Poem 7: Later Love

 

Later Love


I caught your heart,

But thought I would run off with it...

And bring it back another day.



Later,

maybe I could love you.



Absorbed...

With my own feelings,

Even though I'm hiding.



Longing...

To be your one and only

To be... Loved,

Even when I'm pushing away.

Wanting to hear you say,

...You need me.



I don't want you, and

I don't need you

But I do.



...Later

maybe I could love you.



Egocentric...

Never gets it

Pretending...

I am yours,

Later.




Who can I fool,

Walking with you...

When I want to cry?

I never ask myself why...




Later,

Maybe I could love you.




What could happen, tomorrow?




...I could never make it right

...Never let you hold me tight




Thinking...

“I can't trust him”




Letting...

my pupils

grow dim.

Finding...

My heart locked up,

And even I have lost the key.




Later,

maybe I could love you.




Love...

Is what we're here for,

But I can't do this anymore...



Fragile...

though I'd never show it.

Hopeless

though I'll never know it.



Just – Later,

maybe I could Love you



Later,

Maybe I could let myself be Loved.

Nov 18, 2005 - Cheryl Tower 

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