Love Poem: Only Words
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Written by: DM Babbit

Only Words

It's only words, slips of letters formed
 to be spewed when you're really not listening
 envisioning the past on which love was once adorned.
Some brief reply you spoke in haste
 when all I wanted was understanding, 
 empathy upon your face.
The words you heard were indistinct from what I said
 and emptiness now holds its place
 and no bonds between us as we looked ahead
you heard me loud and clear
 too soon our time is done
 not once knowing, feeling what I feared,
nothing remains between the clouds and sun
 you and I forever parted on the run
 and all long forgotten, lost in only words.