To Be Your Quiet
If I could press my lips
to the place behind your earā
the one where your breath forgets to hideā
Iād ask for nothing,
and only stay there long enough
for your body to remember mine.
I wouldnāt speak your name aloud,
I'd exhale it
into the slope of your shoulder,
like a wish I once made
and still believe might come true
if Iām careful enough not to wake it.
I want to be your quiet again.
The pause between heartbeats,
the stillness before sleep takes you,
the hand you reach for
when the world is unkind.
I miss youānot with desperation,
but with the calm ache
of someone who loved gently,
and still would,
if one day I were able
to try again.
If you returned,
I would not ask for forever.
Just a single night
with your weight beside me.
Just the depth of silence
that once held everything,
when nothing had to be provenā
only felt.
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Comments
Little masterpiece. I could get technical but just brilliant.
Thank you so much Rory šāØ I am warmed by your compliment.
Absolutely brilliant Brittany. I feel love and death embracing in this wonderful piece.
Hello Ianš thank you so much! It felt like that to me tooš
I definitely felt your need to have that one last closeness. Beautiful. š¹Ā
If only š¤ thank you for your appreciation, Shirley.
Beautiful poetry Brittany.Ā
Thank you Nine Eleven š„°šfeeling so happy to hear you liked it
How tender this piece is!Ā
Simply beautiful. Ā
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Thank you B āŗļøš¹Ā
How did come up with this!š¤©
Aah beautiful minded
Nice ink
Thank you DelmayneššĀ
passionĀ and romance on display! really cool!.............................................Jim
Romantic and passionate..perhaps nostalgic memories Ā for āthe oneā who got awayā¦a yearning for the opportunity of a one last melding of heart, mind and body encounter of love, before the streams of time separate the two love ā¤ļø birds foreverā¦.it is bittersweet, quite a bit of melancholy and brings the themes of unrequited love or a lost love to lightā¦I am inspired by how real the emotions come to mind, as a readerā¦I feel a lump in my throat ..and I suspect it is inspired by true life events..perhaps?ā¦does tickle my curiosity quite a bit šā¦brilliant pieceā¦makes me remember and contemplate my own past experiences of similar themesā¦Brittany, now I canāt wait to read more of your writingsā¦but it is past my bedtimeā¦š„±. Goodnight š“Ā
Thank you Adi! i'm glad it resonated. sounds like it brought up memories or at least the feelings tied to them!
ya...i guess he got tired of waiting for me to be readyš¤·āāļø just bad timing (reminds me of an old Blue Rodeo song) and some unfavorable circumstances.
Hi Brittany,lovely lines... Like a series of second chance...Sweetheart we should do a second chance part3, if you are in for it. Great job. Cheers.Ā
Thank you so much Cleo! š¹š Funny that you say that, I wrote a part 2 and 3 to this poem, but I didn't post them.