heartbroken... yet still love hungry

A Thief in the Night

Untimely, salty tears
do not deceive me…
and yet I grieve losing you.

Your lackluster dreams
are undeserving of my sleep interrupted…
for hard as I try,
I cannot sleep.

My despair is transitory
as slumber beckons once again…
and yet the inherent, crushing ache continues.

I hunger for your touch
as the pillow captures your scent still
and you return to my bed
as a thief in the night,

to steal my heart again…

and again…

and again.


© Copyright 2010 Gerard Lebel
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SaneJustBarely
The romance that still lives in your heart was so well applied in the writing of this lovely piece. Your friend in words, Pete

patspoems
Your beautiful words always have a way of touching the soul Jerry. Another wonderful write....... Pat

Sandra Dodd
Somewhere else still I lay awake thinking of you/how you touch me like no other/ pitting in the nights of sleepless churning/my passion verses my pride/would there be a place for me again by your side?/I suppose you have moved on, I am not on your conscious mind POETIC REPSONSE Loved your poem

sarwar chowdhury
sad-beauty ! Finely penned that touched your reader!

Susan Jarvis
Pathos and pain in the wake of love - perfectly penned.

Irwin (aka David Irwin Phillips)
I like this Jerry, a well penned piece.

Fay Slimm
Pathos run straight through this Jerry and slices the heart - - love betrayed is so very painful..... raw but strong write.... Fay

Valann
Pure poetry - brilliant - well done!

Ency Bearis
A remarkable love story, well narrated in poetic diction.

Sandra Martyres
Lovely piece Gerard - I am particularly touched by the last stanza...