Wishful Visage: Poetry

You listen for me but you don't hear me
you seek me but you can't see me

I am invisible
a wraith among men
I walk in the day a ghost
I am the dream that vanishes when you wake

You know about me but you don't want to know me
you want someone like me but not the someone that is me

I am your happiness just out of reach
the needle in the haystack
you know why you can't find true love?
because, I am, invisible

—joseph nash

It has been so long
so long since I have got to share
share my heart
that my heart aches

I miss being sweet
sweet to the one I love
loving her reaction to compliments
and complimenting makes me ache for it again

I miss scheming a special surprise
a special evening of song or beauty
a beauty powered my creative mind
and my creative mind aches to do it once more

It has been so long
so long since the romantic inside has lived
lived with someone to share it all with
and without, my heart aches, to have it once again

—joseph nash

A whisper from afar
a voice without a sound
2000mi away you shown me
shown me a love no one else has

Why was I so special?
Why did I shine so bright?
Why have you been the only one to see it?
Why am I invisible?

A romance that burned HOT
a love so deep
a friendship so close
you took the risk and won

Why was I so special?
Why did you see anything in me?
Why have you been the only one to see it?
Why would you want a romantic that no one else wants?
Why?

—joseph nash

I am a lump of coal
dirty and mis-shapen
I am not rock hard
brittle and easily broken

I am a lump of coal
put a spark to me and I will keep you warm
light me on fire and I will melt your steel

I am a lump of coal
crushed and refined
thrown into heat and pressure
then soon you will see
that all along I've been a diamond in disguise

I am a diamond
clear and pure
cherished by sentiment and love
I am the hardest there is
but, I digress
ultimately, I am just a...
lump of coal

—joseph nash