WHEN LOVE MATTERED

Folder:

"Love Lost"

soft touches...

hearts rushing...

pushing all thoughts aside...

glimpses of my face...

traced every corner of your...

mind-consuming...

no assuming...

and time was not a factor...

every moment spent in kiss...

of bliss...

no wishes...

we made it happen...

captured in each other's essence...

what a blessing...

unless i'm just stressing...

i'm guessing...

that was when love mattered...

nights filled with contemplations...

of embraced fingertips...

and gentle lips kissed on

similar nights like this...

as we wished upon stars...

and slow tunes we soon claimed ours...

no driven cars...

just slow walks...

no parks...

just pavements...

savoring every minute of it...

but i'm thinking...

that was when love mattered...

poetry reciting...

inviting you to some endless love making...

taking your heart places it's never been...

couldn't begin the day...

'til we were face to face...

and late night phone calls...

with conversations that wouldn't end...

but then again...

this must have been when love mattered...

not a secret went unrevealed...

no consealed emotions...

because we showed them...

it seemed in your nature to show affection...

and i received the impression...

that it would be that way forever...

regardless of what happens...

but i guess that was when your love for me mattered...

and now here we are...

in such short time...

we've come so far...

mutually,

a piece of you and me lies within you...

and now you're excluding me...

i'm trying to understand this pregnancy thing...

and these mood swings...

but honestly it seems...

this cruelty you're just enjoying and choosing...

i'm trying not to lose hope on us...

but more so...

focus on all the dreams we shared...

but it's so hard...

'cause they were shared back when our love for each other truly mattered...

Tha Prodigal One...

Author's Notes/Comments:

This particular piece was written out of hurt from my son's mom. At the time she was about a
month pregnant, and she just kicked me completely to the curb. After a love claimed so strong, she excluded me from the birth of our child. This poem doesn't
begin, nor end, to describe the pain that I
was going through.