Eyes Wide Open©

I wrote this poem one after one of my many musings over love received and lost. Have you ever been caught off guard by love? When you meet, and fall in love with someone so unexpected – your great friend of many years, the cute clerk you say hi to everyday, or that scruffy girl or guy who has suddenly had a make-over. Unexpected love can feel a bit like stepping into the ring and being hit by the heavyweight champion! It can be dizzily delicious, intoxicating, and sultry. Oh, but sometimes the reality of it – whether it stays or goes, it truly opens your eyes…..

Love caught me off guard
hit me with a right hook that I never saw coming
I
Fell madly, deeply
crazy in love with you
I
Tried to gain my balance
but I was lost in a hazy pool of lust
I
Opened my eyes to focus
but it was too late
I
Was madly, deeply
crazy in love with you
I
Grabbed the ropes to gain my balance
reaching out to touch the very essence of you
I
Was hit with the power of your love
so crazy in love
And then
you
were
gone...
Eyes wide open,
you were gone...
I love you
I loved you
I love you