A Kiss Without Lips

You reach for me

But even your long arms aren't

Close enough to grab hold

Instead they miss me

Barely scratch the surface of who I am

And who I'm meant to be

You are the fountain of which I drink from

But you do not give me the strength I need

You cannot be my sole token of survival

You cannot be my true love indeed

I had learned time and time again

That I can not find completion in any man

Yet when I look into your eyes

Your blue, blue eyes

I find hope

Hope that maybe just this once that things will be different

That maybe just once I had found what I needed

In you

That maybe just this once I would be happy

Content

Loved unconditionally

But that's too much to ask of you

Isn't it?

Isn't it too much to hope for

When someone that should have loved me

Never could

So why should you continue to reach for me?

When I am a porceline doll that's been dropped

Time and time again

Until there is no shred of rememberance

No portion that has not been broken

Nothing that shines a light on who I am

Or who I used to be

I reach for you

But my arms are not long enough

To even touch the tip of your fingers

That are outstretched

And reaching for me

How I wish to pull your arms around me

To comfort myself with you

Because only when I'm with you

Do the things of the past seem to disappear

You don't seem to care that I'm a broken doll

That's been shattered

Stepped on

Broken into so many pieces

That I'm no longer who I used to be

And for that I thank you

Even if I cannot touch you

My heart reaches for you

And I try to kiss you once more

For coming to me when I needed it most

To kiss my pain away

Even if you couldn't kiss me with your mouth

Your heart was even better

this piece of work is both sad and very touching. When I started reading it I felt the pain in it as if it were my own. It was beautifully written and I'm honored to have read it. I think you wrote something we can all relate to and touch many hearts. Thank you. Keep writing.

This was fantastic. You are a brillian writer! I love your flow of words, it is so efforeless. You captured me from the beginning and held me to the end. My favorite group of lines were: "Instead they miss me, Barely scratch the surface of who I am, And who I'm meant to be." That was really beautiful imagery. Please keep writing, you are great at it!

That was so touching, and really means something to me, as that perfectly describes something I know very well. Anyway the words were flawless and perfect, every line was full of emotion.

Thank you all for you responses, I was actually very nervous about posting this one. I thought it was going to be another mushy-gushy poem. One of the regular poems that are put down countless of times. But then I figured, this is one of my finest poems yet. And even if it is one of those mushy-gushy ones, it's an honest mush-gushy poem. And I figured that someone might end up liking it. So what the heck, might as well post it. So I'm glad that I did post it hehe

As far as love poems go, this one I quite liked. It was, as others said, very emotional and thought-provoking. Nice job!

Hi,

Love poems are very difficult to write as it is the most common theme for poetry, and I think you handle it well. The opening lines instantly drew me in. I also really enjoyed
"You don't seem to care that I'm a broken doll"

and the final two lines.

"You are the fountain of which I drink from" should be "You are the fountain from which I drink" or "You are the fountain which I drink from."

"Porceline" should be "Porcelain".

No other quibbles from me!

Jas

Aaow, this was so saaaad, but still touching and really truuuly amazing to read!
You must add some punctuation though because it's hard to know when it's okay to breathe... so it gets choppy and cuts the flow. This is not necessary because your lines are so short anyhows, but personally I like some space between lines at times

Good Luck & Keep Writing