When Love Leaves
79Shoes In The Way
Gone are the days when I held her hand and she held mine.
Gone are the laughter and smiles we left behind.
No more tugging on my scruffy beard.
No more telling me, “Dad you’re weird”.
I wish for yesterday when we played together.
I assumed that all storms could be weathered.
I could never contemplate a life without you.
But the sands of my hour glass have sifted through.
Your humor, your smell, your touch, your grin
They’re gone with the memory of how we had been.
You ran through my heart without any cares.
Your shoes were left at the bottom of the stairs.
I picked them up to put them away.
I put them back as I feared the day,
You might outgrow the need to play.
And I may not see those shoes in the way.
Love Is Leaving
Its 3:30 AM, I’ve been up all day.
I tried to go to sleep but my head got in the way.
I thought I’d write a poem just to have something to do.
But all my thoughts kept running back to you.
I wondered if you were sleeping or if you were awake.
What does this wondering mean for heavens sake?
What’s this I’m feeling? Could it be a seismic shaking?
Or is it just a countdown for when my heart starts breaking.
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
Is that why I feel an awful tremor right down to my very shoes?
Please come close and hold me now and kiss my trembling lips.
I feel this chill and cold vibrations right through my finger tips.
What is this coldness that makes teeth chatter?
What are these oscillations that make my thoughts scatter?
My very being echoes the sadness of grieving.
It’s the feeling I feel when I feel love is leaving.
MY PHONE DOESN'T SAY I LOVE YOU ANYMORE!
My phone doesn't say I love you anymore.
My heart is broken and cuts me to the core.
I long to see the Love that I adore.
With whom to endless heights we'd soar.
"O' God where is she?" I implore.
He quotes Poe's raven, "Nevermore".
I lie here frozen on the floor,
Hoping I should rise no more,
All because my phone doesn’t say “I love you” anymore.
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ahhh, so lovely and moving.. there is something in the air.. a high tide of vibrations
Mick, very touching. I noticed the Janis Joplin line in there. Brought back some memories. There's a lotta heart, feeling and tears behind that one, brother.
Thanks Poetlorraine for coming by.
Thank you I*n*v*i*c*t*u*s. It's always nice to see you.
Yo UG. You know how it is. You go to war, you go to jail, lose your home, get hit by a car or two, maybe a pick-up, lose the loves you had, then things take a turn for the worse.
Sometimes insomnia writes a hub. Thanks for stopping by Unchained Grace.
True love never leaves. It is always in your heart. It's never too late...
A poem that tears at your heartstrings how beautiful to say the least, the words were brilliant.
Beautiful words! Thanks to share. :)
Thank you Whiteorchids. Love is a lot of things. Thanks
Thank you Freya Cesare for stopping by and your kind words.
Oh MIcky, you almost made me cry, oh this is just so touching, I hope time can heal your longings,, what more can I say, You have a wonderfful feel of love and you put them well into words and I almost can feel the heart beating in your words, Maita
Thank you Maita. I'm just walking through some rocks right now. Stay warm.
beautifully captures the sadness that comes with losing someone you love... thank you for sharing this...one feels you through the words.
Thank you myownworld. I'll be over to yourownworld soon.
Touched my heart you did with those words. Thank you.
Thank you Chris Eddy. Take care.
It is a pity they do not read poetry like this on the BBC radio as some of the offering lately have made me sigh and not in the nice way 'Shoes in The Way' did all the poems were good but that one echoed.
It is a pleasure to read poetry that is so well written.
I look forward to reading about the squirrels tomorrow. Thanks.
Thank you 2uesday. I do appreciate your kind words. You be safe and warm.
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
-Tamara
Thanks for visiting Tamara. Be safe!
really nice poem. based on your experience? very good. thanks
I'm afraid so Prasetio. I'm afraid so. I welcome the days when the ones we love will surround us. There has to be a day.
Me too.
awwww those poems are so sweet and so sad. Truly great work
Thanks PrettyUnicorn. I long for the day.
Thanks Kandimarshal. You're very kind.
Micky Dee my friend, what can I say in here? I do think things and situations like these portray a universal event, transition, and evolution of human thoughts and feelings.
This is a touching poem. Yet, no matter how difficult this phase is; we will always come out and get over it. The love feeling remains maybe forever but the attachment snaps out, leaving behind the memory which makes us of what we are.
More power to you.
Thank you for your kind thoughts Teresa. Hearts get heavy. Thanks
Very nice imagery. And the sentiments tugged exquisitely at the heart.
