Loves possibility

I once told you that love doesn't leave
that the pain from the reasons people sometimes part
will someday lessen, it changes

at one point in your life it's unbearable
shatters who you are
who you thought they were to you
who they thought you were

reality vs possibility

 of what could be
if only...this or maybe that

then eventually it changes
into something else

feelings and memories become retrospect
more tolerable till it evolves into something
you can live with

the mind and body created to react with time
and in time
granting the ability to heal itself emotionally

but it never leaves
it just fades into the background
of your reality now
until possibilty comes round again
to shatter who you think you are

or until you give up trying 

you'll never forget but maybe
you will realize that it's not about you
not being good enough
or maybe they really 

do think they will find someone "better"
than you

but there is no such thing, there is no one better
than you

but maybe there is someone better FOR you

you won't be able to see it
because the possibilty is so strong
not for a long while
because love never leaves
it just changes

 or maybe we do.

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it takes time....but break ups taint our view of love and the person we were in it with...but as years go by...the memories create a kind of affection....and it is safe because the person is long gone...
I had a couple girlfriends....years after we broke up...we were still friends and i went to their weddings.
yes, Love in one form or another, sticks around.
well chosen words you use to define this truth.
j.

[Corset]

Thank you Jacob

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i always enjoy your writes...you let such emotion shine through your words...and form never outshines content...just propels it.
j.

[Corset]

Thank you for always being so encouraging for me :D

[wordman]

memories will last forever,but they will be happy ones after a while,,happy thanksgiving

[Corset]

yes indeed, they have always pretty much been happy ones, there in lies maybe the problem, in the missing of the happy ones

[wordman]

yeah i know,don`t we all

[Corset]

yes, I think we do :D see you on the other side of Turkey day! be blessed

[wordman]

o k,,thank you

[Emily B]

So good to visit you here today

[Corset]

we've still a lot of things to be Thankful for, someone once told me "that as long as you remember the way you came, you can always find your way back" I do hope you can remember how you got here again :D

[Corset]

...and I hope it doesn't quite hurt as much.

[Emily B]

I wrote a poem in my head this morning. It's a start.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The struggles of life after love... figuring out who you are now, what was the relationship about. How did it come to this and how did I miss the signs. You definitely put it so expressively within your poem.

[Corset]

Good morning R&R! You are looking well and very happy. Nothing wrong with a sideways smile, it makes me think you maybe up to something haa..got a canary in those cheeks?

[Chris Shaw]

Breakups are incredibly painful. I do think time can soften the raw edges and maybe we can see the relationship from a slightly different perspective. I don't think that real love disappears altogether. I believe it remains as a fondness, something that with time we can smile on rather than suffer. Like your poetic expression here Corset. Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Chris

[Corset]

Happy Thanksgiving Christine! Thank you!

[Christoph]

I've been fortunate enough to know this.

Relationships may come and go, but none of mine have ever ended without love and mutual understanding.

People change. Goals change. But whenever I talk to somebody I've loved it's all still there, like we were just hanging out last Tuesday.

[Corset]

Beautiful, thank you!

[Einstein Noodle]

true dat girl! as trite as it may sound .. time does heal all wounds .. as they fade the become gems and foundations of Faith .. we can "stand it" ... we haven't "given up" ... its not "hopeless" ... perseverance through painful things without blaming and holding on to anger will change us ... and give us comfort and assurance about who we are and what it is that we need .. and don't need .. the brutal honesty and vulnerability in your poem makes it real for me ... peace and love
E.

[Corset]

Thank you E.

[John the Baptist]

The old saying states time heals all wounds. I think the poem is saying something like that, though a more accurate description might be that time permits a more correct view. Relationship wounds sometimes take years to heal, but they can heal if allowed to do so. It sounds as though the speaker here has grown older, but wiser.

[Corset]

Thank you John