This poem was written for a friend whom I've known for 12 years. After all those years, we got together one day. We sat and talked, we looked at each other and a spark grew between us. The next thing you know we were kissing, and the feelings we had for each other all those years finally came out. We both discovered that we had the same feelings for each other all those years but we kept them to ourselves, never hinting to the other how much we really cared and wanted each other so much. It was like something out of a romance novel. But let me tell you, it was the most beautiful day of our lives.

This poem originally was published in Love Poems - Love and Friendship Poems

From Friends To Lovers
Sometimes I feel sad and sometimes I feel blue
but whenever I see you, I'm as happy as can be
for you bring a smile upon my face
and a feeling of joy within my heart
you're like my sunshine in the morning
and my stars that glow at night
you're like the waves in the ocean
the cool breeze in the wind
like the call of the birds in the morning dew
like the sounds of beauty in the night
you see all of these things are of beauty and love
that's how I feel whenever you are near
for it was the passion and desire from both of us
that opened up the world for our eyes to see
for our love of each other will grow and grow
and our needs and desires will be more everyday
for a friend you once were and will always be
has turned into love as it should have been
so I want you to know as a friend and lover
that in my heart and arms you'll always stay
for our love for each other will never fade.
186 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • DavidReno
    Dear Joe Vieira, your poem "From Friends to Lovers" met a lot to me and my High School flame Carol, who after 50 years got in touch with each other. WE are seriously in love and will be together full time very soon. It was love at first sight AGAIN. She sent me your poem, and I found it to match our situation exactly. Your poem is beautifully written, and I vote it to be #1 David Reno
  • Marangelis
    I Vote for this poem 10 because it is very touching and I took it and put it on my myspace because it is the same way I feel. Great Poem! I hope you do MORE.
  • Nickeita
    simple heart warming
  • VERA
    I LOVE IT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
  • bailey jo
    it is so true but real! bailey jo
  • Shawdy Redd
    I really like this poem I think its really cute keep up the good job and keep writing those good poems and I will keep voting 4 u keep it up with love frm shawdy redd
  • sara
    this is very. good
  • Erika
    This is the way I feel about someone now.
  • elboney
    I like this poem. It's about our relationships how we once where friends and now we are lovers.
  • shana
    This poem mad me feel the same way now cause that it what i'm doing right know with this guy that is just a friend but more like lovers
  • amanda
    this poem was real touching i can relate to it i have been in love with a friend then to a lover!
  • Chris.
    Very way of expressing how friendship could turn to lovers. Its so sweet and gentle way of transition from simple friendship to deep commited Lovers. Great!
  • Ricky
    that is just how I fell. it was the best keep up the good work.
  • Noela
    I love this poem & can relate to Joe's words within. This is what happened to me and my boyfriend he was still is my best friend but after 4 & 1/2 yrs of being friends he told me he loved me and it was a great relief because now i knew i didnt have to hold my feelings in anymore and told him i loved him to & that was for us to was not only the most beautiful day but happiest days of our lives & it's worked out for the best for us & here we are still, having celebrated our 1st couples anniversary back in August 06. For me this was a dream come true this is all I ever wanted & unexpectedly found so much more & for both of us we have found everything that we've been looking for in each other & with that a renewed faith in love.
  • Lauren
    this really touched me because i have someone like that to me. I really liked it.
  • micah
    dis is one dat i experience but i dont kno wat is his feeling for me anymore micah_best
  • cleta
    the poem really said what I feel I like it when I can find a poem that is real, thank you
  • andrea
    it was a very enliting poem it fit my sittuatiion very well.
  • paloma
    i love this poem it's true. i can relate this poem to our relationship. God bless you all and thank u for this poem.
