Love, Not You by JJ García

Never had the chance to say “I love you,”
In actions but not words was what I could do.
Now its long and gone and the heartaches too
But the memory remains how I love you

Afraid of the real and impassioned state
When the consciousness came from another place
The father denies and fears debate for the child who cared
For the families fate

She cried herself at the realization of being recognized
Too close he came and this greater conscious love could not be realized
So through phone is ended what could have been
The closest thing that love had confronted

Afraid to be protected and loved,
Of love, not you
It is once again long ago and far away the love wanted was so disposed
Better to be safe than loved, for exposure could do away with the
Angst and shove aside the real dilemma

That loving and being loved is
Too much to contemplate
For we would not want to be exposed
Because then we would enter into
How we might not handle more

Gone, gone, is that almost place
Where the fool arrived and made his stand
He gambled and gave
But his only mistake is that he could show love,
But was unable to say it
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Joseph Garcia

Dr. Joseph García is a PhD in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Joseph is also a Poet/Creative Collaborator at Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities. #JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org Community Publishing is a proud partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.