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Girl Next Door
You break my heart each day
Tenderness drawing me in
Willing me to offer my soul
To ignite and crumble to ash
For we can never be
Then yet again your gaze
Calls forth my phoenix heart
Filled with hope and fantasy
It flares then fades to black
For we can never be
I cannot let it go
The healing you provide
Addicted to your wisdom
Though it crushes me inside
For we can never be
Your irresistible kindness
Mends me as it tears apart
I pour my pieces at your feet
Knowing you won’t pick them up
For we can never be
Yet I choose this breaking heart
This dying rising unity
Better broken in your presence
Than whole without your light
You break my heart each day
For we can never be
Published 21st Apr 2017
| Edited 6th Sep 2019
Author's Note
A nod to all those movies about the girl/boy/best friend next door who was never considered as a love interest....
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21st Apr 2017 11:46am
This is very well scribed BT. Held me from beginning till end- The title and the poem- crown and a queen- well done absolutely well done!
21st Apr 2017 1:55pm
Thank you much! From beginning to end....and back again....it's an endlessly beautiful misery ..... I appreciate your comments and the add. Glad you enjoyed! k
21st Apr 2017 1:22pm
"Better broken in your presence
Than whole without your light"
If that's not a true testament to submission without expectation, then I don't know what is.
This was a lovely little write, Titanium. I agree with Birdman.
Than whole without your light"
If that's not a true testament to submission without expectation, then I don't know what is.
This was a lovely little write, Titanium. I agree with Birdman.
21st Apr 2017 1:59pm
A very sincere thank you! Your comment has given me much to think about..... I am pleasantly disturbed. Wish I could explain that..... Very grateful for your presence and support! k
21st Apr 2017 2:44pm
Maybe it's all about letting go and simply being with what is moment by moment, despite desire. The slaying of suffering, so to speak, is never easy. ❤
22nd Apr 2017 2:57am
22nd Apr 2017 4:01am
Thank you, geoff! I guess there's a fine line between pleasure and pain.... k
16th Apr 2019 1:52am
“Better broken in your presence
Than whole without your light”
That’s, like, the essence of all tragedy
Than whole without your light”
That’s, like, the essence of all tragedy
