Poetry Train…

You Hold My Heart

Helpless
Shaking
Nervous

Trying so hard to stay
Knowing
that the only choice
was to leave

You looked at me
with such love
I looked at you
with such fear

You held
Me in
Your hand.
You held
Me in
Your heart.
You held me
chained to the earth.

Packing
Crying
Running

Wanting to say
I love you
Knowing
I couldn’t.

You reach out
to me
I wrap my hand
Around the suitcase.

You held

Me in

Your hand.

You held

Me in

Your heart.

You held
Me chained

to the earth.

Flying
Dreaming
Needing

I wanted to
Scream
As the cab drove away
The reason why
I couldn’t stay.

You held
Me in
Your hand.
You held
Me in
Your heart.
You held
Me chained
To the earth.

Freedom
Loss
Needing
Wishing

I love you
But
I can’t live
Chained to
The earth.

Copyright 2007 T.A. Chase

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7 Responses “Poetry Train…”

Susan Helene Gottfried says:

January 8, 2008 at 2:18 pm

TA, please get out of my head. It must be residue from my trip, but man, this sums up how I’ve been feeling this week.

I only wish I could say it at all, let alone so eloquently.
gautami tripathy says:

January 8, 2008 at 1:47 am

Beautifully sad!
Ann says:

January 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm

Beautiful poem, TA.
Rhian says:

January 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm

God TA – that’s stunning.

I love you
But
I can’t live
Chained to
The earth.

Man, do I know those feelings. I mean remember those feelings.
Yvonne says:

January 7, 2008 at 6:08 pm

Wow! So sad. But this is a great song for the bad times.
T.A.Chase says:

January 7, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Gina,

It is sad, but sometimes it’s the way relationships go.
Gina, Book Dragon says:

January 7, 2008 at 12:39 pm

“I love you but I can’t live chained to the earth”

how sad!

This was beautiful