Poem: Forever Nights

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Of lost loves and forever nights

I remember vividly the pangs of lost love.

Just as thriving love feeds the muse of poetry, the pangs of loss does inspire many songs too.

There is something about lost love that bends the space and time, skews logic, warps your senses and yet still lures like an addicts opium.There is something about lying in bed, curled up, face buried in a tear stained pillow, yearning that seems so sad yet alluring.

Are we really missing what once was? Are we missing what it could have been? Or are we hoping for what it will be?

There are countless souls out there, pining, wringing, singing of lost love.

Thought I would join them in a soulful chorus....

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

Edward Thomas

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones,

as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

Francois de la Rochefoucauld

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Khalil Gibran

Forever Nights

Pillows don’t cushion the thoughts that do fall

I lost you behind a dark looming wall

Will my heart’s love ever stand proud and tall

As it did when you still loved me in all

Raindrops and roses do whisper to me

Nights voices speak and won’t let me be

My eyes do look but don’t always see

I’m not in shackles but I don’t feel free

Hope you are fine in all that you do

Hope you are loved and listened to

Hope your head carries worries few

Hope you still are the you that I knew

I caught your reflection in mirror glass

Places still show me what once there was

Thoughts of you grip me and won’t let me pass

Time warps and space bends when we feel a loss

Is there a trace of me in your loving heart?

A place where memories of me still have a part

Is there still my rusty, bent cupid’s dart

Or am I just specks of dust so far apart

Hope you are fine in all that you do

Hope you are loved and listened to

Hope your head carries worries few

Hope you still are the you that I knew

Fragile is my hope that still seems to cling

Like dewdrops on glass blades come early spring

Is this a futile dream and what will it bring

More than a sad old song I seem to sing

It is better to have loved and lost whoever said

Has not had nights like this twisted in bed

Even though it seems so completely bled

How come my lonely heart still rules my head?

Hope you are fine in all that you do

Hope you are loved and listened to

Hope your head carries worries few

Hope you still are the you that I knew

Hope you are fine in all that you do

Hope you are loved and listened to

Hope you still nurture loving thoughts few

Of this fool who somehow still loves you....

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Justsilvie Level 4 Commenter 14 months ago

Beautiful Poem. Lost love and broken hearts, forever in our memories.

Amy Becherer Level 7 Commenter 14 months ago

Exquisite longing...The line that stopped me, that I had to read again and again is "Thoughts of you grip me won't let me pass"...so visceral, yet physical. It is my favorite line. The quote by Edward Thomas "The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence". Yes, that's the ticket...that is how I want the love of my life to feel about me. This is longing so powerful that it moves me to tears. And as much as I adore the quote by Edward Thomas, your piece leaves his words in the dust.

Fay Paxton 14 months ago

This poem is absolutely exquisite. This just grabbed my heart and squeezed.

"Raindrops and roses do whisper to me

Nights voices speak and won’t let me be

My eyes do look but don’t always see

I’m not in shackles but I don’t feel free"

voted up and beautiful

dallaswriter Level 2 Commenter 14 months ago

Beautiful, voted up!

Truckstop Sally Level 5 Commenter 14 months ago

Lovely! The repeated chorus: Hope you are fine . . . is so positive.

Shows that you truly care even though you are hurt.

Nikkij504gurl Level 6 Commenter 14 months ago

Wow, i dont know what to say, this hits home in so many ways. Ive loved and lost several times, 2 that hurt the most, was guys who didnt love me back, lead me on, lied to my face, and betrayed me. yet for so long i still loved them, still hung on, still cried over what was, what could have been, longing for a second chance, when they didnt deserve it. ive been through the twisted pain of nights like this, and i know it is much better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, because even though it ended horribly, there was good times, and that feeling of complete happiness once upon a time, even if it got ripped away, in that moment that was all that mattered, and you learn from your mistakes, you learn your own flaws from being with someone like that, and you learn to love again, love can be broken, but it can be brought up again, the heart heals, and we have to go through bad things to appreciate the good when it comes for all that it is. great hub. I love this quote: "The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence."

Edward Thomas

For so long i had felt that way about a guy. for a year i waited for him to come to his senses, and i got a second chance, but it also did not end well. but i did not want anyone but him, didnt even think about other guys, though he wasnt even around, the lack of him was more than anyones presence. im glad to say we are on good terms now and can be friends, and i wouldnt trade any of my past heartaches for anything in the world, because it led me to wear i am today and brought me together with my current boyfriend whom i love though he drives me up a wall. lol

dahoglund Level 7 Commenter 14 months ago

Good hub. voted up.

Minnetonka Twin Level 7 Commenter 14 months ago

I think most of us out in hub land, have had this heart break. Your poetry brings the reader right with you in this state of pain and sadness of lost love. What a great song and video. Brings me back to a huge crush I had with a guy when I was in 8th grade. This was our song. Thanks:)

always exploring Level 8 Commenter 14 months ago

Very beautiful Docmo. I can relate. The song seems like a Marvin Gaye song.

Cheers

drbj Level 8 Commenter 14 months ago

"... hope you still are the you that I knew." Those nine little words, Docmo, sum up all the tenderness and longing of your brilliant poem for me. Thank you.

Fossillady 14 months ago

He's sad, but not angry...love the chorus...hope you are fine in all that you do, la la la...that shows true love to let go with good wishes for the other person...quite beautiful Docmo...the Kahlil Gibran quote may be short but is felt a million miles in my heart having lost my hubby a year and a half ago...

Twilight Lawns Level 7 Commenter 14 months ago

A very tender and sincere poem, I liked it a lot. I must have; it has brought tears to my eyes... One line I think is superb:

"Is there still my rusty, bent cupid’s dart"

and the verse:

"It is better to have loved and lost whoever said

Has not had nights like this twisted in bed

Even though it seems so completely bled

How come my lonely heart still rules my head?"

So gently cynical.

MartieCoetser Level 8 Commenter 14 months ago

Forever Nights is a beautiful, heart-touching song. Love is so precious especially Eros between a man and a woman. When it dies - and it really can, though able to be awoke again - it is a tragedy to mourn for as long as we live. The few loves I buried in my life rest in peace in the graveyard of my memory, and yet I am still, sometimes, mourning them, asking myself 'what if that one or this one was still alive'. I give you 100% for this one, Docmo. It touched the bottom of my heart.