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(((Hugs))) Thanks, Gerry. I’m happy to say that he and I are dear friends now. The intervening years have dispelled any of the lingering sadness. 💗
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Sad and haunting, Soooz, evoking such strong emotions. This is a pensive piece that speaks volumes.
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Thanks, Mae. 💗
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Been there and got the shirt Soooz. You penned the emotion well.
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I’m sorry you once sailed those same waters, my friend. Thanks for stopping by. 🐨
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This is a really lovely poem, Suzanne. I have shared it to my poetry sharing group on Facebook.
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How very kind, thanks so much, Roberta.🌹
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Hello, Suzanne! Wow! Wonderful poem––powerful and poignant! It will haunt me for a while. ❤ xx
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Thank you, Vashti.💗
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You’re welcome. ❤ xx
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