Thursday, December 20, 2007

Yearning

yearn: (yûrn)
intr.v. yearned, yearn·ing, yearns
1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.


Yearning for intimacy.
Yearning for connection.
Yearning for passion.
Yearning for tenderness.
Yearning to love.
Yearning to feel alive.
Yearning to feel glorious.
Yearning to be wanted.
Yearning to be desired.
Yearning to talk and be heard.
Yearning to be understood.
Yearning to feel interesting.
Yearning to hold and be held.
Yearning to brush hair from a face.
Yearning to be gazed at.
Yearning to caress and be caressed.
Yearning to kiss and be kissed with abandon.
Yearning to be yearned for.

Yearning to yearn.

2 comments:

GatorGal said...

That is absolutely beautiful. So poignant. I felt every word, maybe because I've been there but still...

Tamara said...

I whole-heartedly agree. So wonderful. "Yearning to brush hair from a face" is exceptionally heartfelt. Well done.