This Is Love (For The First Time)

[MortensensPoeta]

the oceans swept me
from my bedroom
into your arms
a thousand miles away.

you gently kissed
each fingertip
tracing gently
my features
swearing you'd never forget
any of them.

every smile
every laugh
every tear
it's all there
inside your heart
locked away for
the day when you need
just a whisper of my adoration
for you and only you.

isn't it horrible
the miles between us
have caused me to take up
another lover
in fear of being lost to the sea
of widows forever?

i never thought it'd come to this
i thought we had something stronger
then the currents of time.

but you proved me wrong.

so i slip into a bath
of my own blood
just to join you
tonight in our sacred love.

slowly i drift away
flying to your arms
finding comfort in
your forgiveness.

late into the night
i bask in your ethereal glow
until dawn comes
and they find me
dying.

screaming
bickering
they attempt to bring me
to life again.

but don't they know?
i've flown to the only reason
i ever stayed alive?

- kLc -

[SilverEyes]

Very nice and, sadly, I can relate.

[bloodredtears]

omg...that was amazing...i loved the last stanza...it really hit me hard...

i've flown to the only reason
i ever stayed alive?

those are the two most beautiful lines i think i've ever read...and i mean that with my whole being...great job!

[shadowling]

wow this poem really hits hard. I think it's so beautiful in such a sad depressing way. very well done incredible write keep up the good work.

[NeverMore]

For a poet, to be lost for words, is an amazing thing, so I am simply telling you all that I did when I read this... I sat, and I stared at this work... it caught me and held me. For a rare moment, I was speachless! .. fabulous!

[amberputis]

wow, this was one of the best poems i've ever read, what an amazing ending, great job!!!

[Eclipse]

damn...i believe you've hit everyone here really hard (including me, i'd like to add ^.^) with this one and we're all pretty astonished! it's kind of a lengthy poem but your lines are short with little punctuation so it keeps the reader's eyes going and grabs their attention. i loved the comparison of the ocean and being swept away and the beauty of the suicide in the end. this is a truely amazing piece.