How Long Is Forever Really? Poem by Joanne Kearsey

It seems like forever since I have seen you last,
But how long is forever really?
Is it the seconds that slip by when we don't realize it?
Or is it the hours that we spend alone in our own minds pondering this query?

I wish to sleep to have another night slip away amongst the stars,
At least thats another day down but there are still more to move through,
Sometimes I wake up slowly hoping that you would appear beside me,
But all it is is hope and then I wait for the day that it will come true.

I want you to be back in my arms,
I need to see you move, see you smile and hear you laugh,
Because it is torture not having you beside me,
And now sometimes it gets so bad that I don't want to lift my head from out of the bath.

I do realize amongst this all that others have it worse than I do,
But that doesn't stop the pain from when you are not here,
I love you so much, but still can't believe you are with someone like me,
Why Me? But can you really answer that with a reasonable and logical reply?

I don't know why i love you, it just happened from one day to the next,
I didn't expect things to last this long, but it's great all the same,
I hated and despised everything I had as I didn't accept what was good in life,
But now I have you I can see that now and how I wasted time before is such a shame.

But hey, life's life, ya have to learn this stuff slowly or not at all! ! !