A love almost lost

Cancer and love

Sometimes it's easier to forget 

The golf ball that's in your head 

It always seems so normal 

When you say "I love you girl" 

Then the mood swings come 

And so easily you jump 

From the man so full of passion 

To a stranger so full of tension 

And then you wrote that note 

About the girl you used to dote 

If again, you lose your memory 

She's the love not meant to be 

From the chaos, you awakened 

Read the note you should have burnt 

With eyes so full of sadness 

You chose to put her first 

You said the love you had 

Although was never bad 

Was selfish to continue 

Her best interest's not you 

She didn't understand why 

As tears fogged up her eyes 

A love that seems so true 

Was gone is a moment of blue 

As tears fell down her cheeks 

Weeping pains she tried to hid 

You came and held her hand 

Her heart you tried to mend 

Because every cell in your body 

Tells you this love is meant to be 

You said there'd be depression 

If you choose to hide your passion 

She said she never knew 

The love she has for you 

Until the day she's almost lost 

Her life, her love, that was... 

The best thing she's ever had 

The one thing that makes her glad 

To wake up every morning 

Alive and actually living 

So you put away the note 

And vow never to quote 

The lines that would have killed 

A love that's truly real

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Old love letters getting between a new love....a better love. We all have baggage once we are past a certain age. Remembering how much talking about old loves can damage a new relationship is important. Your poem is full of honest emotion. Good one. Lydi**

[Hana Saemon]

That is true! What happened is that my partner lost his memory (again). but this around, when he came back, he was sad and he wanted to (initially) just stay friends. the reason was that before he lost his memory, he wrote a note to himself about me. In it, he said he feels like a burden on me, and that i am better off without him. he planned to follow the instructions from the note from himself. i found out about it (not from him), and my heart just broke. i didnt plan to tell him for fear of overwhelming him, and i didnt want to make him feel obligated to be with me (everytime he comes back from a memory loss, he always remembers me as his best friend that he has feelings for). but i couldnt help but feel heartbroken. he eventually decided not to follow the note he left for himself, and he is with me still. unfortunately, he still considers himself a burden. cancer really sucks.

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, yes, cancer sucks....that I know all too well. Thank you for sharing the details of what was behind this write. Lydi**