Last night--
The child within me cried
While the man I am wept,
I felt a stirring in my soul
Still burning embers lit,
Deep there in my heart
Feelings awakened uninvited,
My eyes traitors to my sympathy
Witnesses to others' emotions
Led me to nostalgia;
Long forgotten memories surfaced,
Recollections that renewed the wounds
Even those healed were once more,
Ever present and alive
Of a lost love not reciprocated,
She who felled my heart in jest
Not knowing what I felt for her,
Shattered hopes and crippled dreams
She left for me to hold,
And told was I; time would heal all
But that promise too was broken,
In the presence of this love I beheld
True love that conquers all
I want to know and feel,
Wonder if I'll ever be loved like that...
© okpoet