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A Loss for Words...

July 13, 2011
By Goodguy1200 SILVER, Wyoming, Michigan
Goodguy1200 SILVER, Wyoming, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can read only a few and those perhaps not accurately."- One Tree Hill


You say one thing I say another

We make conversation finding peace and laughter

Things don't get much better

Then when I'm talking to you whom i care for

Time ticks away

We spent it talking about our day

Or hopes and dreams are now laid out

At the same time accepting those parts of ourselves

The obvious has been said

It is getting dark out

It is time for bed

Tomorrow will see that we chat again

Our words conform

To a rhythm known to most humans

Never saying what is on our minds

Hiding in the shadows of the night

I wouldn't know where to begin

The words are buried so deep within

The world clouds my every thought

Is this right or is this wrong

I am afraid

Seeing you seeing your heart

Seeing who you really are

This only makes it harder

To find someone like you

Is a dream come true

A treasure coveted by all

worthy of a life-long love

What a precious thing time is

I wonder if tomorrow our hour glass will be empty

And if that is so

please hear these last words now...

When i think of you

I am on bended knee

I am at a loss for words

Because you mean so much to me

I look up at your face

Trying not to cry

Conveying our story

Through my eyes

I am sorry for the silence

But even if i tried to speak it wouldn't do us justice

Our connection is what brought us to that moment

So our emotions will move the plot along

What happens next

I would leave up to you

I never have a thought

Where you don't chose for yourself

Even in my wildest dreams

It stops when you have to make a decision

It is a far better reality choosing me of your own will

Sorry for never doing this for real

I'm dazzled at how beautiful you are

I'm at a loss for words

I just can't bring myself to say...

Anything really...


The author's comments:
This is a piece really dear to my heart. I wrote it during a period of when I started talking to this girl I met in college. Little details aside, I soon fell for her. And I just...couldn't move. I couldn't find a way to tell her. It was a really frustrating time in my life. So I had the feelings, and then I got to thinking, and sure enough "A Loss for Words" emerged. This story is still going on by the way, and yes I've told her how I felt, yet things are still...confusing. But that's another poem all together. I would like for this poem to demonstrate that these sort of feelings for someone happen everyday. Its normal to be scared, and to underestimate your value. But know that you aren't alone. Odds are the person sitting next to you knows exactly what you are going through. The poem suggests that the person never goes through with telling the person they like how they feel, because its easier to walk away than to face this demon. But trust me when I say there are more rewards to defeating it than not. It is always better to know than to not now. Let this poem teach you what it teaches you. Get from it what you get from it. And recognize that everyone feels a sense of insecurity to one degree, or another.

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on Jul. 19 2011 at 11:48 am
chrissie_star GOLD, Commerce, California
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Its just another chapter in the past just turn the page dont close the book.

i checked it out! its pretty good! i like it :) keep writing !!

on Jul. 17 2011 at 10:19 pm
MonaLisaSmile GOLD, North Liberty, Indiana
19 articles 1 photo 15 comments

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Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there. --Adam Young

First to comment! Whoop! Um yes, I do like this, a lot, as I have previously told you. Keep it up. Fingers crossed!