Understand

Maybe one day I'll just forget

You left me without a choice

But to say goodbye

It did not matter that I didn’t want to

It does not matter that I cry

 

I hang my head

I’m thinking so

Trying to understand

Why you would let me go

 

Leaving me alone again

The way that I was found

How do I ever feel whole again

Complete or safe and sound

 

I crawl back in my shell

Away I want to hide

Never to know love again

Too many tears I’ve cried

 

 

 

Reviews

[Sean M. Addams]

very deep piece... i really feel the emotion of heartbreak in this.... i can honestly relate to this piece I went through a divorce and it made me feel empty knowing i had failed in a relationship i tried hard to keep but she was cheating on me so the battle was lost.... still hurts and now i've moved on and dated... things will get better .... nice job on this one!!!!

[Pax Analog]

Interpretively navigating between autobiography and fictive verse, o tender-hearted one.

My "contribution" to this sort of recurrent human dilemma is to remind one of a central paradox: You ARE that which you seek. By which, ascetic denial is not what is being recommended, but only a little breathing room to attract at a higher level (one receives by surrendering concern). We usually only count to 2: self and other. Maybe we think an abstract "God" is 3, but it's still 2, "other." 3 is CLEARING, a will to transcendent contemplation, an assiduous weariness with the usual rise and fall.

We still FEEL the joy and pain of attachment, BUT we are not so utterly defined by that, embrace an intuition that since we don't get to keep ANYTHING in this life, why don't we try to introduce more INNER SPACE -- NOT further objectification, as in vague mythic "God," but a steadier deeper quality of ATTENTION.

Stripped attention without an object is our entry to strength and transcendence, as simple as breath of fire. Simply bearing witness to our own rise and fall and rise again with calm acceptance, firm.

That is the Source of Happiness.

Once that is seen consistently, the shell dissolves. Real Love and Intelligence is easier than we think.

[Antony]

I like how your rhyme scheme always flows so smoothly, nothing forced, somettimes we need great patience to find the reaaly true love we are searching for and we go through so much pain, just to find it, so don't quit just yet, your true soulmate is somewhere out there.
Antony

[LadyRouge]

I have to agree with Orlando. A friend once told me that she stopped believing in happy enddings, no fairytales aren't real, but if you feel like you can't find love and you keep getting the wrong person it's becasue the right person is still out there. You're not with the other person because they truely weren't the one. I finally have my happy endding and it isn't a true fairytale. Best thing I can say is be open, honest and willing. You're beautiful, an excellent writer and the personality I know from the writting is amazing! There is someone out there, don't lock up your heart just yet!

[Orlando Murcia]

Don't cry,

Pain is a b***h I know
but what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger

And if someone forsakes you
is because the right one is still
out there

Great work with pouring your heart out

Orlando, by the way goodmorning! :)

[Paladin4life]

This piece really shows that you poured your heart and soul into it. I am sorry for the pain you obviously have felt or are feeling to be able to write about the pain of a broken heart so keenly. I have learned through personal experience however that God can mend a broken heart. I also know that by His grace we can have the mate we are looking for. I enjoyed the poem and I pray that God will mend you as well. If you trust in Him for salvation he not only secures your eternal destination but takes care of the journey as well. Good work and God bless.

[LadyLove]

And Adrian is right! You have many who care. Be strong, please. I need add no more as he said it well enough. I just second and third and fourth his words. Blessings!

[Angelic Darkness]

How sad this is to feel alone, and abandoned.

There is a deep strength that must come from within
to keep going. An understanding with yourself.

Grieve, let the hurt go, and then live, and live like
you've never done before.

[Pink Poison]

Truly expressive of the heartbreak that love can cause. I like your understated rhyme scheme in this poem. It goes along with the subdued sad voice of the poem. I hope you feel better very soon!