  • Brenda
    THIS POEM REALLY DESCRIBED HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY LOVER i just wish i could give it to him, very touching
  • solaiman
    this poem is a fantastic poem who ever wrote it i say excellent to him/her. it inspired me, i love it all thank you
  • beth
    i loved this poem it i was like wow. i jsut had a break up w/ an ex-boyfrined who was a real close friend and i reminded me how much he means to me jsut as a friend
  • Elaine
    Your poem was great. I especially like it because I can connect to is in nearly every aspect of it. Continue writing you definately have talent! :D
  • jessenia
    well these is a really cute poem i like it!i love my friend too
  • Kirstan
    I can relate to this poem very well. I am in love with this guy (Nick) and, he knows that. But I ned a way to express how much I love him. That's why this poem is a great guide. Thank you very much!
  • Martina
    That really was a good poem please dont ever stop writing poems because alot of people can benefit from it
  • Teasheen
    I really loved this poem it was so real to me,it really reminded me of me and a guy i was dating we knew each other for years since we where young kids and dated when we were younger but to me it was puppy love not to him,he moved away and like three years later he came back to new york and we decided to work things and try to be together,this poem really touched me it really made me think and see how much i love this guy.
  • Candice
    The poem was a very good poem and I really enjoyed reading it.
  • tinkerbell
    dis os a good poem cuz i feel im in a tight situation rite now. well, u c, i have a boyfriend but i think im in luv w/ sumone else rite now. ur poem has helped me decide whether i should stay w/ my bf or go w/ my luv. it has made me understand how i really feel, but unfortunately, i dont kno if i made the rite decision or not. but still, ur poem waz off da meter! lol
  • shelby
    hey this poem describes me and my boyfriend so well,, i sent it to hima and he agreed,, I loved youor poem! continue writin them. Theres moost likely more where that came froom!
  • Ruthshell
    This is just waht I would have said if could write poetry
  • Katie
    This was a very, very touching poem. It definatly touched my heart. U should keep writing, you can make others look at love in a differnt perspective.
  • KOERREA
    THIS IS A GOOD POEM
  • Kaiya
    i love it. keep it up.
  • katie
    when i saw the title of this poem i thought it was going to be about the autors experiance but once i read it i felt like i was acctually writing there and then. this relflect the relationship i am in now and i want to thank and congratulate the autor. i want to thank the author for making it such a lovely poem and i want to congratualate the author for not making it like most other poems. it was a very moving poem.
  • vanessa
    this is a really great poem and i can really relate to it. thank you for sharing your poem with me.
  • BRITTNY
    I LOVE THE WAY IT SOUNDS BECAUSE I HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS MY LOVER BUT NOW WE'ER FRIENDS BUT I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM BUT NOW YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT THANK U BYE . P. S WRITE MORE LIKE THAT SIGN: BRITTNY
  • Bonnie Kate
    I wish that i had had the guts to say that to the guy fre=iend that i am abosolutely in love with, but i can't because i don't know if he feels the same way. its like a constant wondering of whether or not i am doing the rihgt hing by seeing him behind closed doors. You know what i mean??
  • Ralph
    great poem, it has touch everyone's heart about his poems keep up the great work keep writing .
  • Tina
    I thought the poem was beautifully written. The author has a natural talent for poetry and I would like to read more of his work.
  • Andrameda
    this poem was what i was looking for a long time it reminds me of my husband and my daughter
  • Mahalia
    Your poem is WOW. I hope to someday,expeirence the passion you felt when you wrote this.
  • Shaina
    i would like to say you jammed on this poem. and i like it very much:)
  • daniele
    the only why i like this pome is because it's nice and simple to read and by danielle.
  • joshua
    this was a very touchin poem hope to see more from u
  • sophie
    This poem was really good I loved it. You should really think about writing more poems!
  • marion
    thiz poem was really nice and shyt i really like it olot
  • Nicole
    I liked this poem because it was describing my relationship with my best friend Jake perfectly. We are friends now and I have a funny feeling that its going to end up being more then that in the end.
  • valerie
    I meet my soon to be husband starting out as friends an this poem reminds me of the love we hrecieved from each other.