Thank you Mbwalz. Your sentiments are valued here too. Thanks
Really brilliant and beautiful poems, really enjoy reading your work Micky Dee
Thank you very much Sophs. You're very kind. I'll come check your work out very soon. Thank you
Awwwwwwwwwww. This is touching, sad, truthful. You convey your feelings really well through poetry Mickydee. :*(
Thank you Ghost. Sometimes it's been too real. Thank you as always. You turn that frown upside down and get that tear out of your eye.
How lovely and moving. I was truly touched and can't wait to read what else you have in store. Excellent.
Thank you Jaded. You pull that off with that hat. Thanks for stopping by.
OUTCH !!!Painful. Hope you get more good days than bad as time marches on..
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Dim Flaxenwick. You know how it is- good times, hard times. Life rolls on. Thanks very much.
Lovely, simply lovely, very well done...
Thank you Moulik Mistry. Some of it's what I felt as love was leaving. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
To Simply Love....Again!
Love again,
comes around
like an old friend,
gently tapping me
on the shoulder,
and directing my
gaze towards you.
Breath escapes me,
and that overwhelming
urge to know you more
becomes my most
passionate goal.
All bittersweet thoughts
of the love
I 'd just lost,
vanish like a bubble
blown across the winds
of another melancholy place.
far from here,
far from your gaze
which now locks on me,
in pale blue splendor.
Your face is a question mark
of possibilities yet answered,
and that hint of a smile,
which curls up
like an invite
wrapped in the red
ribbon of your lips,
bids me say hello.
So I will strive once more,
to never say Goodbye,
for there is little
that is good
about a goodbye
when love comes again.
©-MFB III
Great verse sir. Thank you for gracing this page.
Had to come back to this one for another read.
It's the 'shoes on the stairs' bit that gets me.I know the feelig when someone has gone, I wouldn't mind picking up after them all the time as long es the person was still there. Full of love xx
Oh Dim! I wish I could pick up those shoes. Thank you Dim!
I agree with Dim, that same line brought all the photo's of memories and muddy play to the forefront of my imagination.
Thank you SummerSteward. I had no idea that you had been here. I didn't get a "feed". I went to your hub though. You're very interesting. Nice hubs! Thanks for dropping by. Happy trails!
I think SummerSteward is far too formal. I wonder if I can change it... Anyways... Rossimobis kept quoting you on my wall and in comments.. At first I was confused because the only Micky Dee I was aware of was Motorhead Mickey Dee and I have a hard time picturing him saying "Circle in my circle"... So when I found you.. I had to follow you.... And now I find myself glad I did! Interesting eh? I'll take it. :)
Rossimobis is prtty special. I'll come back to SummerSteward world and check out some more of your hubs. Thanks for stopping by!
That would be great! I love visitors! Rossi is wonderful, very inspiring writer!
Rossi is De Bomb. Yep. Pretty cool Dude.
bomb chica bow woow..
That's a good way to get the blood flowing.
This same feeling i felt when i realized that love has gone but i have to leave you cos you don't wanna stay,if you don't stop it,my phone which you have,though will never say i love you any more but will always remind you every 2nd of the month that i feel in love with you right in the bus.Was it a wrong thing to do?That i will still find out.Thanks Micky, glad summerSteward was here too.
Rossi my man- Thanks for stopping and your pleasant comment- I left some "fiction" about us back on Summer's "Take Off Your Cross" hub and her "Raw Demeaner" hub. I love you Brother!
Haha... It's good stuff! Check it out!
Yo Summer! You're still hanging around!
Haha! What can I say? The snack table here is *pompous rich lady voice* simply devine!
touching poems. sad
Hi SummerSteward. Your comment slipped through the carcks. I wasn't notified- dang it! Thank you Dear!
Thank you Nikkij504gurl. Yep- life gets heavy sometimes. Thank you for stopping!
Life does get heavy .. the older I get the more heaviness .. at least it seems to me. But there are also breaks in the clouds when the sun pops through to gloriously soften the lines of care. I pray the sun breaks through and the little girl once again curls into her Daddy's arms.
Blessings Always! Mekenzie
Oh- Mekenzie -it does get heavy! Sometimes you're the windshield- sometimes you're the bug! Sometimes you're maybe the rear-view mirror with collateral damage. In the meantime I hurry up and wait.
I think that right now- in my life -I think I'm close to being "where" I'm supposed to be. I think I'm close- spiritually, mentally, and physically. This is just as expected from past "injuries" in all categories.
I'm here and I'm waiting on the "Great Conductor" to hand out the sheet music. Then we'll know what to play!
