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I ONLY FEEL ALONE WHEN I'M WITH YOU
4 Poems For Jon
No Remorse
If I were to leave tomorrow,
Would you miss me at all?
If I were to find romance in another,
Would you feel any regret?
If my blood spilled upon you,
Would you feel responsible?
If I showed you the hole in my soul,
Would you lower your eyes in shame?
If I were to take my very last breath,
Would you shed a single tear?
My love for you grows each day,
While you turn your back and look away.
I was a distraction for you,
A simple way to ease your pain.
You took my love, emptied my heart,
You’ve left me hollow and broken.
You stole what I’ve freely given,
My misery clutched in your hands.
Anger tangles with my love,
Yet I still long to have you back.
If I were to go away tomorrow,
…think of me just once.
Kelly Morin 01/15/02
I Hate
I hate the color of your eyes,
I hate the lopsided way you smile,
I hate the feel of your lips on mine,
I hate the way you laugh with ease,
I hate the sound of your voice on the phone,
I hate the way you touch me so sweet,
I hate that you are no longer mine,
I hate that I miss you so much,
I hate that I still love you.
Kelly A Morin 11/13/01
This Is How You Remind Me
Oh how I began to think so much,
How I began to believe so much,
How I began to have faith,
But this is how you remind me,
I am worthless in your eyes.
I started to hold my head high,
I started to walk with confidence,
I started to like who I was,
But this is how you remind me,
Of who I really am.
I opened my heart to you,
I opened my life to share,
I opened my mind to the world,
But this is how you remind me,
I don't deserve happiness.
I loved you so much,
I loved the laughter we had,
I loved your touch and your mind,
But this is how you return my love,
By reminding me that I am nothing.
Kelly A Morin 10/21/01
Jonathan
You gave me wings,
And taught me to fly.
I saw the world,
Through the beauty of your eyes.
I dreamed of ever after,
In the passion of our laughter.
I was lost,
In the strength of your arms.
I was so safe,
Pressed against you, so warm.
Then my dream shattered,
Silver bits of reality,
Shiver and burst apart,
They fall to the ground around me.
Your love is gone,
It was never mine.
Please let me forget,
All the pain this time.
Your words haunt me,
Your sweet smiles no longer come.
You no longer hold my hand,
In this release I have found freedom.
And still I beg to forget,
The pain hasn't left just yet.
Kelly A Morin 2001
Pity the woman who loves a man,
When no love invites her,
Better for her to fly from love,
For if unloved, love bites her.
Author Unknown
9th Century
Until Darkness Is Gone
Your gentle hand brushes against my cheek,
Your words are those that lovers speak.
Your lips are sweet pressed against mine,
As your fingers trail slowly down my spine.
My breasts are crushed against your chest,
My ears are filled with the sound of your breath.
My hands tangle in your soft hair,
Time has stopped, yet I don't care.
For with the sun, dawn will break,
And scorn this gentle love we make.
Hold me close, pretend nothing is wrong,
And love me until the darkness is gone.
Kelly A Morin
8/16/95
Published in The Ebbing Tide
The Birth of A Dream
The sun has set behind the mountains west,
When the hustle of life is put to rest.
The sky above is littered with stars,
Like a space highway jammed with cars.
Breath in deep, taste the fresh evening air,
Listen to the silence without a care.
Only a chorus of crickets disturbs the night,
Surely this must be what freedom feels like.
This is the time when dreams are so close,
When fantasy touches life the most.
Close your eyes, what is it you see,
Can't you see how life really should be?
Live for this moment where ever you go,
In it's the power to let your mind grow.
For all to soon the sun rises again,
Taking with it what should have been.
Kelly A Morin
7/29/96
No chain and no dark dungeon
Will hinder its course;
It laughs at seas and fortresses,
Is mocking of force.
Author unknown
9th century
Awaken
The wanting starts building up inside,
Until I'm lost in an emotional tide.
The world around me seems to be wheeling,
Twisting and turning with the force of these feelings.
The agony of life making me scream,
As I desperately try to awake from this dream.
Then...
Slowly the spinning is winding down,
I'm startled at the realization I have found.
I really haven't loved you long,
And all at once the hurting is gone.
Kelly A Morin
5/26/92
Are you given vision,
Are you second sight?
Are you older than your life?
Eighty days of sorrow,
Endless more in sight,
Still, you child, burn bright.
Are you sleeping here beside me,
Are you shining bright as the sky?
Are you breathing now inside me,
There's no ending when we die.
Author Unknown
Oh God, my heart is breaking,
I thought I hated you,
But now your gone,
And I need you!
I waited to long and lost you to another,
I've lost what I can not have,
Lost what was never mine.
Author Unknown
Love Lost
The sand is warm beneath my feet,
The breeze blows soft against my cheek.
My heart is breaking with this yearning,
Around me the sea continues it's churning.
My spirit feels crushed with the weight of despair,
As gulls cry upon the evening air.
I watch the waves pull away at the shore,
And wonder if my soul bleeds more.
A storm is brewing on the edge of the sea,
It sings a sirens song to me.
Longing escapes from me in a tangled sigh,
As the winds of time forces life by.
The sand is cooling beneath my feet,
As tears flow freely down my cheek.
Kelly A Morin
7/18/95
In my dreams your face reflects a thousand smiles,
In my dreams I see the happiness in your eyes.
In my dreams you fill my soul,
In my dreams you are mine.
Kelly A Morin
1998
One Wrenching Moment
In one wrenching moment it was gone,
All the dreams I've carried for so long.
With the sureness of a slashing blade,
My heart bleeds from the wounds you made.
There are no kind words that you can say,
That will heal what has happened to me today.
Once again I've been marked as a fool,
Never would I have guessed you to be so cruel.
You made me hope, you made me believe,
How cunningly perfect you're able to deceive.
In one wrenching moment you destroyed me,
With horrible calm you crushed my love completely.
You have succeeded in tearing my world asunder,
My soul has been left open for you to plunder.
I can only now lay here and gasp for breath,
And wonder exactly what it is that I have left.
In one wrenching moment life exploded like thunder,
On the day I discovered that you loved another.
Kelly A Morin
9/25/97
Extend to me the hand so small,
Wherein I see thee weep,
For O thy balmy teardrops all
I would collect and keep.
Gypsy Poem
George Borrow
Into the Realm
I can see you, standing on the edge of my dreams,
Balancing precariously on the rim of darkened reality.
Around me are the scattered ruins of desolated hope,
The remaining fragments of unfulfilled dreams cluttering my world.
Would you step into the circle of this destruction?
Will you come to light the path of my life?
Others have promised, and left only more rubble to sift.
Is it possible to be this lost...
It was foolish to think you could lead me out.
Filled with frustration I scream, I can never have you,
The brief spark of light I could see was a lie.
Another dream crashes painfully at my feet,
And with terrible desperation I know I'm alone.
Kelly A Morin
10/11/96
Simple Lies
I've seen the traces of hope,
Reflected in my own eyes.
I've tasted the sweet promise,
I almost hear crossing your lips.
I've watched you smile at me,
And pretend it means so much more.
These simple lies I tell myself,
They help me make it through each day.
They hurt no one,
It's an innocent dream I've woven.
I believe that you love me,
For it makes my life easier that way.
Kelly A Morin
8/4/97
