cheater

You've heard the stories of them burning their lovers clothes
You've heard the stories of how wrong it is
When you find out your lover loves someone else other than you
Yet, when it's you whose doing the cheating
Why do you feel so guilty
Is it because you miss the love you once had
Is it because its ingrained in your head that its wrong
The one you love is so far away
And the one you care for, but don't love anymore
Is close - but you want them to be far
Cheater.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[barleygirl]

Good job of showing the tangled web the cheater weaves. It's interesting how you change perspective . . . starting out seemingly speaking to your reader (that's what it feels like) . . . then it becomes speaking to the cheater. I also find it interesting the way you seem to be offering some cool-headed cerebral explanations for this cheating lapse, which isn't anything like the more judgmental or scornful accusations one might expect. The best part for me is the juxtaposition: one you love is far . . . one you don't love is close but you want them to be far. That's an intriguing & practical observation. The tone of this poem seems detached. I'm not sure about the narrator & how involved he/she is in what's being said here . . . it's like cool observations instead of raging accusations. This is unexpected.

[Coyote Poetry]

Anger make us do mean things.
"You've heard the stories of them burning their lovers clothes
You've heard the stories of how wrong it is"
The above lines. Would leave a painful memory. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Silver]

I love your style :)
Your words are beautiful and touching here

[T.S. Sky]

Nice write. I can feel that it comes from a place in your heart.

[andrew mitchell]

yep if you don't take the appropriate channels or paths with respect and dignity letting a partner know its over, the pain is just prolonged.

[Tony Jordan]

Yeah I'm with Emosawa on this subject - guilt portends to having a conscience. I imagine real players have none.
I like how this engages the reader.

[Emosawa]

I like that I don't like it. If you can understand that. I hate cheaters, but to say that you felt guilty was slightly better than the rest of everyone else all the cheaters.

[Centipedle]

It's meant in a sense of perhaps it depends on the situation. Because these days if "I cheated on my last partner" flies from someones mouth - then the person they tell this to usually looks at them with scorn.

Now picture this, the person they are currently with is aggressive and very clingy maybe even borderline abusive. and they found someone who makes them feel like more of a person who is kind and they've had them as a friend for a while. In the end the person leaves their current partner for the new one. But in the future if people don't get the context then they're labelled as "a horrible human being"

At least that's where I wrote this poem coming from. I still do agree with tony, some "players" must lack the emotion of guilt when they go being their lovers backs.

[Emosawa]

Then if they're abusive then why wouldn't you get help? Nevermind, I don't want to get in a debate right now over what's right and wrong.

[Centipedle]

xD I'm not tryign to debate either just putting the poem into perceptiveness. Not all abuser victims will reach out for help because of what's in their head, often afraid that if they get help they will be in immediate danger. At least from what I learned from school.

[Emosawa]

Okay, I guess that could be a good reason

[Heavenswriter]

I like it Amazing dark hurt love wishing love to come back even if they hurt its a feeling in life all have shared at one point in life we all had for cheating love amazing poem truly honest love it

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my!!! if the shoe fits eh!? :} from my point of view it is definitely because it is inherently "WRONG"! there are so many avenues of discussion this poem opens up .. so will simply say the message is given and when read received .. honesty would go a very long way in this one .."Honey! I just don't love you anymore and am leaving for another" before the cheat would be better in my opinion... no matter tho ..the pain of this is a hard healing for sure :((
E.

[Centipedle]

It's even harder when the person you may be saying that to. Has no friends no family and lives with you with your family. Not to mention thinks the world will end without you.... so what do you do then.

[Einstein Noodle]

sending you some mail :)