…you fill me
Love
you fill me
like a nagging fear
irrational
but overwhelming
that crawls
with cold fingers
through the very pit
of me
love
you fill me
from the first leap
of my heart
a tightening
a dissolving
a warmth that grows
and runs through me
like a sudden recollection
that comes unbidden
from the depths of memory
or waves that surge
and crash heavily
love
you fill me
like an aching silence
a space too vast
too endless to hold
a shadow
stretching long
in the waning
of the sun
never leaving
never truly still
love
you fill me
like firelight flickering
against the walls
of my soul
a light I cannot touch
yet in every breath
I feel the warmth
that lingers
long after the embers fade
love
you fill me
like the hush
before the storm
a breathless moment
electric and waiting
when even the air
holds its breath
in suspense
braced for the inevitable
love,
you fill me
the echoes of your soul
endlessly adrift
call to me
in my waking thoughts
and whisper to me
in my dreams
ever etched
into my heart
my love
you fill me
© Ann Bagnall
2015
Annie's Poetry 
Wow. Just awesome. Love this poem 🙏
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Thanks – I tired really hard to find words to express certain feelings and hoped that people might recognise them too! 🙂
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You were exquisite in this. You always are.
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You are very kind. Perhaps I am blessed I have a difficult job that drives me to seek balance in the universe and makes me find those three things of beauty in every day before I go to sleep (no matter how bad the day has been), and to lose myself in words and pictures when time allows it. I am enjoying learning new styles of writing so much now I am thinking retirement might not be too bad in good time – maybe I can spend more time reading and learning even more!
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“..waves that surge and crash heavily” .. beautiful!
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Thank you! 🙂
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