NEVER WILL ANOTHER WOMAN FEEL THE TOUCH THAT YOU HAVE FELT


Never will another woman feel the touch that you have felt,
Never will another woman feel my fingers as tenderly upon their skin,
my lips so softly upon their lips,
or my breasts so tightly upon their breasts,
for though my eyes may gaze upon another in your absence,
my eyes will never be as soft for them
as they were for you,
And I will always wish
that you could someday return.

Copyright ©2006 Ashi Shadow 6/8/06 on Katie (other version below)

Originally Inspired by Catullus's "Incomparable" (no other woman can say she has been loved as much as Lesbia by him)

The idea is supposed to be that noone will ever feel the exact tenderness that I had for Katie because I will never love another as much as Katie, and will never (as a result) touch another as tenderly as I did with Katie, as lovingly.

[02:21] Me: I like "for though my eyes may gaze upon another in your absence,
my eyes will never be as soft for them
as they were for you," the most
[02:22] The Lin: Yeah
[02:23] Me: I'm not sure if the meaning of the poem came across as well as it was supposed to, was it clear that the point of it was that even if I were to hold another woman, to touch another woman, to kiss another woman, it would never be exactly the same, I would never do it as tenderly as I did to Katie, because I would never love them as much?
[02:25] The Lin: Yeah, that's how I pictured it
[02:25] Me: ok, as long as that was clear, excellent.

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Other version:

NEVER WILL ANOTHER BE LOVED AS YOU

For never will another feel my touch as you have felt it,
Never will another feel my fingers as tenderly upon their skin,
my lips so softly upon their lips,
or my breasts so tightly upon their breasts;
For though my eyes may gaze upon another in your absence,
my eyes will never be as soft for them,
as they were for you.
And I will always wish that
you could someday return.

Copyright ©2006 Ashi Shadow 6/8/06 on Katie

[02:25] The Lin: While I like it as-is
[02:25] The Lin: If the entire poem began with 'For'
[02:26] The Lin: It'd be a very solid poem

[02:28] Me: *scratches his head, in serious thought* It's just that for is a preposition, if I were to put the for there, I'd feel like I'd have to put something before it (unless it was going to be one of the tricks of the poem), or I'd have to make a title to match it
[02:28] Me: I suppose if the title were something like "I'll Never Love Another As Much As I loved you"
[02:28] Me: then it would make sense