When I look into your eyes
I see that something has been left behind
through the smiles and gentle kisses
I see a heart still longing
a touch left unfulfilled
a kiss that is vapor to the wind
I’m ninety-seven percent of what you need
inches away from being complete
I could be your everything
your only wish
your only dream
if only I weren’t so human
and so bound within myself
But instead I’m ninety-seven percent
leaving love unfulfilled
and dreams untouched
just an imperfect hand
grasping at perfection
watching as you drift to the horizon
with your sliver of emptiness eating you away
seeking perfection with longing eyes
leaving me behind with every step you take
I know it’s only time until you’re gone
the quest for completion pulling you away
leaving my only dream shattered
my everything gone
and the ninety-seven percent of what I was destroyed
Too imperfect to be immortal
and not enough to be your one true love
just inches away from keeping you
but miles away from feeling your embrace
I can only watch as you disappear
into the blinding horizon light
slipping into your perfect love
without my ninety-seven percent heart
or the emptiness it leaves inside
I love this poem it is truely beautfiul!!! I love all of your poetry, you have iunspired me to write. Thanx keep it up!
Great!! I liked the line “Just inches away from keeping you,but miles away form feeling your embrace”
KEEP IT GOING
Wonderful … you continue to amaze me with the meanings expressed within.
hey Raven,
I really like this poem, it has so much imagery and such an original idea. I like the idea of ‘97% of what you want’, its so different to thousands of other poems that are written which stick to conventional ideas of breaking free or something like that. Well done Raven, definitely haven’t lost your touch!
luv serena
I loved this. I can kind of relate to what your saying. It’s like you try so hard to be everything that someone wants and needs you to be, but your never 100% perfect. Great work, keep it up!
~Celia
raven this is bueatiful it reminds me of why my recent x just broke up with me o was to perfect but i guess the 3% anger management wasent what she wanted well thanks for the poem and keep up the good work
I loved it!!! I fell in love with 97% of the poem. Your poetry is beautiful and I hope one day mine will too. Keep up the good work. You’ve touched me once again.
I honestly think that this is one of your best poems. It is one I can really relate to.
Hey raven, Very nice poems, tis one of my favorites so far
Keep at it!
This poem is So beautiful!! When I began Reading it I felt a tear form at the corner of my eye. You truly have a gift and Im guessing eveyone here is grateful your sharing your work with us.
hey i really enjoyed this poem the funny thing is me and my boyfriend just decided to be friends and what u wrote is the way i feel but for some reason i could not put it into words and that is what u did thank u
Wow, Impressive, Really. Keep at it, or I won’t have anything to read on the internet. And, I wouldn’t be able to promot you, and your gift on my own site… Thanks for continuously surprising me by your writing
Hey,
That’s a great poem. Reminds me of how I feel now.
Martin
Its beautiful Raven.
Another great poem. As always it’s beautiful. Maybe one day I’ll be as good as you, huh? heh. I love it, as I love all your work. I can’t wait for the next.
Another great beautiful poem
97% of what i feel and all of which i try to hide
Great poetry
Nice job Raven. If I relate this to someone, I’m sure the person who seeks perfection will never find it. Nobody’s perfect, one must accept that.
You have done it again, another great poem. This poem reminds me of a person I know and how they feel or what they let me know at least. Beautiful poem.
wow, your works are truly beautiful and amazingly able to relate with… keep up the beautiful work!!!
Wow…excelent job…It kind of reflects the way I am feeling right now…keep these awesome writes commin…
A wonderful poem,dark yet beautiful!!Keep it up!Grtz from a belgian fan!
that was really great i enjoyed it and as i can see so does everyone else really its great makes me feel like im not alone
I’ve just happened to stumble across your website and I must admit I’ve fallen in love with your poetry. Your writing is beautiful. I find myself going back and reading certain poems over and over again so that I might really understand what you were feeling as you wrote those words. Some I can relate to and some…. just wow…. You’ve left me speechless… Good work!
I don’t want to be like everyone else and say that it mirrors how I feel, or that I understand what made you write these words, the beauty of which makes me wonder if I can ever be as great as this, but I think maybe I can see in some way the emotions that could be behind this, knowing that perfection, while we know it can never be attained, is the very thing we’re ever searching for. 97% is so close to whole, but sometimes even that much doesn’t seem to be enough. I may not like all of your poetry, but all of what I’ve read strikes a resonating chord of recognition within me, and I know that the words that you say are as close to truth as any of us can get.
Don’t let her fade away into the horizon.
hey Raven, listen i really liked your poem and all so la di da and so forth. Now, usually i don’t write anything after your poems ’cause there isn’t really much to write; but your not logged on and i’m having an insomnia attack hehe and am bored out of my mind la la la la. i just forgot what your poem was about already so good luck with whatever it is you do la la. oh, and, um, yeah, whatever. la di da di da la!!!!!!
this is greaat well dont hun
Ninety-seven percent has always been more than good enough for me. I’ll never let you fade away.
to me this poem seems a little underdeveloped…being a poet myself i automatically look for flaws i each writing i see. it reminds me of a poem i read that one of my friends children wrote for his class… again i apolagize for being critical but i cant help it
my heart beats with each word, its amazing the feelings that make this poem it comes alive in
my soul.
WOW….ther aint a better word to describe it man..!! WOW !!!!!!!!! i gota say yo poem has REALLY inspired me..!!!
yo no1 fan….!
Your Best Yet!
that was really great.i really loved the begining it opend me up inside like a black rose under the full moon.
wow raven,
that was so cool! It really brings sadful memories.
