Lost Love (Photo credit: Inge Vautrin Photography)
I loved you
But did not know the way
I had some words
But not the art to say
The message deep
Silent and still within
I loved you then
But would not yet begin
Did you love me?
I see I’ll never know
Your actions might have been
To let such feelings show
But I was cowardly
And deep within, inept
I shut my eyes
And all my secrets kept.
(c) Helen Valentina 2013 All Rights Reserved
helenvalentina 
What I like most about this poem are these words:
But did not know the way
I had some words
But not the art to say
The message deep
Silent and still within
I like it so much because there were many times in my life where I could not articulate exactly how I was feeling. I look back at that time a lot and wish I knew then what I know now. This is a really beautiful and sad poem Helenvalentina.
Thanks so much – it doe seem that regret is a great muse for poetry…I guess it means there is something positive made out of regrets that would otherwise just sadden…. 🙂
Two last lines were definitely my favourite. Shows so much character..
Thank you so much, much appreciated!! 🙂
I love the tone of this one.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
Such truth and honesty. Well done, you’ve certainly managed to reach out and touch your readers!
Thank you so much, so kind!! 🙂 🙂
I was going to say something positively brilliant, but I can’t remember what it was…ugh!! lol But I really enjoyed your poem it spoke to me on many levels 🙂
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
I enjoyed the poem, until one of your comments caught my attention more 🙂 something positive made out of regrets, that would otherwise just sadden … too often I get stuck in that sadness for awhile and wallow, not so much in regrets, but I still wallow … thanks for sharing this poem
Thank you so much…I must admit I tend to wallow too!! 🙂
Helen, I enjoyed this so much. It touched my heart deeply. Great work!! 😀
Thank you so much, so much appreciated!! 🙂
explores, explains
the maturity, difficulty
in exposing
vulnerable hearts
Thank you for such a thoughtful and poetic comment, much appreciated!! 🙂
This poem speaks volumes, even in the silence. Love this Helen.
Thank you, really appreciated!! 🙂 🙂
Sad and beautiful.
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Awwww I have experienced this myself
Thanks, I think it is a common experience, when fear overtakes love…I often think to myself when people say love conquers all, that too often fear conquers love….
I have see that many times and it breaks my heart, when I was younger I was like that too. Now I am the painfully obvious sort and the sort to take risks when its with love. I moved to Sweden to live with a man I had only physically been around for 2 weeks (he came to the states first to visit me). He is my husband now but you know I just knew, everyone was sure I’d lost my mind. The thing is once my mom met him I think she knew too because we got married within 6 months of meeting and she had the whole thing planned in less than 1 week and we were only 19 at the time, everyone thought she was crazy too lol
Good on you fo following your heart – it’s very heartwarming, literally, to hear stories like that!! 🙂
Thank you =)
Your word “inept” caught my eye. I highly doubt that you are. You paint beautiful stories here. In due time , perhaps your ability to communicate on paper will transfer to your voice. This is a very touching (sad) poem, but I love it.
Wow, thank you, that is so kind. I think I probably am inept when it comes to romantic relationships…easier to write about than to live sometimes! 🙂
What looks good on paper is sometimes a bit more difficult to translate to real life. I understand completely.