Watching Love

by katefrench461

Published February 19, 2014

In Poetry

He says everything and nothing

Trying so hard to explain how he feels

All the joy that you bring

But there aren’t words for that

In any language, alive or dead

So I watch you and I watch him

And I understand the meaning when

He watches you dance

And leans in to memorize your motion

And when you soften in his arms

Needing nothing else to protect you from the cold

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Purple
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Purple wrote a review Review · Feb 19, 2014

This was a really compelling read. I have to say my favorite lines would be "He watches you dance, And leans in to memorize your motion". A lovely and heartbreaking statement. This piece got better the more I read. I love this idea of jealousy and learning while watching this couple who are oblivious to any sort of attention given to them by the author. There are honestly few words to describe joy and love, yet humans try so hard to accomplish just that. One of the only ways to learn something so delicate is to witness it in action. This is honestly one of the best poems I've read all day.

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hopeless03 commented Comment · Feb 19, 2014

Hey there hopeless here to give you, yeah you, a review!

Ok so let's jump on in, I would like to start off by saying that I really like this poem! Great job! But there are a few things I would like to say about it. First off grammar and spelling are fine. But the punctuation, I know not all poems need it though to me it looks nicer. And maybe you could break it up into stanzas and not all one big thing. But the poem it's self is great and I love the little story it told, amazing job on this. Bravo to the whole thing. Well that is all I had to say about it, maybe fix those things. Do what you want though it's not my poem it's yours.

Keep writing and stay beautiful!!

~hopeless

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hopeless03 wrote a review Review · Feb 19, 2014

Hey there hopeless here to give you, yeah you, a review!

Ok so let's jump on in, I would like to start off by saying that I really like this poem! Great job! But there are a few things I would like to say about it. First off grammar and spelling are fine. But the punctuation, I know not all poems need it though to me it looks nicer. And maybe you could break it up into stanzas and not all one big thing. But the poem it's self is great and I love the little story it told, amazing job on this. Bravo to the whole thing. Well that is all I had to say about it, maybe fix those things. Do what you want though it's not my poem it's yours.

Keep writing and stay beautiful!!

~hopeless

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bibin19928 commented Comment · Feb 19, 2014

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bibin19928 commented Comment · Feb 19, 2014

Very nice, i love it..... it is good to experience love from afar but the feelings is totally different when you experience it yourself. Very good writing and keep writing these wonderful poems.

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amberrrly30 wrote a review Review · Feb 19, 2014

I love love love it!!!! this is a fantastic piece. very good young writer. I honestly feel many people will be able to relate to this piece. I often watch love from a far. It's nice to experience love itself. Seeing too people fond of each other is interesting as well. I like how you made us feel as if we are watching them closely. To me when I think of love and well endless love I think of Bella and Edward from Twilight. (If you havent heard of it) Anways, I like your work.it was very creative. Keep up the writing!!(:



I say Wolf, for all wolves are not of the same sort; there is one kind with an amenable disposition – neither noisy, nor hateful, nor angry, but tame, obliging and gentle, following the young maids in the streets, even into their homes. Alas! Who does not know that these gentle wolves are of all such creatures the most dangerous!
— Charles Perrault