beating heart

I don’t believe in destiny anymore

After the many hurts in my life,

I believe that only once in your life,

Can you love someone wholly.

 

Once love passed you by,

It cannot go back,

There is no starting over again,

It has been my defense for so long.

 

The fear of loving again,

Afraid of losing one person,

Scares me the most,

Oh how I shun love and all its trivialities!

 

Despite the fearful heart,

Despite the confusing thoughts,

The power of love stands still,

Patiently waits for the heart to beat again.

 

Reviews

[Dave]

Love - doesn't give us a choice. It comes and goes and we don't know when or where we'll find it again and sometimes again. Face it, it is the well-spring of life. When we have it our lives abound with joy even ecstasy, when we lose it we are shattered, but we must pick ourselves up once again. It is out there, waiting for us to find it once more, perhaps this time forever. Don't give up hope.
Take care - Dave

[wordman]

get rid of that fear,jump back in

[Eiram]

Kahit ako muling tumibok ang puso ko pero sa kasamaang palad hindi masusuklian pero okay lang baka hindi pa tamang panahon, lugar at tao ang dumating kaya maghihintay pa rin ako sa nakalaan para sa akin.

[Lydia Shutter]

While the song says, "the first cut is the deepest" and we do remember our first loves, I still believe you can love again. Never shut the door to that. Each love is a bit different and really can not be compared to another. Lydi**

[Paul Bell]

love is a strange game.
Can you love again?
I'm sure you can. Maybe in a different way.

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

You are stupendously right sette. Love happens only once. Only, we have to figure out which one of them it was! Something I'm struggling with since heavens know when. This poem hits the right notes with me for all the right reasons!

[Pete]

wow. very honest. straight from the heart, to the heart. it certainly is never easy but what else is there really? when we don't have it we want it. when we've got it we struggle to hold onto it. when we lose it we mourn and want it again. great stuff, one of my favorites of yours i think ... :)

[Neville]

I do hope you find someone to love and who loves you in return, in fact, I'm sure you will.. there are many of us who have been hurt and perhaps even thought similarly to you from time to time... I also believe one can love more than just once in a life time .... nice poem tho.... N

[Coyote Poetry]

I don't know. I believe we can love many. If we lose someone. Old heart will find peace in another. Never the same. Each person raise a different love. I believe when we are older. We find the best love. Thank you dear friend for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Chris Shaw]

Your words speak to me sette, of someone who has been most hurt by love and who is fearful of anticipating another start. Many will resonate with you, but I am sure that it is possible to love more than once in a lifetime. It's a question of waiting until the right one comes along, and that may take a while, but it doesn't mean it won't happen. Love hasn't passed you by, it is merely sleeping. Beautiful expression and your lines are heartfelt.

Chris