You Are His Without Being
He never touched you.
Yet you linger in him
like the scent of damask rose in forgotten temples,
or the shadow of lotus petals
pressed between the pages of a life unlived.
You weren't given,
nor claimed,
but you remain
as Persephone remains between two worlds,
half spring, half surrender.
He sees you
in the gold-threaded robes of Isis,
mother of the hidden,
protector of what cannot be possessed.
You, soft as jasmine at dusk,
yet dangerous as the bloom of belladonna,
a beauty he could never hold
without trembling.
His logic is iron.
His mind, a fortress.
Yet inside,
you bloom like Freyja's garden in Asgard
wild, untamed,
known only to the gods and the ghosts
of those who once dared to love.
He remembers you
in the absence of touch
how your voice would've sounded
saying his name.
Not as a woman made of earth,
but like Aphrodite rising from seafoam,
untouchable and immortal in her effect.
He walks through the world
wearing your memory
like a garland of hyacinths—
invisible,
but fragrant enough
to undo his certainty.
He calls your name in thought
only when Hermes isn't listening.
Because you were not a prayer
you were the echo of something already sacred.
You are not his.
You were never his.
But in the sacred ache
between Odin's wisdom and Hades' restraint,
he worships what he cannot claim.
And so you became
his unseen Nemesis
not to punish,
but to remind him
that even gods must kneel
before something they cannot keep.
You are the iris that opens at midnight,
the secret grove behind his ribs,
where he returns not for peace
but to remember what almost was.
You are his
without being.
Category: Love poems
All author's poems: Flora Cocan ![]()
Date of posting: 23 July
Timp de citire: ~3 min.
Views: 34
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Victoria
24 July
O bijuterie de poezie! Mi-a mângâiat sufletul și mi-a amintit de valorile curate ale tinereții. Mi-a trezit în suflet fiorul acelei iubiri curate și n...
Ultima durere
Alex Black
24 July
Sângerare poetică în stare pură. Ritmul alert dintre pasiune și autodistrugere este hipnotizant.
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Vlad VIDA
20 July
Metafore superbe și un ritm impecabil! M-ai purtat dincolo de umbre și mit cu fiecare vers.
"Noi"
Vlad VIDA
20 July
O poezie extrem de vulnerabilă! Metafora cu montagne russe și contrastul dintre Eu și Tu redau perfect durerea despărțirii, iar finalul cu vinul si îm...
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Florin Petricean
20 July
Îți mulțumesc!
Ma iartă!... căci, te iert...
Florin Petricean
20 July
O sensibilitate aparte. Metafora „infarctului sufletului” este extrem de puternică. Un poem profund, scris direct din inimă.
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Bogdana Ivanov
20 July
Frumos scris!👏
Pahar turnat în vânt
Bogdana Ivanov
20 July
Versuri absolut superbe!
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Oana Dragomir
19 July
Emoție pură în cuvinte simple. O poezie superbă despre dor și amintiri care nu mor niciodată!
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Silvia Mihalachi
18 July
Poezia ,, CÂND TE IUBESC,,, murmură iubirea trăită , mărturisită în versuri de o frumusețe înălțătoare într-o rugăciune ,, rugăciunea pe care n-o...
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Maddy94
18 July
Mulțumesc
Secunda de mătase
Maddy94
18 July
Frumos ❤️
Amintiri vii
Maddy94
18 July
Tristă si in același timp plină de speranță! Frumos scrisă 🌹❤️
IUBIRE ETERNA
Maricel Bouros
18 July
dragoste ,iubire profundă ,trăiri adevărate......foarte frumos !
Sticla din colțul serii
Betty Boop
17 July
Frumoasă poezie! Plină de o nostalgie dureroasă...