"Love Never Fails"

"Hasty Retreat"

A poem about that moment when you realize you like someone... but may never be able to have them...

I'm fighting back,

A panicked attack.

Can't have what I want,

So have it back.

I feel the cold sting,

At least I'm feeling something.

Does she know I'm there,

If there's no one else to care?

Fate can't be beat,

Like a midsummer's heat.

And love can't be felled,

Even in the deepest hell.

So I'll just sit back and stare,

At all that is there.

I wonder if she would cheer,

If secret feelings became clear?

Or if it would be a disaster,

Like the art of love I've mastered?

Can I risk all for this feeling?

Or just take what god is dealing?

I am so confused,

Far from amused.

Wish my heart would stop beating,

This tiresome tune.

Wish I could find another,

Whose soul had room.

Woe is me to the world,

But don't count me out yet.

Won't make a deal with the devil,

But I still have to settle a debt.

See, the world took my heart,

And smashed it to pieces.

When I'm done with my part,

I'll make sure it releases,

My love.

I can't have her,

And for that I am sad.

When will I get my second chance,

To take back what I had?

When will I find a kindred soul,

To laugh when I am glad,

To console when I am sad,

To cool down when I am mad,

To stop me when I am bad?

As Edgar Allen Poe once said before…

Nevermore. Nevermore.