Forever

I once heard that "forever" was just a word... I believe it now.

I once said I'd love you always;

The words were more than true.

And to this day, they still remain

My feelings felt toward you.

The games you're playing with my heart,

They hurt me more each time.

You'll hear it in my every word

And see it in my eyes.

But you never listen close enough

To catch what I don't say.

I give you chance and chance again

Day by day by day.

Until the day you finally learn

To read between the lines

And hear me say, "I'm hurting,"

When the words come out, "Just fine,"

Until you start to make the change

And hurt me once more, never,

I'll simply have to try again

And rethink the word "forever."

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Reviews

[LisetteCanWrite!]

I really like this.. great image of pain and sorrow.. we have all been there and of course that represents a big part of love.. I hope the person (if it is such) you wrote this for comes to their senses as we may only be here a short while..and it is sad to see so many yearning for love and understanding. This part affects me as you can really feel the emotion in it:

The games you're playing with my heart,
They hurt me more each time.
You'll hear it in my every word
And see it in my eyes.

The sad part of this stanza is in the fast world we live in .. many text, email and talk by phone.. thus sometimes messages get crossed and the other may not feel it in your text, email or by phone.. these emotions have more impact in person face-to-face. We should not always presume that the other party read between the lines or is playing games with our hearts.. if we feel these emotions.. we owe to ourselves to "tell" the other person how they make us feel and if they are truly playing love games.. distance ourselves to preserve our love for the ones worthy!! Thank you for a brilliant write.. and well you see I am raving as your writing got me thinking lots on this!!!! =)