Wrote this really long ago and just decided to edit it because it's one of my only poems that I actually like...heh


Here We Sit

So here we sit,
our backs against each other,
our backs against the wall.

Where are we go to from here?
You just don't seem to be in the cards for me.

I know you'd love me if you let yourself...
I know I'd love you if I wasn't so afraid.

I know nothing has to change
except for the revelation of the truth:
so bitter but so perfect,
so searing but so beautiful.
It doesn't have to change our friendship;
I'll love you no matter what.

So here we sit,
you impress me with your many talents,
and I charm you with my uncanny humor.

Here we sit,
desperate to entangle our hands,
to let lips meet,
to let bodies entwine,
but the fear of bearing too much holds us back.

But the truth is, I can feel it coming from you,
I know you're feeling the energy too.
I know you want me as much as I want you...
I just wish you weren't so afraid to let it show.

Here we sit,
embarrassed but completely ecstatic,
both in situations that we're dying to get out,
both just waiting for the other to be ready,
both just waiting... but waiting for what?

How long will you wait for me?

How long must we wait for us?

Face the truth:
you know that I love you.
I don't need to say it;
I can see it clearly in your eyes,
and I know that you see it in mine,
so stop pretending.
Stop acting like it's a big secret.

Here we sit,
desperate to feel this,
desperate to hold each other,
but too afraid to let go.



Poetry by Amanda Manmohan
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Written on 2006-06-26 at 02:31

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Troll
so much talent here... if you weren't already on my favorites list, i'd add you again. i love the honest approach you bring to your writing, and your eloquent way of wording things. awesome!
2006-07-30


Amanda K
Well this more like a stroy but u put into a poem brilliantly. I liked the theme and could relate to it.

Love,
Amanda K
2006-07-15


GB
What can I say Amanda ... this is so true too so many people . Like letting go I guess , as well . You put your words together so well in this prose . Such meaning .... and alas sometimes , so true ! Good work G
2006-07-07


Malin Johansson
This one is so true...!!!
I'm there too now!!! it's very frustrating...
this is bookmarked!!
Regards
2006-06-26


Zoya Zaidi
This, Amenda, is an awesome write and so really true. Yes, we often do this that we don't reveal our feelings to each other. We are afraid of rejection. What needs to be done is that just one person of the two has to break the ice, and things fall in their places of their own. Some one has to make the first move... So why don't you be the one?
**Hugs for a very nice write**
Love, xxx, Zoya
2006-06-26


Kathy Lockhart
this is very good. I like the structure and form it takes. I love the content and the hesitancy on both your parts. Loving each other yet afraid to show it. Seems like you have opened the door dear. It his turn to walk through it. :) kathy
2006-06-26


Love Knight
here we sit is actually real good. and i'm sure you like your others. too. Well, it was loving and sweet, i love the strong ending.
2006-06-26