THE SEARCH

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    THE SEARCH

    1.
    I am looking for someone who does not exist:
    a dream lover to unfold in layers.
    Anything less than absolute perfection is below my standards,
    and completely unacceptable.

    2.
    My telephone is discolored with dust.

    3.
    I have searched in vain from the highest mountain to the lowest valley.
    I have yet to find the one who stills my heart.

    4.
    Like a book that has been read to tatters, my heart is ripped and torn from endless searching;
    shattered like a mirror I have stared into for too long;
    crumpled like the letters I still can't bring myself to throw away.

    5.
    Is he, at this moment, also searching for me?

    6.
    How many miles must I travel alone before I find my way to him?
    Calloused feet will slow the chase.

    7.
    Yet in spite of the distance,
    and the uncertainties that plague my mind,
    love has forged a chain that binds us,
    though we may not have even met:
    our unity is our destiny.

    8.
    In search of love I waste my youth, afraid of growing old alone.

    9.
    Someone should have told me that fairy tales do not come true.

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    TonyS commented on THE SEARCH

    11-21-2008

    I have so many poems about the search for love. It seems to have been a life quest... you capture the spirit of want and need in this poem... I also like the way you have designed it... my only criticism would be the centering of all the lines... but

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

    hollowgirl’s Poems (38)

    Title Comments
    Title Comments
    What We Seek and Do Not Find 0
    Buried Alive 4
    Shadow of Love 3
    i have to ask 15
    heart of stone 10
    the struggle 5
    I'LL NEVER LETGO 2
    imprisoned 4
    PASSAGES 1
    LET HIM GO 2
    GARDEN OF HOPE 2
    WHISPERED NOTHINGS 0
    ANYMORE 2
    EMPTY PRETENSES 1
    LIFE OF LIES 1
    Shattered Heart 3
    JUST GO 1
    sifting through the madness 3
    I REMEMBER 4
    THIS TOO SHALL PASS 4
    MIRROR OF TRUTH 8
    untitled #18 2
    Untitled # 7 3
    SORROW 1
    UNTRUE HEART 0
    ALONE 1
    i wonder 1
    TIME TO SPARE 2
    SHHH.... 4
    THE DESTRUCTION OF MY MIND 0
    the end 3
    THE SEARCH 1
    UNTITLED #12 1
    DISTANT 1
    FOR MEICHELLE 2
    THE INNOCENCE THAT KILLS 2
    ECHO 4
    Sometimes 5