THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
It doesn’t matter if they are exactily what you want
(If they don’t want you)
Don’t count that they make your heart pound
(No pounding on your door)
Or explain, they are just afraid of love
(They aren’t loving you)
Expensive vigil.
Clocks are ticking
through months of yearning,
while somewhere,
someone
is searching furiously for you,
dreaming of you,
hungering for you,
waiting for you
to be free.
A great truth, Corinne, nothing you can do if “they don’t want you”. And in the “needle-haystack of the human vortex, there are those out there who would very much want you, but to whom you would “turn the other cheek”. Wanting is a matter of chemistry. one can have fun and greatly enjoy another’s presence. That leads to great friendship, but not love. Of course, I am using “chemistry” as a euphemism for sexual attraction between a man and a woman. But chemistry plays a role in ALL relationships when absolutely no sexual attraction is involved. Surely, you have walked in to a room and find yourself drawn to people of the same sex that you have never met. Drawn not sexually, but like, “hey I like that person. Don’t know why, but there is something about him or her that is “commanding.” Conversely, haven’t you also walked in a room and from a distance sensed a feeling of, “what a jerk” even without exchanging a word with that individual? Perhaps “comanding presense” is a way to express the phenomenon. In my judgement Obama’s “attraction” is he is an inspirational, dynamic speaker. Far better than Hillary or McCain. Obama is in a class with Martin Luther King. Its not what he says but the dynamic way he says it that will propel him to the White House. Certainly Hillary is a fine speaker but doesn’t carry the magnetisim of Obama. McCain is just an OK speaker.
Such a heartfelt Valentine on this special day. Thank you.
My “one that got away” is still in my life and a dear, trusted friend … the two ex husbands, I threw away and now, who knows, maybe there is someone just a few months away!!!! Until that time comes, I am my own Valentine. I love this day.
Beautiful poem! I’ve been on both sides of that unrequited love fence. Not much you can do about it when you are in the middle of it except to keep a sense of humor. I never did that though. Cried mostly. Glad I’ve got a stable honey now. What are we doing tonight? Laughing at home with our daughter in front of a fire.
That is a perfect picture. Home with your honey in front of the fire with your little daughter. So happy for you. You deserve it.
Glad you could relate from your past. I think all of us have had our fill of unrequited love.
I really posted that poem for the rest of us on Valentine’s Day who were home alone.
That there is hope out there if they want to duplicate your pretty picture!
And, who wouldn’t?
Dear Reed -
As always, a special and thoughtful comment.
“Chemistry,” as you put it so well, is not limited to man-woman associations.
Our intuitive selves know immediately if we have made a real connection.
Personally, I feel that 99% of communication is mental.
Dear Grace -
Nice that you haved saved up all your past loves. They make up the person you are today - as the sum total of all your experience.
If you want it, I am sure #3 is just around the corner waiting to be found.
Keep your eye peeled and your antenna up.