Paradoxical Love

Conflicting messages...

They say a picture's

worth a thousand words.

I say an action,

is worth a thousand more.

A paradigm for the

love you guarentee.

I don't see these actions.

You refuse to show

them to me.

You want me to believe,

but your actions

are contradictory.

Then again,

no love was ever guarenteed.

It's all a false memory.

Still, the thought of

you loving another

makes me seethe.

They all flirt and tease.

Do you think of me?

Or am I just another conquest?

A paradox of love,

indeed.

©2-12-2015 by Ashley Nicole Nordyke

Reviews

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Love the opening lines of this poem and agree whole heartedly. The second stanza challenges one to demonstrate such love instead of simply saying it, produce it. Even though you cannot trust the words the simple image of him with another drives you to anger - how our emotions do toy with us. The second last stanza says it all. Good job Ashley!

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you FT. It was a bit challenging to write, but I got my point across the way I wanted..

[Leviathus Fortes]

Do you think of me?
Or am I just another conquest?

I often wonder this myself.
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Did you love me or were you just using me?
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You can tell someone that you love them, but you need to show it in your actions.

I've done things in real life that romantic comedies have never thought of doing.
Those who recognize these gestures in reality however, are very few.

You wish it could happen like it does in the movies.
Yet when it does, oddly it goes unrecognized.
It's sad to see actually.

I don't believe that chivalry is dead. Maybe I'm just a romantic...

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

I'm a hopeless romantic myself. So some things that I find romantic, others think aren't.. lol I just wanted to convey to the reader, that there is a bit of jealousy as the "muse" hasn't truly declared love but sometimes he comes across that way. It's trying to map out the confusion of the heart... Make sense?
Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[Leviathus Fortes]

That's why I prefer people to use their words. I don't like presumptions, assumptions or perceiving of anything.

To deny the heart is to deny oneself.

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Very true. Just be real.
The great Shakespeare said it best: "To thine own self be true..."

[GreenEyedPoet]

This goes well with something I always say - words are a dime a dozen but actions will always speak volumes. in a sense I can relate to this piece, just not in a romantic way. Great piece hun!

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thanks Ash!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Welcome. :)