  • laura
    This poem reminds me of how me and my boyfriend got together we were friends and now were lovers.
  • Sarah
    I have an ex who means everything to me and we started as friends but within a day we were lovers so yes this poem touched me.
  • colette
    i loved this peom and it made me feel great and really think. and it is really true!
  • Elsy
    This poem touches my heart because i could relate to this. I'm in High School, and all of a sudden i see myself talking to this guy telling me he has feelings and starts text messaging asking what if he asked me out? i thought it was a joke but it wasn't. Every day is amazing knowing that i have him and he has me. We're High School Sweet Hearts. Hopefully husband and wife after i gruadate! We'll see. ~ This poem touches my heart and i love it. It is very true.
  • angelina
    aaawwww. thats a modern-day fairytale
  • marina
    that is a cool poem hopefully who ever wrote that you can write another one.
  • SANDUNA
    this is a nice poem ever i seen
  • Aileen
    i LUV DIZ POEM. IT RELATZ 2 ME!. WELL DATZ HOW MY LOVE STARTED FOR oCTAVIO WE WERE FRIENDZ FIRST, WE TALKED EVERYDAY THEIR WAZNT NO DAY WE DIDNT TALK,,DEN WE STARTED GOING OUT,. BUT DEN WE BROKE UP. BUT DEN WE WERE BACK TOGETHER. FOR A WHILE . DEN AFTER MONTHZ OF BEING TOGTHER WE BROKE UP. BUT RITE NOW EVEN THOUGHT WERE NOT TOGTHER WE STILL C EACHOTHER AND WE STILL KICK IT. AND I KNOW DIZ IZ DA REAL THING. HEZ MY SOUL MATE AND I WANT HIM 2 KNOW DAT I love him . AND ALWAYZ WILL.
  • laura
    this poem it was really good.
  • Cheri
    I love your poem, it hit close to home. I have a best friend ive known for almost 11 years and Im begining to feel more than friendship for them. Its nice to know that being lovers didnt ruin the friendship.
  • Greta
    I loved this poem. It was great
  • Christina
    That poem reminds me of the way i also used to feel for someone. He of whom my lips will not utter. The poem reminds me just of my life
  • Cassandra
    I really love your poem. You should keep writting. Your poems are very touching. They could really show people what love is.
  • bryant
    I think its good
  • Kelsey
    I loved this poem. I understand how this author feels because this has recently happened to me. I am glad someone wrote about friends coming together.
  • lucinda
    i loved it i thought it was very romantic and am havin simular feelings for a friend as well.
  • Michael
    I can really compair myself to this poem because me and my closes friend are going through something like this right now at school.
  • Waseem
    Excellent! Thnx to poet he wrote it for me!
  • MARIA`
    I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR POEM. IT JUST HAPPENS TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT ID LIKE TO SAY IN SO MANY WORDS. ITS SAID FROM THE HEART
  • Michelle
    I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading this poem. I hope that you inspire more people like you did to me. Keep up the good work!
  • Alise
    This poem wsa great casue it reminds me of one of the boys that was my friend but now is my boyfriend. So Joe Vieira keep on writing your beautiful poems!
  • stephanie
    i like this poem because it is exactly what happened to me and my boyfriend. he was my best friend and still is but when we were friends i didnt know he was in love with me and then one day he said it and it was a great relief because now i knew i didnt have to hold my feelings in anymore and now i am so happy and i know we were meant to be i love him and i love your poem.
  • aileen
    i just love it. it really strike my heart!promise!
  • Kenneth
    This is a Great Poem , I must say so. cause i feel im a lover to my friend a gurl. cause she is like my bestfriend and a lover too. this poem reall touched me. i hope i could make poems like this
  • Kalli
    This is a great Poem. I Can Some What Relate To it But From the start i knew the person i liked him
  • ray
    awesome!
