And ever so slowly
I fell in love
with you
while watching you
lost in worlds
far away from me
with the way
you lose yourself in stories
drifting to unreal places
desiring fictional novices
when you scribble hurriedly
when you smile contently
with the way you keep secrets
buried in your heart
only your eyes bearing testimony
♥
And ever so slowly
I fell in love
with the way your eyes twitch
when you’re dreaming asleep
the way you blink rapidly
when you are
embarrassed or nervous
when your eyes turn a shade of red
just before the tears show up
the way you rub your nose
to swallow back the lump
♥
And ever so slowly
I fell in love
with the way
you pretend shy and
avoid my eyes
when your cheeks turn pink
as you enjoy teasing me
when you tuck your hairs
behind your ears
the way your fingers curl
when you’ve finally given up
with the way
your shoulders quiver
when you succumb to your fears
♥
And ever so slowly
I fell in love
with you
the you you don’t know
Yes, I fell in love
uncontrollably
with your insecurities
with your fears and queers
not your skin
not the body
nor your curves
nor beauty
♥
It wasn’t love at first
but it sure was my last
and even if
it took a lifetime
I would wait for you
with every breath and beat
because I’ll love you
even when you won’t love yourself
because I’ll love you
unconditionally
~~~~~
la douleur exquise is the #StoryofmyLife.
It is French and translates to
“the exquisite pain of wanting someone that you know you can never have,
and knowing that you will still try to be with them.”
What did you think of the poetry?
~~~~~
Asha Seth
Asha Seth 
I really like the trepidation of your refrain, and how this builds over the course of the poem into certain, euphoric devotion. The juxtaposition between ‘first’ and ‘last’ in the final stanza is really moving as well 🙂 I love that this can be interpreted as the view of your dog, their unconditional loyalty is something we can never seem to fully understand or appreciate, and indeed many people seem to take it for granted, but your poem encapsulates the perspective beautifully 🙂
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My little one surprises me each time, each moment of each day. It amazes me as to how he manages it. There is so much to write and cherish about our furred friends and I’ve just begun. 🙂
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Yes, your wonder and appreciation for your dog really comes across in your writing, and it’s so refreshing to read – keep going! 🙂
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Gentle and beautiful words for love dear Poet. A amazing poem.
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Your words are always a pleasure to read, John. Hope you’re doing well. It’s after a long while I’ve had you here. 🙂
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I love your work dear Asha. I’m okay and I hope you are doing well.
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Yes… Thank you, John. I haven’t been able to meet up with your recent poems. I’m struggling for some spare time presently.
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I do understand. Hard to find time to do what we enjoy.
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Plightful living! 😉😮
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Liked the imageries:)
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You did? What else?
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WoW!!! exquisite!!! loved it!!! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you, Pushkar. Do you think the piece could’v e been written from a different POV?
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how do you mean…….different narrator or different narration?
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In terms of narrator. Could you make a guess? I’d love to probe to your poetic senses.
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I will give it a try
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Sure. I shall wait, Pushkar. Hope you come around sooner.
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something like this:
almost instantly,
i fell in love
with you.
while you watched me
in surprise
getting lost in your thoughts
the way
thirst gets lost in an ocean
surrounded by elixir
but no drop could quench
i could only scribble
fantasies, that expose my smile.
i am not, that good at secrets anyways
and i know
you can see it in my eyes.
—
or maybe totally different……?
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Ahhh! This is brilliant, of course. 🙂 😉
But what I meant was – Can you think of a different POV of the current poem?
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Thank you thank you………so you mean as a continuation and not rewrite…..right?
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Yeah… Kind of… Like could you imagine if I said this was written from a dog’s perspective? Sorry for not giving it away earlier.
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I was thinking why was there a dog in that picture.. …….sorry for you had to spell it out for me………..I see it now! 🙂 🙂
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Ahh! Hello…? Wait! What do you think? How does it sound now? Does it make sense?
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It’s amazing……..! Really! And makes perfect sense……! My take on it now seems embarrassing…… 😛 😛
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Well, what can I say? I wanted to write a poem capturing my dog’s reactions at instances, when he is sad or happy. I’ve always wanted to get inside his head and find out what he was thinking when he bowed his classic ‘I-love-you’ bow or when he tugs at my dress for a walk. It’s incredible, their myriad ways of expression. And long speculation and observation, trying to fit things in, I could work this piece. 🙂
What do you say now?
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I would say, you captured it beautifully……..if only he could read……I have not had a great history with dogs……but I know that affection and love that could inspire such poem…….and this is inspired work! 🙂 🙂
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Dogs are living embodiment of the word ‘unconditional’ and that sparked my imagination. So much as a glance from the one they love, takes them to cloud nine. They would do just about anything to see you happy. It’s amazing the things they do. And yes, I wish he could read this.
Thank you, Pushkar.
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You are most welcome!!! God bless both of you!!! 🙂 🙂
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Youre kind. 🤓
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So beautifully written dear Asha Di.😊 feelings flowing in perfect rhythm with words. ….hope you read the book or seen the movie “Marley and me”
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Being a dog lover and owner, it’s an ultimate favorite.
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zipped smiley…I’m late so nothing to say except it’s outstandingly beautiful…
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You’re here, my friend and thats everything for me. Your thoughts add to my happiness whatsoever. 😉 Howve you been?
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I’m fine…how are you? Sometime, whenever possible, visit my blog it’s feel nice to hear from you…
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Been okay. And I tried accessing the post you’d earlier mentioned. The link couldn’t be accessed. Please help me with that. Sadly, I do not recollect now which was the post you wanted me to read and review.
