Soft Notes

by Vicky Rudd / Taurus - Not entered

Soft notes
Lilting
Drifting across the water
Carried on a beam of sunlight.

One who touched my mind
One who touched my heart

You were always over there.
I'd reach for you
Only to find you gone,
But looking over my shoulder
There you were again.
Once more I'd reach
Only to be disappointed...

Grasping, flailing,
Inevitably falling.
You caught me
Over and over.
You'd set me aright
And disappear
Until I fell again.

But where was I when you fell?
I don't remember catching you...
Ah...I recall now.
You never fall.
I waited and waited,
Always close by,
Not hoping you would fall
But needing it just the same.

I needed you to need me
More than I needed you to catch me...

As we are so alike
I can offer you no compensation.
I cannot fill in for what you lack,
Because I often lack the same.
What I can offer you
Is understanding,
A better understanding
of who you are and why.

I see so much of myself
In you
As I see you in me.
I get angry
at things you do and say,
But I would do and say them
No differently,
And yet that angers me the most.

The sun is steadily dropping
Behind the horizon.
With no more sunbeams to carry his tune
The musician heads for home.

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-03-17 21:08:28
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:40:04
Poem ID: 49062

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