  • Salaam
    This poem hit home for me. I can totally relate
  • Mary
    I REALLY LIKED IT BECAUSE I THINK THATS WHAT HAPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW. ITS A GREAT POEM. I LIKE TO WRITE POEMS TOO. BUT I CAN NEVER WRITE ON THIS GOOD.
  • Jennifer
    I really love your poem because it reminds of the way me and my best friend,Dana,use to be before I fell in love with him. Dana and I have been best friends for four years now and I just have to say that I have never felt this way with anybody else but him. I just wish I could find a way to tell him that.
  • Leyla
    I really love your poem. Why? It reminds me of the way that I am with my boyfriend, I just feel really safe and loved around him. Reading this poem makes me feel really happy. And I congradulate you because it's a nice poem. Bye!
  • melissa
    i think this poem is awsome. i have liked my best friend since day one. and he and i are finaly talking about it. he feels the same way but doesn't want a girlfriend because of his last girlfriend which he was depressed with. if u have an answer tell me. but anyhow AWSOME poem!
  • Judy
    This poem especially touched be because I was fortunate enough to get to marry my best friend after 13 years of being best friends. I know now that he is trully my soul mate. We have now been blissfully married for 5 years, and I have never been so trully happy and throughly loved. I'm just sorry it took me that long to realize that true love and total blissfulness was right in front of me that whole time.
  • SHIRLEY
    Wanted to say what a beautiful poem this was. I love poetry, and I write myself, but this was just stunnig
  • Morgan
    MAN THIS POEM WAS AWESOME! AND SAD! IT REALLY DID TOUCH MY HEART! I JUST WANTED TO SIT HERE AND CRY!
  • Laura
    a friend and i have been becomign closer recently and the describes what i feel for him. its a great poem
  • Elizabeth
    It was beautiful, very simple and sweet way of getting the words into pictures in our heads. I think it is the sign of a very good poet or author,who can accomplish just that. It tugged at my heart in a very special way.
  • Mandy
    Beautiful and moving and so very true
  • cathylee
    i love this poem it was so cool and right on the button. keep up the good work.
  • Adam
    This is an amazing poem. Says all the things I need to say and says it very well. Great Poem. Keep up the good work.
  • Sarah
    I hope for it it also will apply to me one day
  • chanelle
    this poem is great. it made me get up the courage to tell my guy best friend that i loved him and wanted to be more than friends. he said he felt the same! it was awesome!
  • latisha
    this poem was really great because it reminds me of one of my friends that turned into my boyfriend.
  • Jackie
    This poem gives off great detail on how a perosn feels about another!
  • autumn
    I can understand the message behind this poem. It shocked me to see the words written down,the emotions felt were undescriable. This is true work. Keep writting your very talented.
  • Heather
    I loved your poem it was so true
  • Eliot
    A friend of mine and myself have become something more recently. This seems to sum it up nicely. Quite beautiful. Hope she likes it.
  • Tina
    It is so cool i like it like wow. keep up the good work.
  • D.J
    Joe, this poem describes me and my boyfrnd. We were very close frnds and now we are more than just frnds. I dedicated this poem to him, and he LOVED it. Excellent work!
  • Stacey
    I dont think anyone can relate to this poem as I do. My boyfriend and I grew up together from the age of 2, and we are planning on gettin married. its a beautifull poem, i wish i could express myself like that!
  • star
    my best friend joanna and her boy best friend were friends now they are together so this poem means alot
  • Michelle
    I LOVE THIS POEM SOOOOOO MUCH!
  • Cassi
    I love the pome. It describes me. Joe you did a wonerdfull job on the pome.
  • Emily
    It is really a nice poem and it just symbolises our day to day life thanks for writing it
  • brand
    it very good
  • Pangg
    I could relate to the poem. In fact I have a wedding site called "The Day I Marry my Friends" which happens last March 10, 2002. It is the day that I really marry my friend, and we became lovers.
