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Someday I want to be (1 reply)

the_ash_line
3 years ago
the_ash_line 3 years ago

I want to be the reason for your happiness

I want to be the reason behind your smile

Someday I want to be your life.

 

The moon knows what I am thinking

The stars look at me all night, winking.

I still stare at the emptiness of the ceiling,

with a head full of memories so appealing.

 

Someday I want to stand close by you,

holding your hands and hugging you with my nose buried in your chest.

I want to give the shoulder where you can rest,

I want to become the person whom you can trust

 

Perfect love is always imperfect

I want us to have fights and sleepless nights

There will be days you feel betrayed

There will be times you have to cry alone

 

Let new love blossom between us.

Let our fights end with innocent words

and when it happens, we finally realize

that love is not what we idealize.

It is that respect, acceptance, and trust

in which we find the just.

 

Susan Katz
3 years ago
Susan Katz 3 years ago

Thank you so very much for submitting your intensely felt poem.  I appreciate your interest in Poet Lady Katz.  Have a lovely day, Susan

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