It’s not often you come across
Someone who mirrors you so much –
Whose thoughts and emotions
Resonate with you as much.
.
And yet, they let it go,
You let it go –
Because it doesn’t come easy.
Because distance you know.
.
And in doing so we ignore –
Humans have for long known
To cover the difference, both in
Space and time.
My current favorite from ‘Love & Misadventure’ by Lang Leav. (I read the complete book a year ago. I read it whenever I am alone and I feel emotionally charged. My favorite has changed over the past year, depending on where I am personally in life, yes it’s been an adventure!)
Simple language makes these poems easy to understand unlike the classics. And the relatable emotions is what makes these poems memorable as they find a place in the readers’ lives. Thank you Lang Leav for providing a poem for almost every occasion.
Here is a stranger’s story of love- stepping into her small shoes.
People bump into each other,
So did we last summer.
We ate sausages and drank beer,
The song you sung, I can still hear.
Ten days went by in a flash,
Like I was smoking some good hash.
So I packed my bags again,
To go to a new college, a feign.
None could tell that lay beneath,
Pretentious leaves of my heart’s heath.
Luck by my side, slid me with ease,
Into the land of wine and cheese.
As we tread, the cobblestone street,
Our shoulders brush, and eyes meet.
I can’t hold it anymore, and so can’t you.
I see it burn in your big eyes. Oh, phew!
You overwhelm my whole existence
Just how you promised, in your insistence.
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I waited for you to kiss me.
In your stillness, I found my answer.
I waited for your hand to hold mine.
Seeing the phone in yours, I found my answer.
I waited for a word from you.
In your silence, I found my answer.
Before I could wait any further,
In crumbling pieces of my life,
I found my answer.
Nothing Is Absolute 