This is everything that i am. Thank you for putting into word the things I cannot. Your poetry is so touching. To be able to write that way must give you a freedom like no other. Thank you for sharing yourself with us all.
Wow..I REALLY like this one. I envy you..I wish I had your talent.
I know exactly. It’s happening with me also…
This is very good. I hope everything works out ok for you. Good writing and good style…. keep going!
hmm numbers and poetry dun really mix in my opinion… but still good
I understand your bereavment b/c I am in a similiar situation. My problem is…not be able to “SEE” this person when he has sacraficed everything for me. I love him…yet I am not complete and I do not understand that. Maybe I just need to keep looking for myself…
I understand what you mean and what you’re talking about. I’m less than the 97% that you speak of, and it hurts. If I could be the perfect one hundred, then everything could be alright.
Just reading the poem brought a tear to my eye and thats an oxy moron, you have great talent.
RAS
I am amazed. This poem really speaks to my heart. I have someone in my life like that. We have been through thick and thin, and we love each other dearly…but he wants to marry me, and I just feel like he isnt my 100% true love. It hurts so much for the both of us, because I want him to be, but my heart doesnt feel that way. Your poem is true, and you have amazing talent.
wow that one is great, one of your best yet i rekon and sooo true bringin back awfull memories but still great
x~heather~x
Wow…it’s like it fits my situation perfectly. Once again…well done.
wow…. thats basically all i can stammer. that is a really meaningful poem… way to go- i envy you for your talent!
That is an impressive talent you have, it really touched me on the inside. This is one of those poems I can read over and over again, and never get tired of it. Honestly, you have a trully impressive talent.
the imagery is in this poem is outstanding you really have an extraordinary talent that you should explore and do more with. the poetry that you post on your website makes me wanna write i geuss it inspires me thanx
hey raven this is an excellent poem..i really like the whole part…it reflects the inperfection of us all…how bautiful…jade*
so true, well done. i love that i can relate to it
very well done, great way of putting that story, keep it going
you did it once agen I can also relate to this one your an artest when it comes to potery its like you paint out what you fell then put it in words.this one is real deep and I like it alot.
your fan,raven dontay!!!
Wow, that was so good, its like my new fav poem. U write like i think, everytime i feel like somethings happening in my relashionship - I read one of u’r poems and i can relate to them. Great job!
That was just so beautiful. Your poetry is exactly how I wish to write….but sadly my poetry is in no camparison. But anyway your poetry is just amazing.
Everything in my life is 97 per cent. Thank you for this moving peice of your soul.
The fact that I can relate to this poem so deeply reaches something on the inside. Maybe it’s something that I’d rather forget but thank you, it brings clarity to some things that I couldn’t before identify.
The fact that you can create any genre of poem and create it so anyone can relate to it just astounds me. I’ve recently had a problem with a girl who likes me and I really like her but she belongs to a following, like the righteous church, and she cant date until she is 16, and when she can she has to date a guy from the (when I say “cult” I can’t find another word to describe it) but yeah, she has to date a guy from that cult, so thanks for that poem, it sort of helps in a weird, hurtful way. Thank you.
its like you dig deep into my soul and tell everything i feel and think …i love your art its so moving.
Astounding, Intriguing, Emotional.
Excellent.
Your work has moved me, its so touching, like you have opened a side of me which has never seen the light, my emotional side of life..
W.E.L.L….D.O.N.E!.
Touching the lives of many hearts!
i cried when i read this. it is the very symbol of my relationsihip. i love this poem a lot
the only thing i have to say is that this is a beautiful poem. it’s shocking how close it strikes to my heart, or at least what’s left of it…
this poem describes my feelings in my heart, im here in iraq, been here since jan, and in march my wife gave me the dear john over the email,i should hate her but my heart is so confused,i leave here in jan, and then i have a divorce soon as i get back
I think that you are a really great writer.Keep it going.
wow…i feel that one…u write really beautifully…keep up the good work…
The poems posted on this site are the greatest poetry pieces i have ever read.
You are very talented.
Thankyou for sharing your imagination and thoughts with us.
My favorite piece was the “turning corners” Because it reflects a situation i am facing at the moment.
Great work
Sarah
i swear i heard 1 just like this in my english class tought by mr.maker
ru amandah?
may i ask why u chose 97 as the number?
but i loved all of it, and ur very imaginative and creative^^
This has been one of the best exerts in this website that i have read since the poem open fire first came to the site
I love your poems they are soooo awsome!!!!!!!!!!
Uk this isnt normally the kind of stuff i read. I am no artist but that was the most beautiful thing i have ever read in my life. WOW!!!
wow ur really good…i look forward to reading more
i gt it ! it made me cry the 1st time i read it so touching and i understand more about the way things work!
this poem is really touching…
it reflects everything i feel right now…
i love that poem u are really good at poems it mite not mader but u are really good
i love all your poems they are so cool
i love it.
I love this poem it’s beautiful.
<3Bethany
wow
Thank you. I couldn’t find the words to say to someone. I knew if I came to your site, I would find the words that were escaping me on this day.
Thank you for creating and sharing them.
Doesn’t everything seem 97% complete these days??
In other words, I love it. Thank you.
hey i love this poem its exactly how i feel its truely a good poem and i think that most things do seem 97% to most of us its like every day its seems like i can never get all of the things i want to do so my day is only 97% complete so yah i can really relate to this poem.
once again u interprate my exact feelings at the moment that i need them expressed. thanx.
Make me realize i’ll never be that red haired bitch.. He still keeps her picture.. I wanted to know if i could post this on my page if i gave the proper credit..