Nowhere Behind

By maddin foxxxy

As you said
that
we needed to move....ahead...
I exactly knew
that one of us
would stay
/behind/

Someone
would remember
more than the other
the words
that were never said.

The nights
of best of kisses...
Dancing
while being drunk.

I knew that
one of us
would lose composture

As the music got
loud...
LOUDER

Anything else
would have confused me
Any step further
would have taken me
/elsewhere/

I will never
forget the look
on your face

Your eyes not wanting to crash
into mine
your breath so heavily
your mouth so shut
and your hands...
your hands in your pockets

Telling on you...
telling there was nothing
else for you to do.

And sometimes....always....
somebody stays behind...
walking more slowly
watching the view
breathing the air
losing a shoe...

Wishing for it
to happen again
or pleading
it never did.

I sit in
to rest...
I've watched you move
I've tried to follow
And I've seen the progress in you
from a distance
and a centimeter
behind.

Don't you know
there's always something
more to find
for the one who
stays behind
for the one who
won't go blind
for the one who grows in age
without any sign of change.

And for myself
is the same date
you wouldn't glance at me
as I stared at your face
and memorized your grace...
It's the same date
I took away my view
and you glanced in too late.

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Copyright 2003 maddin foxxxy
Published on Friday, December 26, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: One of the best i've read Simply..awsome

  • Midnight Phoenix On Sunday, January 18, 2004, Midnight Phoenix (240)By person wrote:

    Thank you soooooooo much for writing this! An untouched lesson of love. I feel as though I understand you perfectly.

  • Midnight Phoenix On Sunday, January 18, 2004, Midnight Phoenix (240)By person wrote:

    Your perspective throughout this piece was amazingly personal, yet your wisdom allowed you to contemplate it in 3rd person. Definately a favorite.

  • Aurora_Light On Saturday, January 17, 2004, Aurora_Light (472)By person wrote:

    power and emotion fill this and u marvoulse job is a,ll i can really say because i'm still watching from the backstage

  • urbanhumility On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    here in this poem you have impressed many things; depth, intellegence, wisdom, your words as always carry much upon them, this one is one of your best.............urban

  • Stranger On Friday, January 9, 2004, Stranger (264)By person wrote:

    Better and better and better you get. There is such a gentleness and warmth and tranquility in everything you write. Even with the saddest themes your poems are always consoling.

  • Drea On Monday, December 29, 2003, Drea (1443)By person wrote:

    you never seem to write less then amazingly. your work is always a treat to read and take in. this was so moving and the words we honest and full of emotion. ~Drea~

  • A former member wrote: 'Your eyes not wanting to crash into mine' Another great poem full of emotion...memorized your grace...

  • birdwell On Saturday, December 27, 2003, birdwell (140)By person wrote:

    emotions depicted so well, i really enjoyed this one.

  • Methos On Friday, December 26, 2003, Methos (121)By person wrote:

    Delicious...i devoured this write, it was beautiful, and the depth let me fall a thousand leagues, very thought provoking. A well written symphony of emotions - Methos

  • TornPaperDoll On Friday, December 26, 2003, TornPaperDoll (63)By person wrote:

    beautiful...just absolutely beautiful.

  • purr_verse On Friday, December 26, 2003, purr_verse (1059)By person wrote:

    poignant, honest, heartfelt and very moving - this is a beautiful piece. purr

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