I wanted you to know

I wanted you to change your mind
To turn around and stay
I wanted you to come back to me
But still you walked away

I wanted you to make excuses
To convince me you were wrong
I wanted you to say you lied
That you had loved me all along

I wanted you to think of me
When you lay in bed at night
I wanted you to see your mistake
And try to make it right

I wanted you to look at me
And long for me inside
I wanted you to need me
To want me back in your life

I wanted you to want me
To promise this time you'll stay
All I wanted was you
But still you walked away

Reviews

[SleeplessVolcano]

I like the vivid images you used in this poem. However, the rhythm is a bit off....i.e. the number of syllables in certain lines creates the feeling that words were squeezed in to portray meaning without them fitting in perfectly........

I am looking forward to read more of your work.

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Thanks. I will keep that in mind going forward. :-)

[Marina]

I love the simple structure, language, and perfect rhyming of this poem. It gives me a sense of hopelessness, someone that left without caring for all the things you wished for them to do, or without realizing. It's a sad poem without complexity, very clean, pure, but sad.. I love it

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Thank you. You seem to understand it the way I intended it to be understood.