Longing for love poetry... 
*
 
Lonely gazing, a red crimson 

bouquet of roses 

lay wrapped in my arms 

as time and desire 

enduring, they 

pass without end 

my tearful gaze lingers 

my heart is on fire 

with endless desire... 

I’m still waiting 

~ 

Your heart and 

your beauty 

ever locked in my 

memory, holding 

remnants of long 

ago, and maybe 

lost time and 

surrender was  

bittersweet sorrow 

~ 

Memories fall silent 

so long ago, we felt 

lost, without courage 

weak, without shame  

timeless were moments 

and fine all the same 

though nothing’s forever 

it hurts to remember 

what could have been... 

I want this again 

* 

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