love poems
Love poems for hopeless romantics; I'm the poet and you're my muse.
The Eyes in the Corner
The eyes in the corner Have found me again Watching and waiting To bring about my end It sits in the corner Just staring But I have better things to do Than to start caring About these invasive eyes Watching my every move It likes the corners and pries Itself into my life At first I thought it dreadful A thing of teeth and night A pair of eyes that followed me Just beyond the kitchen light But nights grew long and lonely And silence filled the halls And somehow when I felt afraid I found comfort in it all Though it never spoke a word I began to speak for two I'd tell it of my troubles And the little things I'd do I'd ask it how its day had been I'd tell it about the rain I'd talk about my worries And all my little pains And sometimes in the quiet I'd swear its gaze had changed As though it understood me As though it knew my name I started leaving lights off So it could have a better view And I'd glance toward the corner When I didn't know what to do I'd tell it when I was happy When the world had been unkind And though it never answered I imagined it didn't mind I stopped referring to it as it I don't remember when I simply found myself saying he And never said it again I wondered what he'd look like If he stepped into the light If his hands were warm or gentle If he'd hold me through the night I wondered if he'd smile at me Or brush my tears away If he'd sit beside me on my bed And ask about my day I wondered if he'd listen When I had nothing left to say If he'd stay beside me quietly And never walk away I wondered if he'd love me If he could only be real If he'd understand the things I hide And all the things I feel For I have spent so many nights Wishing someone would appear Someone who would sit beside me And tell me I was dear Someone who would hold me When the world became too much Someone who would love me And let me feel their touch And now I have these eyes That watch me through the night And somehow I feel safer With them within my sight I no longer fear his presence I no longer question why There's something almost comforting About his patient, watchful eyes He's there when I am sleeping He's there when I awake He's there when I am laughing And when my heart might break And perhaps I've grown accustomed To the darkness in that space Or perhaps I simply needed Someone who would always stay I began to dread the mornings When the sunlight filled the room Because I couldn't see his eyes When the corners lost their gloom I'd hurry through my errands I'd rush home through the rain Because I knew that he'd be waiting And I'd see his eyes again Sometimes I'd catch myself smiling As I looked into the dark I'd tell him all my secrets And the things that left their mark I'd tell him that I missed him When I'd been away too long I'd tell him he was handsome Though I knew that sounded wrong And then one night I whispered Something strange and new "I wish that you were human So I could be with you." The words hung in the darkness And I felt my own heart ache For what a strange thing to confess To something born of fright To wish a pair of watching eyes Could hold me through the night But he had never left me Not once, not even then And I had never felt so wanted By anyone I'd ever met So I pulled the covers to my chin And smiled into the gloom I wished that he could lie with me And chase away the lonely room I wished that he could touch my face And tell me I was loved I wished that he could take my hand And be more than eyes above But wishes are just wishes And eyes are just eyes And I knew that he was only A shadow in disguise Or so I told myself As I settled into bed And whispered all the things to him That I'd never said "Goodnight, my love," I whispered And closed my tired eyes Two eyes gleamed across the room And watched me as I sighed And for the first time in my life I didn't feel alone I fell asleep contentedly And dreamed of coming home But when I woke the next morning Something wasn't right The corner stood there empty And I couldn't find his eyes I called out from my bedroom I searched the hall and stairs I looked into the darkest spots And found nobody there And suddenly the house felt cold The silence felt unkind I missed the eyes that watched me I missed the peace of mind I missed the way he stayed with me When no one else would care I missed the way I felt so safe Just knowing he was there And when the night came creeping I sat alone in bed I stared into the corner And wished for him instead "I miss you," I whispered "I wish that you'd come home." And then I heard a whisper From somewhere just behind me "My dear, your wish has come to be."
By Digi Dragon 05 (Or Digi or Revely)about 13 hours ago in Poets
