“If You Ever Return”
If you ever return with a breath and a pause,
Not seeking applause, not righting lost flaws—
Just walking back in like the soft evening rain,
I’d open the door, I’d welcome the pain.
For love doesn’t vanish when distance is near,
It holds through the silence, the doubt, and the fear.
And I, in my quiet, have left on the light,
Just in case hope finds its way home at night.
I won’t chase a shadow, won’t beg you to stay,
But I’ve made a place if you wander this way.
No questions, no judgments, no tally to keep—
Just arms that remember and promises deep.
I still taste your laughter in sips of my day,
Still feel your warmth in the words I don’t say.
And even if pages have turned in your book,
I’ve kept the corner—the place that you took.
So come if you wish, or stay where you are,
I’ll love you from here, from quiet and far.
But if your heart stumbles and reaches for grace—
You’ll find I’ve not moved. I’ve just saved your place.
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Author:
Chris Anderson (
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- Comment from author about the poem: She is my world. She seen me and didn\\\'t flinch, she stepped forward with love. Then I feel into the grind at work long hours overnights. She told me she needed me. I had her wait. In my absence someone was there. But not me.
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Welcome to MPS this poem shows such nice flow and good rhyme with a topic of loss and regret. Very nicely worded it flows well and conveys its message in such poetic fashion. Nicely done
That is a wonderful write of loss and regret of a true love, yet acknowledging it was there fault, yet willing to wait and accept back at any with no resentment or grudges, a touching, honest, and lovely write, enjoyed the read
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