I’ll fill the empty space beside your side.
You know I have the qualities you seek.
Come join with me and let my love inside.
Fan passion’s flame; give in to it, be meek.
There’s power in reclaiming all you are.
I wish you would accept all that could be.
In partnership let our hearts travel far—
there’s love that wants to flow ‘tween you and me.
Sad eyes would not be flowing rivers sad,
if only you’d accept what I can offer.
We’ll never know the love we could have had,
as now I know we’ll never be together.
Do not deceive me; let me know it’s done.
Don’t leave me thinking you could be my “one.”
Author notes
English Sonnet (rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg; volta somewhere within Lines 9-12). No intentional variations to meter. Feminine endings on Lines 10, 12.
The 15th and final sonnet in my Sonnet Sequence 1 (“When You Were Mine), which is composed the final (14th) lines of each of the preceding 14 sonnets:
“When Did I Fall in Love With You?” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500321
“Have Mercy” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500391
“Let My Love Inside” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500417
“Self Bound” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500523
“Reclaim Your Power” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500564
“Could You Accept?” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500590
“On Timeless Wings” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500616
“Released” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500640
“Unbound” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500680
“Offering and Rebuff” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5500737
“At First I Was Intrigued” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5532043
“We’ll Never Be Together” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5532055
“Don’t Pretend” http://allpoetry.com/poem/5532089
“Is It Done?” http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/5532109
2009 June 13 to 2009 July 14
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lovely
your words ring so true, perhaps that is why I am always sleeping next to a pile of books in bed, thank you for the words I love to read
Draig
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I usually share my bed with stacks of papers (often writing/poetry) rather than with books. But, to each her own, eh?
Thanks for the read, comment, and applause.
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well it is all the same, bit we still live, you and i each day is a victory! I feel so strong with you watching for my muddeled eyes
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