We embraced in a dream <br />but that’s all it was. <br />I felt your kisses and your arms around me once more <br />and it felt so real. <br /> <br />Love is only enough in fiction. <br /> <br />I’m swimming through thoughts and emotions and <br />coming across fragments that feel so recondite to me. <br />It’s enough to drown in. <br /> <br />I loved you once. <br />When we were together, <br />my heart skipped beats like it was trying to savor <br />every last one. <br /> <br />We’re all slaves <br />and freedom lies in madness. <br />I’m bound by wanting more, <br />needing something I can’t find. <br />My fingers long to grasp this veiled illusion. <br /> <br />I left you and I cried <br />because I couldn’t understand the reason why. <br />When I left, I shattered the illusions we made real <br /> <br />Your silence breaks my heart.<br /><br />Amy Backus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-doesn-t-exist/
