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Poem about wanting

marcus77marcus77 Posts: 41
edited February 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I wrote this about a current situation I am in...story of my life:

Your head is pressed against my chest,
I can feel the gently jerking of it,
As the tears come from your eyes.
I don't want you to feel that way,
Because it also hurts me inside.
Feelings I don't want to feel,
Sympathy for someone else.
I've lived with a broken heart,
For most of my life,
Always figured that I could not hurt,
Anymore than it did.
But I never counted on you,
And me feeling the way I do.
Now I know that I can never,
Tell you this way I feel.
I don't want to create an awkwardness,
In the way that we are to each other now.
You don't need that complication,
And I don't want to lose what I have.
I still want to be the one you turn to,
Who understands when no one else will.
I want to help you, help yourself,
Because I want you to be happy.
But, even when your head is not pressed,
Against my heart,
I cannot forget,
And it still hurts.
"So i'll just lie alone and wait for the dream,
where i'm not ugly and your lookin' at me."
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Comments

  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Gosh, that was just awesome! It was so heartfelt and loving and true! Just beautiful! And I found myself reading your signature line and it almost made me cry!

    I love it! :)

    ps. Okay, I admit, I did have a tear in my eye. :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    I also thought it came from the heart and yes your signature line tugged at my heart.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • marcus77marcus77 Posts: 41
    She also works with me, so I can't just push her away or tell her how I feel. I figure that since her contract (she's a temp) will be expiring soon, and my department can't hire her back again this time, I'm going to wait. Once she is gone from the company, I am going to tell her how I truely feel, maybe even send her this poem. Then, I am going to tell her that even though I want her to be happy, I can't hurt myself anymore, so I have to say, "goodbye". I don't want to, but I can't look her in the eyes anymore and pretend that I don't feel how I feel.
    "So i'll just lie alone and wait for the dream,
    where i'm not ugly and your lookin' at me."
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