TELL ME

by Natalie - Cancer

YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO MY TALE
AS YOU SAY WITH A WINK.
FOOLISH IN SOMEWAYS, ABSOLUTELY
A LIAR, YOU THINK?
HERE IS MY TALE
DEAR FRIEND HOW THIS CAN BE.
HAPPINESS WE HAVE REJOYCED IN
COMFORT FROM YOUR VOICE THROUGH CONFUSION HAS CARRIED ME. 
WARM ARMS I FELT WHEN I NEEDED TO CRY
CONFIDENCE NEVER LOST.
MY UGLIEST AND BEST YOU HAVE SEEN
THICK AND THIN NO MATTER THE COST.
TO THINK MORE OF YOU I COULD NOT DO
YOUR TO MY SOUL AND THROUGH.

ASSURED OF ALL YOU ARE
COMPLETION IN YOUR BEING.
A FRIEND IN HOPLESSNESS
SUPPORT IN YOUR HEALING.
YOU SAY I GAVE YOU THESE GIFTS 
I ALSO TAUGHT YOU TO AGAIN CARE.
LONGING FOR OUR NEXT CONTACT
ANOTHER MOMENT TO SHARE.
OUR MATCHING MAY BE ONLY FATE
YOU IN I AND I IN YOU, FOUND A SOUL MATE.

PATHS OF UNCLEAR INTERPRETATIONS
TO THE STARS YOU BROUGHT CLERITY.
TAURUS YOU ARE AND CANCER AM I
PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER IN ASTROLOGY.
TRAVELING DIFFERENT ROADS TO COMMON DESTINATIONS
TO EACH OTHER ONLY OUR TRUE PATHS KNOWN.
CONCEALMENT OF YOUR LOVE IN EVERY MEETING
DIFFICULT THOUGH APPROPRIATE, NEVER SHOWN.
AT FIRST KEPT ONLY TO YOU
THEN UNLEASHED UPON ME LIKE A SNAKE.
STINGING ME WITH VENEMOUS EMOTIONS
COILING AROUND ME WITH NO MISTAKE.
LOVE HAS BITTEN DEEP INSIDE
SUCKING OUT LIFE WITHOUT MISSING A STRIDE.

LAST NIGHT YOUR SPOKEN WORDS TOUCHED MY SOUL
MY THOUGHTS KNEW OF NOTHING MORE ERROTIC.
EXCITEMENT OVERCAME MY HEART
INSIDE I WAS ELECTRIFIED, ALMOST TRAUMATIC.
THIS POEM IS SIMPLE, LIKE OUR NEW AFFAIR
NO GAMES, NO LIES, NOTHING HIDDEN.
TODAY
WALLS AND OBSTACLES FORBIDDEN.
TOMORROW UNCERTAIN THE JOURNEY
TO HELL AND BACK, OR FOR ETERNITY.

SEDUCTION PLAYS IN MY MIND
THOUGH OUR AFFECTION HAS NEVER FOUND SEX.
THE ONLY KISS  WE SHARED INTRIGUING
OUR PASSION THROUGH WORDS IS NOT SO COMPLEX.
I HAVE NO REGRETS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
EXCEPT FRIENDSHIPS MAY BE LOST FOREVER.
SO FOR NOW OUR AFFAIR WILL BE A SECRET
ALWAYS AS FRIENDS, SOUL MATES TO ONE ANOTHER.
NOW DEAR FRIEND HOW CAN THIS  BE
I AM AWAITING THE PERFECT MOMENT FOR YOU TO ‘TELL ME’.
Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2002-01-03 19:14:58
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:14
Poem ID: 66516

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