Incomplete | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Incomplete

Incomplete

August 22, 2011
By savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
More by this author
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

View profile

I think of you
When I’m alone
When I’m surrounded
When I’m happy
When I’m sad
When I’m without you.

I hold on to that
Last hug
Last smile
Last laugh
Last sight
Last moment with you.

I count down the
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Days
Weeks until we’re together.

Because without you
I’m incomplete.

© Alexa T., Pompton Plains, NJ

The author's comments:
This is not about a crush, a date, or a marriage. This is about love between the very best of friends. This is about love that you never forget.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Nothing to say
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
where did you go
By brittany curths SILVER
Hubbard, Oregon
brittany curths SILVER, Hubbard, Oregon
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Carry On
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
I thought I knew you
By traveler03 GOLD
San Juan, Texas
traveler03 GOLD, San Juan, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
Living is nothing. Dreaming is something.

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 5 comments.

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 21 2012 at 7:34 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

View profile
Thanks RedFeather! I like the idea of it being a soft yellow color :).
RedFeather GOLD said...
on Feb. 21 2012 at 12:59 pm
RedFeather GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12 articles 0 photos 155 comments

Favorite Quote:
Prose is like walking but poetry is like dancing.<br /> &mdash;Paul Valery, poet (1871 - 1945)

View profile

 

(Smiling slightly) I don't know how to start. This poem is beautiful in its way. You have a distinct writing stlye in your poems, I've noticed. It's very relatable, yet at the same time, I find this poem rather sad, but that's probably just me and my own pesky memories. Anyone else, I'm sure would think of your poem in a brighter light - probably a soft yellow or pink-tinted light that's not bright, but not so faint that it doesn't light up the area around it.

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 6 2011 at 6:15 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

View profile
I think is my favorite comment from you Raven, it's so heartfelt.  It is a shame, sweet it such a pretty word.  It's the same for the word love, it's so overused that it almost ceases to mean anything.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 5 2011 at 5:28 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

View profile
It's such a pity that the word "sweet" has begun to mean 'naive' and 'childlike.' Anyway, this poem made me very happy, and I liked its devotion and its... love, because it's describing one of the things most worth living for. Beautiful, Liz. The Raven now wears a tear on his eye. :)
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 29 2011 at 4:59 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

View profile
Awww, this is beautiful :) It's so innocent, perfectly simple in a way appropriate to the subject.