I love you.
Not a love that is simply a heightened emotion rising and falling over time and events.
Not a love based on physical attraction that gradually fades away.
Not a love that demands or even asks to be loved in return.
My love for you is patient.
As water leaking behind a dam wants to burst through but is kept at bay,
It waits in hope that one day it can be fully expressed but has no expectations.
My love for you is permanent.
Like a seed budding to become a flower nurtured by tears and warmth,
It has never faded over time but continues to grow.
My love wants your happiness,
But knows that happiness is not given only received.
My love hurts when you suffer and is concerned,
But knows your character is growing through your trials.
In the same moment of time,
My love for you knows the greatest joy and ecstasy being in your presence
And the deepest sorrow and pain from not being fully realized.
From the beginning there has been only two possibilities:
Mutual love between us or being permanently alone.
And so I wait
In hopes that my love can be fully expressed
So that I will not be permanently alone
Without you.
Author notes
Written orginally as prose
Written December 21st, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- Your heart i desire by Haunted-Memory.
300 points, ended December 23, 2005, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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I really like this poem Bob. You have such a sweet way with words. I will always treasure the poem you wrote for me.
Again, Thank you so much.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, May all your dreams come true.
Tammy Jo Merritt (Yertweetyness)
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Very nicely done! You express your feelings (or the feelings of someone in this situation) well.
Maureen
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excellent~
Oh sweetie
You have such a romantic way about you that no one knows....
From our talks alone I have you to be the sweetest,,,kindness,,, thoughtful,,,loving person I know....You are always giving and I hope one day you can recieve and find the love that is out there waiting for you....This is also to me a most yearning poem...
Merely waiting..not content......waiting yet out of touch...
Like an arms length away or is it miles perhaps
I love the romantic side in you and your poetry such as this & Good luck in the contest: Glad to see your entering in some contest as well and 
Love n hugs
Susan~~~
Edited on Dec 21, 10:01 p.m. because 'error dag nab it
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this is amazing, i dont think i can add to it, amazing, i loved the whole poem to wont pick a favourite line. lizxxx
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I love this piece, it's amazing! A few months ago I felt the same but all my effort vanished beacuse of the person I truly loved...I wanted him to be happy, I was very patient but well, it wasn't worth.
Anyway, this poem is incredible
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Oh I love this. This was so incredibly romantic. Beautifully written and well expressed. I feel exactly what you are feeling, like it is exploding out of each line. I loved this write. Very very well done!
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