poems – Page 3 – shshpoetry

I Am Not Yours…. by Sara Teasdale

I am not yours, not lost in you,Not lost, although I long to beLost as a candle lit at noon,Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you stillA spirit beautiful and bright,Yet I am I, who long to beLost as a light is lost in light. Oh plunge meContinue reading “I Am Not Yours…. by Sara Teasdale”

I Loved You First:……….by Christina Rossetti

I loved you first: but afterwards your loveOutsoaring mine, sang such a loftier songAs drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.Which owes the other most? my love was long,And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong;I loved and guessed at you, you construed meAnd loved me for what might or might not be –Nay,Continue reading “I Loved You First:……….by Christina Rossetti”

You Don’t Miss Me

you don’t miss me I don’t want to cross your mind any more but every split second he does it matters more you don’t havet hose small memories of us that you cry over every night because you’re making new ones to replace them all every single picture of us was mentally ripped in halfContinue reading “You Don’t Miss Me”

I Wanted You

I wanted you to see my heart I wanted you to see through my useless words I wanted you to see my love I wanted you to see what I had to offer I wanted you to see that I wasn’t going to just leave you like the others I wanted you to see whatContinue reading “I Wanted You”

GOOD BYE

today I say good bye to you and send my ways apart from you my body will remain without my soul as it leaves for heavenly adorn I thought this good bye could have been delayed but that’s how life has always played I may be now at my final respire but to see youContinue reading “GOOD BYE”

I Carry Your Heart With Me…. BY E. E. CUMMINGS

i carry your heart with me i carry it in my heart i am never without it anywhere i go you go my dear and whatever is done by only me is your doing my darling I fear no fate for you are my fate my sweet i want no world for beautiful you areContinue reading “I Carry Your Heart With Me…. BY E. E. CUMMINGS”

If Tomorrow Starts Without Me….

If tomorrow starts without me and I’m not there to see if the Sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today while thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say I know how much you loveContinue reading “If Tomorrow Starts Without Me….”