Love Poem: From You I Listen
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Written by: Eileen R. Kelly

From You I Listen

climbed into your head today, 
to find out what you meant 
what you said the other day, 
the rawness of your text 

to understand the words you 
used, ...the meaning stashed 
behind them...

my mind is undecided 

this shallow tone, yet full descript
critical a charitable vocabulary, 
the use of cryptic literal, 

the understanding, in your mind 
where do you go- 
this lineage...to comprehend 

a reply, this comment I send... 

I replay, my memory those chosen 
words you sent... 

some loving, some harsh, 
my heart bleeds when they 
are re-said, 

we exchange so many words, 
spent time to unravel the critical, 

to understand, love and sadness 
our two most subjective critics-
can make one very miserable 

we believe in what we say, 
in some the unknown, 
the truth, listen intent 
for some on downward 
spiral 

the cynic will ensure a 
trial 

we restore faith in our love, 
our words the seeds, through 
each other we have grown, 

this pilgrimage, a sentence in time 
together our feelings, our words 
a debated rhyme...
a shared tomorrow flows

this sometimes controversial 
yet meaningful understanding, 

one message the most 
powerful of all
I pay most attention, 
from you I listen... 

when you say, to me  
I love you, these words 
a powerful resurge
my life force recharged  

from you I listen, 
from you I believe in 
from you I know comes
truth...

for it's you I believe in 
I believe in you...