My Yearning Heart

I sometimes wonder what is on your mind.
Do the limitations to our love stir within you too?
At times you seam so unaffected; so at peace.
Have you simply accepted that this is how it will be?

Do you expect a pure and almost perfect love?
Or will you simply take it as it is?
How does one compromise with something so dear?
What is the value of true love?

I remember the first time I saw you so clear.
My being shook within me.
Your presence was so overpowering that I stopped and stared.
My heart screamed, “Hey, what have we here?”

Time has passed, but nothing has changed.
I admire your being and tremble in anticipation of your touch.
When will your caress or loving gaze come?
My heart yearns all the time.

I often look at you as I first did.
I then see you as a work of fine art.
Art is meant to be gazed upon, to communicate its core.
Is that all you will remain to be, just a picture in my mind?

Do you think about me in this way?
Do you contemplate about how to make it work?
How can we continue to live this way?
Have I misapprehended the meaning of life and love?

The true value of life is in how you live it.
Love only has meaning if you share it.
It should be clear that I adore you.
Have I failed in this too?

I can not live in loneliness, by accepting its okay this way.
My heart will slowly fade away, to leave just a body and a mind.
Come close to me and stay!
Share all of you with me.

For now I stand before you as before.
I gaze upon this work of art.
I contemplate your existence in a trance.
Save my heart from this pounding pain.

If you love me, let me know.
I can not assume you do.
Embrace our love completely as though it is true.
Stop suppressing this love; allow it to come through.
By : Thys Groesbeek