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~~The Beginning of the End… Was~~

That first day I laid eyes on you,

I had no idea that a few years later

I would have to return,

to the day before we met.

 

I smile, remembering the day

you held me for the first time,

and the many times

you’ve held me since.

 

That day you held me,

gave me such a new beginning

inside of a world that

included you.

A world that I had

often dreamt of; and

it was with you.

 

I believed with all my heart

that I was prepared for you,

not knowing that you

were prepared for me too.

We opened up to one another.

 

So long I had waited for someone

such as your self, but…

Somewhere along the way

I had to return to where I had been,

hours before I met you.

 

Only then did I find out that,

the first day with you had

erased all the yesterdays, and

there was nowhere to return to.

 

Many times, I cried out to you.

You heard me and you chose

to ignore me.

I asked you to allow me to return

 

To return back to where I had been,

before that first day, when I had

never laid eyes on you.

 

We fell in love so sincerely,

and together we developed

a full-blown affair.

 

So once more I attempt

to return to the day before

we met, and…

Once again you’ve become

a figment of my imagination.

 

You will cross my mind

on those long bitter nights,

and I will think of you,

while you’re somewhere

thinking of me,

and our being alone

from one another

will be so lonely

 

There will always be

a part of me with you.

And a great part of me will

always be missing

 

 

— ladywriter, Aug 13, 2007

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purplemoondoll

18 years 10 months ago

Nicely Done!

Tells a story many could relate to.. Good Title - grabbed my attention Good flow and rhythm The theme is a common one but I like the way you tackled it! - best lines for me were.. So once more I attempt to return to the day before we met, and… Once again you’ve become a figment of my imagination. Cheers - Kaz x
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ladywriter

18 years 10 months ago

kazX

That was a first time for me, allowing anyone to read that one. It does tell a story of having to return. Glad you liked it and pleased that it grabbed your attention. ladywriter
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 10 months ago

That first stanza just kills me!

oh, lady! this hit me hard and true, so, so true, too many times, until "We fell in love so sincerely, and together we developed a full-blown affair." trite, expository. then, somehow, you lost your own power in the poem. There was power, not regret, loss or victimhood in "the day before we met" I feel that you give yourself away with the last stanza. Not to say that there is not a part of us in everyone we have loved, it just feels like you gave away on this one. Hope you don't mind me being so frank on this, am not pretending to be objective, telling you what I feel from the poem, it greatly affects me. If a great part of me was still missing from everyone I had ever loved and lost, there would be nothing left, but there is more. cheers, Jess
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ladywriter

18 years 10 months ago

The Beginning.....

You made my day. You felt this one huh? Yeah, I lost some power, I have to admit. In the end I knew that love had tapped me on the shoulder. It touched my heart in passing. I'll always remember its' smile, its' touch. One good thing did happen though; I prayed HIM right out of my life. One day I will love again and it will be better than the last. ladywriter

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