Thank you Mekenzie. As always you are such a Dear! Thank you Ma'am!
very touchy and meaningful poems....
Great poems, keen insight.
You're making the rounds Debarshi Dutta! It's so nice to see you. Thank you Sir!
Micky-
This is me at a loss for words.....so poignant.
Itakins- this leaves me the same way. These words came out of me. I know "sweet sorrow". Thanks
hi Micky,
Yep, the shoes got me.
Why are children in a hurry to grow up? Why do adults wish they were young again? and why, oh why, do some parents wish their children would hurry up and grow up?
It's rough. Soft thoughts! Thank you Trish!
You're quite welcome Micky. I love that you have such a soft heart :)
Let's love one another- it's the law.
I like your law :)
I just read once again the shoes, and it doesn't fail to touch my heart and bring tears to my eyes.
See! Now I love you and I can't help myself!
I wish I could just pick those shoes up. Maybe move them to the side just a bit. Contemplate putting them away!
LOL you're funny :)
But, sigh,,,,the longing for what once was. The good news is, is that those memories live within us forever, so we can visit those times whenever we like.
I'm going to check those shoes out.
I read this about every time that someone leaves a comment. I cry!
Love never left you Micky.. you are love and radiate every day.
Quietest Moments - thank you Dear! SWAK
I loved the one about shoes in the way made me feel as though this is something you truely experienced and therefore I also felt it through your words.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you Vonda! Yes ma'am I did feel it and went through that. I remember pondering about those shoes. At first I may have thought- "That child! She won't put her shoes up! And I thought about it. I liked her shoes right there- or anywhere. I knew she was "there". I like her "There". Thank you very much!
I really felt your pain with each and every word.And loving those shoes ,and missing those shoes,those are the moments that made you ,well you. As I told my children,it may seem silly, but it's true but the best part of me, is loving you.~DeeDee~
"but it's true but the best part of me, is loving you." - Pretty nice there! These are memories of love. Thank you Deedee!
Great poem
Thank you Figment!
Simply divine work Micky... as always you are gifted The Creator shines through you ~hugs~
Yo Blackreign! Thank you very much and you know the Creator shines through you!
Only soft hearts get heavy, with hurt, Micky. Sometimes I think there are fewer soft hearts out there than we think. I am surer of it every day really. It's so hard to love so deeply and have not one once of control, I use to think dying of a broken heart was just words in a song and now I know it is possible as I am sure you know too. Being here helps and at least we can smile now and then. When I first saw you I thought you were a young kid on a bike just riding through, care free and happy, zipping along. That thought makes me smile now, I hope it can you too. We know there are no promises, kind words help but can never cure. Smiles are the best medicine we could ask for. May you have many.
"When I first saw you I thought you were a young kid on a bike just riding through, care free and happy, zipping along."
That is so funny! Yes Ma'am!
"I'm 19 years old. I like biking, hiking, walking on the beach, driving my convertible, and older women with soft hearts!"
It is such a joy visiting you and having you over here occasionally! You are a delight! Thank you Ma'am!
Phew.... Thank god my chute worked mate... It's a loooooong way down to here.. but damn good reading along the way! Yep, Tres bon. What experience you have for a 19 year old MD.. Chopper Skid gunner at the age of three! Amazing! And this hub.. well that is too! Take care mon ami.
I LOVE this one! I could see just about any dad writing this for a daughter long grown up. I know my dad would have the same sentiment, there is something special about the father daughter relationship :)
Thank you Kirsten! You are so right! God bless!
These are beautiful, very moving poems . . . enjoyed them very much!
I read them again, KFlippin, and they brought tears to me again.
Ahhh! Micky Dee... the joker! Perhaps you can "slip into a coma if hit by enough bricks..." :) It was an interesting interpretation of the quote. But a smile on my face! I read your poem not knowing it was by you and WOW! It is really beautiful. I do not know what else to say. Exceptional work! (just avoid those darn bricks...) :)
Serendipity, you are so sweet. Thank you Ma'am!
the dark and dreary nights always brings out the best poetry, with such depth of soul attached to it, that reaches out and touches so many other hearts!
such a beautiful poem~
~aloha nui~
Sometimes despair writes itself. Thank you Sa'ge!
yes, but is not despair drawn out of such event that bring about the dark and dreary nights?
aloha - despair is drawn, solicited, donated... God bless you Sa'ge!
So very lovely Micky - you write from the heart; and its beautiful, thank you!
Oh brightforyou! You are so bright! I do wish you a beautiful day, and sweet dreams tonight!