  • liset
    This is one of the most ensightive and thoughtful poems i ever read! I love it, it's perfect, Thanks Joe!
  • Tom
    This poems is quite true. My best friend is also my one-and-only.
  • ely
    I trully love this poem!
  • Chris
    Joe, this poem was spectacular, I really found it touching and heartwarming, and this has happened to me. Joe, you truly are a master of poetry. I look forward to seeing more entries from you.
  • Tammy
    I really thought this was a beautiful poem. I have recently just started a relationship with my friend and that was four months ago and I have not regretted it one bit
  • kayla
    that is like what i am going thoughtright now my bestfriend i have know him for 6 years and 2 days ago he kissed me.
  • anna
    thats very true, im sending it to my boyfriend- thank you for opening my eyes to poetry!
  • Lisa
    This poem hits what is going on in my life to a T. Thanks for writing it.
  • Andrew
    This poem explains totally how i feel about a best freind now true love! Thanks Joe
  • cristina
    *this poem touched me so much, and explains the way i feel for my best friend turned lover.thanx for expressing it when i can't.
  • Lupita
    That poem was great, and not confusing!
  • Matt
    Awesome poem!
  • mayette
    my friends really loved it.they really could relate with it..
  • marissa
    keep up a good work
  • Kinesha
    I love it i really touch me, i slep with it on my mind and just keep thinking on it all day Really it make my day Thank you
  • ShineOn
    The "about the poem" was almost as beautiful as the poem itself. Thanks for putting into words a dream I have about a precious friend of mine.
  • Jason
    I just love this poem
  • Jill
    This is something that touches my heart because it happened to me. I love it
  • Fiona
    This poem has really touched my heart, for i have almst the same experience. I have known my best friend for 10 years (i'm 15 now). As I am quite close with her sister, her sister told me that his brother (my best friend) has taken a liking to me last time. She told me only last year. I had the same feelings for him, but i just don't have the courage to tell him.
  • Wesley
    awesome poem... left me speechless
  • Julie
    THIS IS AN AMAZING POEM FULL OF HOPE AND LOVE FOR ANOTHER PERSON, ITS TRULY AN ORGINAL!
  • evita
    your poem has touched my deepest emotion about friendship. it is so true.
  • JAN
    I SENT THIS TO "HIM".. I HOPE HE SEE'S THE BEAUTY THAT I SAW IN THIS POEM..
  • jacob
    It touch me
  • Summer
    This poem really tells the story of my love life right now! I am not dating him yet.. but he has been my best friend for almost 2 years now.. and I love him with all of my heart! :o)
  • DAWN
    THIS POEM REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART CAUSE THIS HAPPENED TO ME
  • linda
    this was a really great poem it really says what you want to tell someone you love
  • yucojian
    koolz i lub it
  • Olga
    Touched my heart
  • Jo
    This poem is so true
  • Nicole
    I really like this poem, it almost made me cry.
  • Leah
    I loved this. Its almost exactly what I feel for my boyfriend.
  • Kristina
    This poem is so true. I'm going through something like this with my best friend. He means everything to me.
  • Richard
    Great one Joe. Thanks Rick
  • Matt
    Wow, If only Tessa could read this.
  • Eddie
    Its as if it was ment for me and my mate
  • Larry
    Thank you Joe. This past week, I have experienced this transistion as you describe in you poem, "Friends To Lovers"
  • Amanda
    Reminds me of someone I know...This is a great poem!!!
  • Jan
    It is a very loving and moving poem
  • C
    I love this poem. It really says alot about my boyfriend and I. Keep up the great work Joe!!!
  • kathryn
    Loved it lovely poem
  • Linda
    i really liked this poem cause that happened to me but didn't last that long. but that was ok
  • PAMELA
    THIS POEM REMINDS ME OF ME AND MY FRIEND,WHO ONCE WAS FRIENDS BUT NOW WERE LOVERS.
  • Dee
    So true-I feel the same way about a friend I have know for 17 years.
