I Can't Do That Again - The Other Reality by Jef Peace - Poetry - Ask Nem5

I CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN

I can't do that again
It hurts too much when it ends
My heart would never mend
Losing a lover and friend

She softly glided into my life on golden velvet wings
Bringing laughter to my every day, ending my troubled dreams
Gently shaping my existence with a pattern of love and care
Bringing emotions to the surface I hadn't known were there
But what I was taking and what she was giving were simply not the same
I stood by watching helplessly as our life became a game
Of take and push and tug and pull instead of simply give
And all that's left are the memories of a life I never lived

I can't go through that again
Just to watch it all end
My heart will never mend
If I lose another friend

And now I'm on the edge again because you've come along
Filling me with hope again, filling my life with song
Making me dream again, of that life I've never known
Causing the sun to shine again, with the love for me you've shown
Dare I dream or hope or love, dare I trust these feelings?
It's hard to think when we're together, you send my senses reeling
Your presence clouds the pain these feelings caused before
All I see or feel is you, the past behind a barred door

I won't go through that again
Our love will never end
My heart won't have to mend
With you as my lover and friend

© Jef Peace 2001

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