My love never left--I love you! I love you! I love you and I miss you! oh, did I mention that I love you Micky?
Thank you Ghost. I love you too. Thank you for love!
Micky,
Was that first one about your daughter? I have a six year old girl and you just shot a beautiful arrow right into my heart.... thank you.... I'm glad I found this....
The Suburban Poet, yes sir, that was for my beautiful daughter who means more to me than anything life can offer otherwise. You know that though. God bless you SB BrotherMan!
Beautiful and sad words but as always so eloquently expressed. Losing love is painful and heart-breaking and the passage of time can help to ease the loss but can never erase the memories. Thanks for sharing these deeply personal thoughts. God bless you Brother Micky.
God bless you Brother Rich.
Gosh Micky you so often tear at my heart strings. I hope your love is returning, to lose the love of a daughter must be intolerable. She will always remain in heart heart and will return. These words were simply beautiful Micky.
God bless you acaetnna!
Wow amazing!! I love Shoes in the Way, reminds me of my own son who just started preschool! I knew that horrible day would come eventually. The last two poems are crazy good, you resonate my own feelings from my own dark hour. I take my hat off to you! :)
Oh aisha. There are too many dark hours eh?! My what a road life is. Thank you Dear!
Oh what a stirring emotional tearing at ones heart brilliant piece. It took me back so far away in time when loving was easy and romance sublime. Ah to be in love and stay in it, amazing. I enjoyed this beautiful artistic piece. Thank you for writing it..
Thank you Vincent Moore! To be in love!
I am reminded of the words, "Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all". Try and get the heart to buy that one! "The phone doesn't say I love you anymore" Funny how a single line strikes the heart. Sometimes, to up residence. Thanks for the discomfort. I will not take it for granted anymore.
Your images evoke the pain of loss exquisitely. Thank you for bringing your pain to this page.
Thank you arb! Let's not take "I love you" for granted.
God bless you sligobay.
Aw Micky Dee! What a Blessing it is to Read this Hub. When me and my husband have this conversation, his words Always melts my heart. Because a Father and Daughter relationship is Always suppose to be Breath taking. What a Blessing it is for God to have Bless Us, with such Blessed and Talented Writer. God Bless You and can't wait to Read More. Blessw5 you have a fan in me. My fav: Parts in this hub.
Your shoes were left at the bottom of the stairs.
I picked them up to put them away.
I put them back as I feared the day,
You might outgrow the need to play.
And I may not see those shoes in the way.
Smiles with Tears of Sadness and Joy!
Hi Blessw5. Thank you very much for your thoughts. I can't pass by here without reflecting. Thank you.
Good Morning Micky,
Yikes...bringing a tear to my eyes this morning..missing my baby girl..she is in basic training..three more weeks to go..still can't believe she is doing it..followed in my foot steps..anyway..thank you for some great poems..that pulled on my heart this morning.
Sunnie
Oh Sunnie! Basic training. Oh my. Our world is always getting ready to fight. God bless you dear! God bless your soldier. My prayers are with you both.
Thank you Micky...She is my last of four..my oldest son has been in over 12 years and has done so well. Working on his masters and stationed at Ft. Lewis but something about my baby girl..sniff sniff..I know God will hold her in his hands..Thank you for your prayers.
Sunnie
Children never know the costs until they have children. It's easier for our children to put themselves in harm's way than for the parent to live with it. God bless.
Beautiful Micky, just beautiful.
I am always thinking with your work. LOL. This time I was very close to crying also.
Thanks for sharing ....
Take Care,
N.E.
N.E. Wright- God bless you. Thank you for liking this. This is pretty special to me.
I can feel that.
Take Care,
N.E.
God bless you NE!
This is a teriifc hub Micky Dee, it has the ability to evoke so many feelings, thanks for writing this,
MM
You've got a good heart Maggie-May. God bless.
Beautiful words, beautiful meaning beautiful Hub! Voted-UBeautiful. Micky Dee your beautiful..... much love.
Thank you sister C! God bless you.
Thank you Pan. I enjoyed the video.
Pretty and sweet words you write. But the tone is quite sad. When love leaves, our hearts tend to melt. Hope you find peace. Great poem all the way. Voted awesome
Letting go is the hardest thing to do. A powerful and moving poetry that spoke to my heart of hearts.
Micky,I can feel your pain!Do you have her back? I didn't get that feeling.But if you did,congrats to you!Hug her tightly!
Take it from me,do anything to get her back.Blame and pride be damned!
Those are lovely words but they come from such a lonely place.I have been there!
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lovely thoroughly enjoyed those, nice vibes, will read more of your hubs