Too Much To Ask For, Too Much To Give

Not exactly a poem...

Is it too much to ask for...

for someone to write love letters to?

for someone to say "I love you" and mean it?

for someone to talk on the phone to for hours,

then say goodbye,

hang up,

and call me half an hour later just to say goodnight?

for someone who will be there when I need to talk?

for someone to hug me when i need to feel loved?

for someone to love me for who i am?

for someone to bring out the best AND the worst in me,

love the best,

and then help me deal with the worst?

for someone to see past my mask?

for someone to climb over the walls i've surrounded myself with?

 

Or is it too much for my shattered

torn...

broken...

destroyed...

heart to give...

and i'll end up...

not replying to the letters,

not saying "i love you" back,

not answering the phone,

not talking even when you're willing to listen,

shoving away the arms that reach to hug and hold me,

not being able to grasp the love and therefore losing it,

not showing the best or worst or any part of me,

not letting my mask slip even the slightest bit and tightening it instead,

and then building my walls up too high and covering them with barbed wire...

 

 

"Cuz I'm no good to anyone anymore.

My heart's shut down too much to repair.

I have long since passed the Point of No Return and

I want all those things that are too much to ask for,

But i don't know if i can take them.

 

 

But I will try,

if you will, love.

Reviews

[John Stussy]

Very well done and heartfelt romantic piece. Love ain't an easy thing, one of the more brutal facts of life. It doesn't always come out as we expect it to, wit happiness everywhere and all the time, but it can surprise us in other ways. Often it proves itself worth it, if only for the purpose of reflecting on the memories.

[Mr. Revan]

wow I can't believe I missed this. I think you wrote this before I even had an account. Wow, absolutely beautiful.

[Lizzy]

Wow, this was really well put. It had all the great elements of a poem, and, in my book, the most important one: emotion. I really enjoyed this piece. It's sort of hard to describe what I like about it, because everything is so PERFECT! You sound like a true romantic, and I promise, you will find love. All writers do, we're just special like that. :)

[xGenevaxx]

*Tearing* helluh hurt and emotion s in here i feel your hurt. Love it.

[Cherry Berry]

This is filled with much emotion. You express well the emotions of so many of us. Well penned. I enjoyed reading this piece.
xox
Cherri

[Jessica]

This just made me cry. This surmises the situation that I'm in right now. I've been trying to find a way to explain how I feel and how things are, but I haven't been able to sound it out the way you have. The ending is beautiful and simplistic. And totally the truth. How is love the best, simplest, and most often the hardest thing we do?