Solitaire

Sometime, although one should not
perhaps admit it, I crave the oneness
of me and my inbuilt solitary nature.

Love can indeed be so encompassing
and the intimacy so overwhelming,
that I shy away and crave barreness.

There are my moments and his moments,
each bringing a wholeness, an awareness
that despite, grown together, we are apart.

Perhaps it is the beast that resides inside,
here, in the place they say my heart beats
and I feel it most deafeningly, it pounds.

Such are the indications of living and breathing,
I yearn at times for the ambience of just me,
these are the times, I refresh and renew.

I satisfy the lust of me and when closeness
draws me to him, I can revel in the joyousness
and afterwards, lie replete, fully satisfied.





Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2008-09-17 at 08:50

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Yes, sometimes we need to take a rest by our own source...
As always, you have expressed this state of mind with great elegance!
2008-09-18



Oh Elle, this captures exactly the aloneness that I seek in my every day life almost exactly. Solitude is, as your poem so cleverly expresses, the time for our souls to recharge and prepare us for fully interacting with our loved one and friend and foes etc etc....I cherish my alone time, because, first and foremost, I am woman and very busy taking care of family etc etc etc and secondly because I am a writer and need space to allow my thoughts to breeze freely....In order to collect myself, put things in order and go on putting my life and family to rights.....

Steering any vessel is hard going, but steering alone with an immature crew, is beyond words!!lol

I see you have had a strange response from Tamra....I think she got the wrong end of this stick, but that is understandable, as I don't think her first language is English....I will contend that needing to be alone does not make us anti-social though.....

I am the most sociable woman in the world....life is one big party when it can be! but when it can't and things have to done, they are done, if that makes sense?

Grinnning at you,

Tai
2008-09-18


maxmedo
hello, you know Elle, i love being alone most of the time, but im not antisocial. I found another person inside me that i can trust , i mean two different personalities and they are living inside me in harmony you see, i find loneliness very realxing sometimes i mean c'mon even when im with someone i feel that sometimes i need some time alone.

~Max
2008-09-17


Rob Graber
I like this write, especially line 6 with its meaning and rhythm, and the play of word sounds in stanza 4.
2008-09-17


Amna Ehsan
true Elle, i can surely comprehend the blasts that blows your being in love, within.Its like daily death and i know what it takes for its rebirths. To love some one right however completes you but loving somebody wrong finishes you.
i hope you, like many of us, know the tricks to befool the world with fake smiles, but that doesn't matter because nobody can stich the torn opened wounds so people should not be bothered with some thing they just can be sorry for. And this to you, doesn't mean stop sharing yor feelings here...no. we all are here to read each others sorrrows and good times and i'll wait for such a heartfelt piece from you soon :)

so try living life of yours with your God's given values...i hope you'll be successful one day.
thanks dear for this post
regards,
2008-09-17