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Same here…I couldn’t recollect it…but there’s one I will like your review on…last eve I had posted it…its last part of a 3 part series but you can get the link to the previous parts in the essay itself…the essay is titled M: A Shade of Satisfaction…
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Okay then. Go ahead. Share the link. I shall take a look.
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M: A Shade of Satisfaction – http://wp.me/p84xhv-3Fb…here it is
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Okay will go through over the weekend.
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Okay…will wait for your review…This poem posted this eve…I think you’ll like…have a read…
https://thoughtsofwordsblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/the-death-of-a-superhero/
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Super. I love poems. I shall be at it too.🤓
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This is brilliant, ‘only your eyes bearing testimony’ – This is touching! 🙂
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Finally, a word from you! 🙂
Do we have you back for good?
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Nopes Asha, 😐 its going to take a month or two…
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Oh okay. Hope you’re back soon.
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👍🏻👍🏻
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I loved this. 😀 Lo douleur exquise is one of my favourite words. ❤ I had written a poem on it a while ago. 🙂
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Guess you were away. Because nothing from you showed up in my reader. So here I am, saying, happy to have you back. 🙂
The phrase ‘la douleur exquise’ is like a mine, excavated by us wordlovers, time and again, finding our own glories and treasures. 🙂 To me – it means everything I’ve every wanted. Period.
How have you been? Care to share your story on ‘la douleur exquise’?
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I was away, yes. 🙂 And thank you! ^_^ Sich a beautiful phrase. *sigh*
I’ve been good, and you?
I have posted it on my blog, you can search for the phrase.:)If you cannot find it, I will share the link.
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Reblogged this on Orthometry.
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Thanks for sharing, Grand.
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Such a wonderful heartfelt poem, that expressed so much… Many thanks for sharing.. Love and Blessings your way .. Sue xx
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Thank you, Sue. I’m so delighted to know you enjoyed reading something that is such a lasting experience for me. 🙂
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Thank you Asha, And you are very talented.. xx
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Ahh! You’re so sweet. ❤ 🙂
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Beautifully, poignantly, expressed
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Thank you, Derrick. Hope you’re well.
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#Nice_lines
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Thank you.
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Most Welcome
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🙂
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I love it, Asha. It’s so tender and hopeful. The flow is beautiful.
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Love makes us a lot of things, and one is tenderness and beautiful. I wanted to capture just that. When someone is loved, even though they may not love back, they are yet changed forever, in a way they never imagined. What you say to that? Sonya 🙂
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And ever so slowly,I fell in love with this poem.wanting for more,and bringing smile to my heart,and stirring my memories ,to give a juice of life
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That’s like voicing my thought. I wanted to go on and on. But then the essence would be lost. And I stopped. 🙂
Thank you adding your thoughts, Kalyan.
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YOU are welcome..ever slowly😆
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I think your poetry is truly beautiful Asha 😍. Absolutely unconditional and true. Your description is amazing. Lucky is the person who is loved for who she is and not her beauty.
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Yes, don’t we all want to be loved for who are within? That, exactly that, sparked my imagination. And you summed it for me – Lucky is the person who is loved for who she is and not her beauty – for beauty dies one day, virtues don’t.
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Woah!!! It took me to some place……. Sone beautiful place. And the time when I loved for the first time…….
The poem is beautiful…..
More beautiful is the feeling associated with it….
🙂
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It’s truly beautiful how each one of us has experienced indelible memories that last a lifetime with this thing called love, whether unrequited or reciprocated. 🙂
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Beautifully expressed.
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Yas, did you guess this could’ve been written from a different perspective? Since, you write such beautiful poems, yourself, I probe you to dig deeper and unleash what you think.
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Can’t be better than this. It’s so deep so different. Teases so many emotions as one reads along. Evocative deeply evocative. It’s beautiful.
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Thank you,Yas. Truly humbled reading your response. 😍 And what did you think of the other perspective?
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This is an all encompassing verse. You have given the reader the perspective and the perceptions are amazing. I stays on in the mind after reading. The other perspective is damn interesting too. There is so much left to the reader’s imagination. That is the beauty of this piece. Bravo my girl. Smiles and Huggs ,
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I tried. Thank you. Yas. Love to you. 😍
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As always, it is beautiful Asha! Every line translated to that pain that you describe in those last lines. It indubitably tugs at the heartstrings….
Whether it is returned or not, this is how love is always meant to be. Pure, unconditional…
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Yes, that makes all the difference. It leaves you craving and content, all at once.
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This is such a beautiful poem. No stone is unturned as you explore everything about one person. Thank you!
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Thank you, Debb. We want to make sure we have done everything within reach to have them with us. Isn’t that true?
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Yes – definitely! It was fun “talking” with you, too. 🙂
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I am in loss of words to describe my feelings! This is damn good!
The flow of words is like the waves kissing the shore.
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That’s an amazing thing to have heard from you, Alok. I guess the best stories are the ones that have a piece of you in them. 😉
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Beautifully penned Asha – loved it. La douleur exquise nicely describes my love affair with writing 😉
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Wow. It’s incredible how one thing can mean so many different things to different people.
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Yes I also find this phenomenon amazing!
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Yes, to our utmost surprise.
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Beautiful!
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Always delighted to hear form you. Kathleen. 🙂
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Thank you. It’s always nice to hear from you. I really enjoy your blog posts!
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