I answered the phone you rang, delighted;
your heated voice melted the ice of my circumstances,
and I was in awe.
It was awful,
silence from me when exuberance took my voice away,
in awe.
Contained by a will to love, I stood by my child;
and listened...longing
awesome.
It was awful,
to have been nothing for so long, and now?
inviting
I melted in the thoughts of holding you close,
drifted on dreams of love renewed, at least the chance.
I thought of your skin
your voice
your mind
your heart
I would play music, you would be my guitar
and we would sing.
delighted.
It was the difference between tone and harmony
a breath of heaven's choosing
blew me away.
But I thought, "how?, why?, what could you see in me??"
moot...I was frozen in time by circumstance
awful.
To touch would have been unthinkable
and I drank those thoughts freely
awesome.
Love, what have you done to me?
or was it love at all?
inviting.
None of it mattered there and then,
all that mattered in the world to me
was you.
None of it mattered there and then,
I couldn't, we wouldn't, and didn't.
So nothing matters anyway.
nothing.
To touch would have been unthinkable,
but I drink those thoughts freely
inviting.
Awesome.
Awful.
Author notes
"It ain't love if it don't feel that way" - Def Leppard
A contest entry
- when someone says something that makes you think ... by righteousme.
1400 points, ended December 8, 2008, 5 entries
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Comments
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"Awesome ... Awful". A wonderful take on the prompt.
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Thanks very much
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It was the difference between tone and harmony
a breath of heaven's choosing
blew me away. ...
a breath of heavens choosing ... that line struck a cord ... and i am breathless ... thanks so much for your time and talent in the contest ...
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Breathless
That's how I've heard it's supposed to be...and I know it happens. Glad you enjoyed the read!
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