<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447284" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It Failed To Be</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it came to pass…<br>The last drops<br>Drip, drip, dripping<br>Like rain off the rusty barn roof<br>No bowl to catch or capture<br>No hands cupped in an effort</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So distant from me<br>Love hangs on the horizon<br>Blowing like sheets on the clothesline<br>Waving from that faraway roost<br>Safe and unyielding<br>Never close enough to touch<br>For fear that it might be touched in return</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, that’s just how it is<br>It’s how it’s always been<br>It cannot be moved, swayed<br>Or lured to the shore<br>So beautiful in its simplicity<br>So cruel in its burning intent</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Time was, that I believed<br>My puzzle could be solved<br>The missing pieces within reach<br>Just waiting…to fit and fill the empty spaces<br>To paint my canvas full and green<br>And at last, find home</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But it is so untrue<br>My eyes blinded by the smoke of illusion<br>The wind, blew close enough to taste<br>Whispering passion light and fresh as spring berries<br>Teasing me, over and over, as the seasons turned<br>Oh, how easy it was to stumble and fall</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And there it is….my bucket still sits<br>Yearning to be filled<br>Naked in its wanton desire to sip<br>For once, the warm breath of acceptance<br>Love….so blind…so incredibly blind<br>That if failed to see…<br>That it failed to know…<br>That it failed to be….</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Leria+Hawkins">Leria Hawkins</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447284" data-title="It Failed To Be de Leria Hawkins" data-description="And it came to pass… The last drops Drip, drip, dripping Like rain off the rusty barn roof No bowl to catch or capture No hands cupped in an effort So distant from me Love hangs on the horizon Blowing like sheets on the clothesline Waving from ..."></div> </div> </div>

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