I know that sounds cold and insensitive
Before I wrote it I was pensitive*
But from here I’ll find a way to express
All that I’ve felt I needed to repress
Just…
Come out with me
In the middle of the night
Please…
Walk next to me
Put your arm around me tight
Breathe…
Lips touching mine
Taste pure affection for you
Sigh…
Hand holding mine
Believe that this love is true
*
After days when life has been demanding
Shelter with me for sweet understanding
I can’t bear to see you saddened and morose
So please snuggle up, I’m holding you close
Remember all those hours we’re apart
Everywhere I go, you are in my heart
We’re friends providing something that’s missing
Whether that be a touch, a hug or kissing
Being in love doesn’t mean it’s an affair
Yet it is a special friendship we share
I’m linking your arm as we walk along
Please don’t worry, what we do is not wrong
It’s not “if” or “when” we end up meeting
But enduring friendship, love unfleeting
Saying “lighten up” I mean “be at peace”
We’re bonded now with a love that won’t cease
Deep in my heart your words light up a spark
That now guides me when it’s cold and it’s dark
I want to stir within you that same glow
You’re my sacred love I need you to know
Neither of us wants a secret lover
But we’ve both realized we need each other
Don’t be anxious about how this will end
Because ultimately you are my friend

*pensitive might not be a real word – someone entered into the Urban dictionary but I think they mean pensive. Anyway….I liked it because it made my poem rhyme.
5 replies on “Lighten Up”
Tis a real word now….pretty sure “pensitive” means unsure what one should write…or is it adding emphasis by using a thick pen to mark one’s positive mark on a ballot paper 🤔
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Thanks for the thumbs up! I knew I liked you for a reason.
They are always adding new words to the dictionary right?
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Aye, they keep adding new words just to make it more interesting each time you play Scrabble…just need to find someone who plays “pen” or “pens” and you can add “(s)itive” for a decent score…
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Especially liked this line, “Saying “lighten up” I mean “be at peace,” which is how I see it.
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Sometimes little anxieties and insecurities can spoil the joy in a relationship. I really wanted to say in this poem, “Please be at peace, there is nothing but love in my heart for you.”
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