…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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