Before You, I Was Just Hanging Out

November 14, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is love.

Today’s poem is about how love can transform a life.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Before you, I was just hanging out.

My days were all hubbub, no beauty.

Boredom seemed what life was all about.

Excitement meant going to a movie.

Then I fell in love with you; my mall

Opened to a sudden rush of sky;

Trees turned into happiness; and all

The things I had forgotten made me cry.

The loves that fasten one to life grew strong:

You, the thought of seeing you, your touch,

My love for those I'd loved my whole life long,

Knowing, but not feeling it too much.

You brought my life to life, my love to flower;

Now love me well, and through me taste your power.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/before.html. For more love poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Love

November 13: All I Ever Wanted Is in You

November 14: Before You, I Was Just Hanging Out