Can I, Love Again?

I've been damaged before
But then again, who hasn't?
We all have our baggage
So maybe that's a bad excuse as to why I never say it clearly
But instead only slur that four letter word
That, or maybe it's a good reason for me having a hollow heart
But, with you I have a fresh start
Well at least I think I do
Though I've fallen for someone before, with you it all seems new
Maybe I'm beginning to think clearly, or am I thinking too much?
Maybe I just need a few lessons
And, if this heart of mine could learn to love it would love ... You
If the rain would fall hard enough to wash away the pain, I would love ... You
And if the sun could burn hot enough to burn away my sins, I would love ... You
On second thought ...
I should probably pull back
I seem to break everything I become attached to
Fixing all but myself, unable to
Hold onto anything thats positive because I carry too many negatives
What if I'm just kidding myself
What if I do have a good excuse for only being able to slur that four letter word
And maybe whatever that turns out to be is the perfect reason for my heart being hollow
I may not need lessons,
Everything may be, a little too much
If I could let go of it all I could make a permanent change ... but
But the rain doesn't fall hard enough to wash away the pain
And the sun doesn't burn hot enough to burn away my sins
So maybe I, will never love again

Reviews

[Yellow Butterfly]

I think this is wonderful and heartfelt and yes your so true... we have all been their and had our hearts smashed into a zillion tiny pieces. All I can say is your heart learns to heal and forgive and when it does..... you will definitely LOVE AGAIN!!

Thank you for sharing a piece of your heart in this beautiful write...

YB

[Just Simple Sounds]

Thank you for the positive feedback, I was kind of iffy about posting/sharing this one but everything I've been told in person and online has been positive. And maybe one day I will, but not right now.

[Adam Walzer]

I can certainly relate to this one. I could use a few lessons myself. We all could. I'm not sure there is much I can suggest for this poem, but I would just say keep writing more.

[Just Simple Sounds]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I definitely will continue to write.

[white shadows]

I really liked this! I hate to say anything about it and it is probably just my style of writing, but I feel like you gave too much away for me. There are great parts of the poem that I think could have been justified by meaning what you wanted to say perhaps. By doing that for me allows me to not only understand the literal of what you are saying, but it would allow me to form my own opinion of the poem. Again, I am really sorry and I don't have a clue about poetry, but I like to have to think about what a poem could mean and I just feel like you played out a story in poem form. I might do that too and if I do I would want someone to tell me since I am not overally familiar with poetry myself. I write what comes to mind and sometimes I share those, but that's the extend to my poetry experience.

[Just Simple Sounds]

Thank you so much, that was very helpful, and I could state the reason why I wrote it that way but it would only prove that I could've written it a different way. Again, thanks.