  • Heather
    This was a great poem I felt when I read it, it touched my heart and I know what you r feeling. This is a excellent peom.
  • John
    This is a beautiful poem that expresses what I have in my heart for the most precious Love I could have hoped for. Lisa is a treasure that makes me feel complete and you have written words that expound my emoition.
  • janine
    this is a very beautiful peom it touch me beach this is how i feel about my husband
  • Larry
    Says it like it was. VG
  • DAWN
    I REALLY LOVE THIS POEM FOR THE FACT IT HAPPENED TO ME AND THEN I LOST HIM TO DEATH NOW ALL I HAVE IS MEMORIES THAT WILL NEVER FADE.
  • naomi
    this is a lovely poems
  • Paul
    Very, very touching! I sent it to my girlfriend.
  • jimmy
    very romantik
  • Tephy
    IT was ok..
  • laura
    it is so swwet it really reminds me of my boyfriend who is also my best friend
  • NINA
    Its a nice poem .I was cry when i was reading it. you made 5 stars on it god bless you. and keep writing.iam 17 years and i live in miami florida. and i love to read poetry.
  • Maureen
    I loved this poem.....it was just want I wanted to send to someone very special....Thank you very much...
  • Krystal
    this is a very good pome. because its just like my lover and I.
  • Rebecca
    This poem really touched my heart because i am in the same position. We have known eachother for 11 yrs now and for about a month we have been talking, and seeing eachother whenever we can. He lives about 30 min. away and it isn't hard to go and spend time w/him. I hope this blossums more. But we will always be friends no matter what.
  • Dolly
    This poem is very lovely because it's same thing what happened to me. Just yesterday I realized that how much I love my best friend and so does he. I am really thankful to u for writing this lovely poem.
  • Jennifer
    This poem is so true. See me and my bestfriend just hooked up and love isn't even the word to describe how i feel. This says so much and shows some of what i fell concerning the realionship thank you so much fr this lovely poem.
  • Debbie
    This is an excellent poem. I acan relate on a personal level.
  • Mill
    I love it! The title drew me to it first because it seemed interesting. The poem itself was great! :)
  • Shaunette
    Excellent!
  • Trudey
    This is a great poem! Keep up the great work!
  • Valencia
    I have been friends with my husband for twenty four years. When I read this poem I cried from the joy of knowing that I have experienced this.
  • sherry
    this is awsome it is how i feel for this guy, just wish he would open his eyes and see me like this i'm going to send it to him, thank you so much,
  • Brandy
    I think that it was a really good poem.
  • jay
    Great Pome ! keep up the good work !
  • Phyllis
    This was the most beautiful poem I have read in a long time. Thank You
  • Trina
    I could relate to the feelings in his words.
  • Tom
    Beautiful.
  • Tenderheart
    This poem struck a special chord in my heart. Thanks for putting my feelings into words.
  • cYber
    your poem is true and has s great match of words!
  • lani
    ...it touched my heart!
  • Alex
    I think this poem says everything that I want for myself when I fall in love!
  • Linda
    I really like this poem you know how to write
  • Brandy
    joe i really think your point express the type of situation i'm in we know each other for a while as being friend now there a little chemistry between us and i'm afraid that would come in between our friendship
  • Joyce
    I love this poem. It explains how i feel for one of my friends who is now my b/f of almost 3 months and we started out as friends and it just happened that we ended up having the same feelings for each other
  • Amanda
    This is a wonderful poem for pwoplw that are in love like me and my boyfriend thanks so much for writing it.
  • cataphractus
    thanks !
  • Elvira
    it's good and it made me think of the guy i love with all my heart.
  • Meghan
    I really took a likeing to this poem it said what I was feeling about one of my close friends. it was truly beautiful!

All Visitor Comments on this poem have been posted by people who wanted to let the author know the poem touched their hearts. If you would like to leave a comment of your own, please Vote for this poem.