Incomplete

[johnjgeddes]

I want to sleep
But don't want to
Put out candles
Or close the window
To the smell
Of rain...

Just lie
In the lightning's flare
And watch
Streets glow
Where I go
In dreams

And perhaps this time
Or in some other life
We'll meet

Everything will finally
Make sense…

The storms, the ghosts
The long separations

Every thing will feel complete,

And I will finally sleep.

© 2018, John J Geddes. All rights reserved

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Comments

[prydefoltz]

I was realized that after a love is lost, we hold onto the grief because we cannot hold onto the one we love. You poem is lovely and full of feeling. I felt it. Beautiful.

[johnjgeddes]

thank you, @prydefoltz, for a very thoughtful response

[creatr]

I love rainy nights with the windows open and the sounds and air coming in... And yes, somehow they do revive deep feelings that have never (yet) been satisfied...

Lovely, thanks.

😄😇😄

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, creatr - the land of unfulfilled desires is vast and lonely :)

[creatr]

One thing I recall C. S. Lewis remarking on is that the very existence of desires that we can't quite identify, longings we can't quite fulfill, is a sort of evidence of the Divine. Only, he said it much better than that... ;)

[delvalle1]

losing a love is something that makes us feel incomplete, and the rain full of melancholy always brings us back to the past! good post

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, @delvalle1 - you really connected with the poem

[keciah]

Amazing poem. The words really pulled at my heart. A lost love is always so confusing and sad. I have been broken by past loves, that's for sure. :(

[johnjgeddes]

thanks for your response

[lydon.sipe]

Whoever it is, I hope you find them John.

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, lydon

[jerge]

Exquisite expression...... great soliloquy..... just a good work... thank you

[chiama]

😢

[johnjgeddes]

:)

[mousumimou]

Great poem..Thanks dear.sharing this poem.

[johnjgeddes]

thanks

[captain-tom]

Something about this write up is that it's cool.
I can feel the message in it, it calmness running through me.
It got me emotional.

I hope to learn more from you.
Thanks for sharing this.

[johnjgeddes]

thank you, @captain-tom

[captain-tom]

Can I know what inspired the poem

[johnjgeddes]

I suppose a longing for wholeness - so many parts of me are disconnected - as for friends, well, people are only friends in parts, if you know what I mean

[captain-tom]

Hmmmm...

[sabihaa]

Wow.Very nice writing. Your poetry is really samble of love and mirror effect of life.I appreciate that and thank you for such a skill

[johnjgeddes]

thanks for your response

[bllslnylmz1]

nice post sir. I like it very much :)

[johnjgeddes]

thank you

[fikar22]

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[johnjgeddes]

Thanks

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[avika]

:'(

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[soufianechakrouf]

these words touched my soul and my heart so deep wonderful poetry