just a few lines ......

For someone who never understood my feelings

I loved you from the very first moment
that I saw you. But that didn’t mean
that you and I were meant
to be together. Just because everyone around you
tells you that it’s not true love,
doesn’t mean that it isn’t.
Because when I saw you for first time,
I knew that I would go on questioning
whether or not you would love me too. They should have told you
that being in love doesn’t always mean happy,
and that if you can find someone
who can tolerate you more than you
can tolerate yourself,
well that is someone worth holding. But it’s been ages since you last said
that you loved me and meant it.
And when you said that my love for you
was more than you could handle,
I should have known that what you meant
was that everything that I once thought was true,
was always the wrong answer.

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

What a poignant write this is. In any relationship, one loves more than the other and unfortunately for you, you were the one who loved more. You are so wise to say being in love does not guarantee happiness. "that if you can find someone
who can tolerate you more than you
can tolerate yourself,
well that is someone worth holding" What a wonderful way of putting it....and if the other person does not accept you for who you are...faults and all....it is not really love. Honest emotions expressed very well. Lydi**

[The Green Mountaineer]

Thank you very much for taking time to review this poem. You words are too big for a small man like me.I am not a poet but have the knack of writing at times. Just try to share my thoughts and feelings with the help of words :)

[Sami Khalil]

It is hard to find the balance between the two...A wonderful poem...:)............