Better as a Dream

by IdTakeABulletForYou   Mar 11, 2007


Love is nothing anymore
to what it had been once before.
The lust and passion went with time,
the want for you when you are mine
-- It makes me want you less.

I do not think that this is love;
I think that I have had enough.
I want to want you, not to have you
Want to lust
-- But not to hold.

It seems you're better as a dream,
And when I face reality
A disastrous piece of fantasy is all that you will ever be.

With you I soar so very low
and I've flown higher all alone.
Your wings are large, they weigh you down.
We fly no more
-- We near the ground.

You are not quite what I expected;
we're better off when not connected.
Looking, lusting
-- Not to hold
It's just the way it's meant to go.

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  • 7 years ago

    by Brenda

    Stephen, I liked this a lot. The whole poem had a really nice flow and it told a beautiful story, sad, of unfortunately what can occur often in relationships. That initial rush fades out and either it blooms to more or just crashes and burns. Well done-

    • 7 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      Chemically-induced romance makes it quite difficult to predict which way it will go once the chemicals start wearing off.

      Thank you once again :)

      Much love,
      IdTakeABulletForYou

  • 7 years ago

    by Em

    S, I love this one. It's so beautifully done. I love the rhyming, the structure and the thought that's gone into it... Such an enthralling piece with so much emotion connected to it.

    Em

    • 7 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      I need to start writing more about love! I don't miss the hurt of love, but the dreaming of it is quite nice. I don't even do that anymore!

      Thanks for your time love,
      IdTakeABulletForYou

  • 7 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    This is excellent and it reminds me of a quote I once heard: "Love is what's left when passion's fire has been dampened"

    Sl

    • 7 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      A beautiful quote indeed, and the truth. This isn't my best piece, but it's also a piece of reality that all-too-often I try to disregard. Good advice, at every level!

      Thanks for taking the time to read it :-)

      IdTakeABulletForYou

  • 7 years ago

    by deeplydesturbed

    I like all your work! old and new! :)
    and I do feel sooo bad i clicked 4 :( idiot me, not paying attention properly!

  • 7 years ago

    by deeplydesturbed

    GOD DAMMIT! I accidentally clicked 4! :( its a 5/5. i like this. its that lust isnt the same as love. and sometimes our crushes or what we think we really want, should stay at that. because we may not end up liking it when we find its true self..

    Sorry S :(

    • 7 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      Lol, it's okay, I have no care in the world for ratings. The comment is what I really look forward to :P I've mis-clicked a 4 once too, on one of Poetess' poems, so I know exactly how you're feeling! I do like this one, though it at times is a bit clunky I'd say. Better than most of my 2007 poems!

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