Love Unrequited

Abraham Cowley wrote of the emotion (in "Anacreontiques: Or, Some Copies of Verses Translated Paraphrastically out of Anacreon"): "A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But of all pains, t

Love Unrequited

 

I loved him once,

            He with azure eyes.

He skillfully seduced me,

            With all his lies.

He left me broken.

            My heart in despair,

Until one day I woke,

            And wondered where…

 

                        I…

 

Had been these past fifteen years?

 

            I felt as though I were dreaming,

Not really here.

            Had I been bewitched,

By his blue eyed stare?

 

            Do not pity me,

This life I’ve lead.

            I am glad that I have awoken,

From being the walking dead…

            Going through motions,

Not really living.

            Hanging onto words,

Reading into their meanings…

            Looking for hope,

Where none did lie.

Sacrificed my soul,

To stall off good-bye.

 

            I had been bewitched,

By a love that was never there.

            A falsehood of lies,

Leaving me unaware.

           

Love Unrequited,

My Heart was decieved.

I have had enough time to greive.

            Time to move on.

Time to start living.

            Time to forgive,

Time to stop missing.

Time to end all my…

 reminiscing.

Time for me to realize our love was never there,

            In his azure eyes or,

his penetrating stare.

Author's Note

I caught myself reminiscing this past weekend.

Reviews

[Adrian K. Smith]

This piece touched upon so many different aspects of those things that I find - intriguing. Eyes, I generally hide my eyes. Seduction, so many people play games. Walking dead, that living suicide. Unrequited love, oh man - been there done that far too many times. Even the fifteen years left me to think about something, my biggest regret in something I had not said. This is all around a wondrous work, telling the sad tale of almost so much of many of our lives. I hate saying well done for something like this, not wanting to diminish it.

[FuMiko]

" Do not pity me,
This life I've lead,
I am glad that I have awoken,
From being the walking dead..."

A very strong line, but the flow is off.

I do love this poem, though, it's very emotional.
Keep up the good work!

[Angel's Lady]

Going through motions,
Not really living.
Hanging onto words,
Reading into their meanings�

Yeah, that's how love goes, unrequited love, that is...dang.
Great write, though, very poetically penned...

[~amanda~]

this poem is simply gorgeous

i love "looking for hope where none did lie"

thats a great line.

thank you for sharing!

[Nely Amorim]

i think its gutsy and honest, and painful to read but we've all been there to some extent, whether love dies for one and not the other or it was never real. The awakening is hard to do but eventually we realise it's a freedom. I enjoyed this immensely. it was real.

[Eagle Cruagh]

PERFECTION !

This poem speaks of the writer, speaks to her audience
and tells us about life.
The writing is beautifully done, tender and without
recrimination, non-judgmental, sweet.
Nice writing !
---- Eagle Cruagh

[Marc]

You write good stuff too...i'm amazed by ur depth.

[Chaos]

That was wonderful. I think that was the best I have read from you so far. I'm so impressed little Miss. "I don't write poetry"....lol You are a very amazing writer. You kept me on the hook for so long and the flow was nice and easy all the way through. Moving on is the best medicine. Well done!

[Veronica Franco]

That was amazing

[soulsearching]

very good, takes us all back to love lost knowing we have a peace of our heart that will never return.
thanks for sharing.