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Need Love?

December 31, 2008
By carijoy SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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carijoy SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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See it but never feel it.
Get close, only to push it away.
“Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”
Epitome of my life.
What is wrong with me?
What makes me so un-lovable?
Can someone remove this defective sign from my forehead,
And replace it with a kiss.
I want more than mediocre.
I want someone to miss.
Do I ask for too much?
Are my requirements unachievable?
My heart remains unconquered, unattained.
I’m tired of fairy tale endings,
Silly thoughts put in my head by unrealistic, but hopelessly believable movies.
They are all the same.
Girl meets boy. Girl messes it up. Boy forgives girl.
Happily Ever After.
At least they let on that relationships have problems.
I want raw, unrelenting love.
The real deal.
No movie, novel, or episode of “Sex and the City” could ever touch.
Left alone, drowning in thoughts,
Who else in the world could need love,
Like I need love?

© Rebecca S., Marblehead, MA

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shelby18 BRONZE said...
on May. 19 2010 at 10:39 am
shelby18 BRONZE, Hillsboro, Ohio
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"if you dont like what you see when you look at me then look another direction and leave me be"

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i feel the same
SarahJumps SILVER said...
on May. 17 2010 at 9:28 pm
SarahJumps SILVER, Richmond, Virginia
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. <br /> -Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> <br /> I think, at a child&#039;s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. -E.R

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Love your line breaks. Keep writing.
xBaByGiRrL22x PLATINUM said...
on May. 17 2010 at 9:15 pm
xBaByGiRrL22x PLATINUM, Pearl River, New York
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&quot;The goal isn&#039;t to live forever, but create something that will.&quot;<br /> &quot;If you wanna go, baby let&#039;s go; if you wanna rock, I&#039;m ready to roll.&#039;&#039;<br /> &quot;No one ever said it&#039;d be easy. They just said it&#039;d be worth it.&quot; &lt;3

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incredible. luvv it. keep writingg
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD said...
on May. 17 2010 at 8:02 pm
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
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\&quot;either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin<br /> <br /> \&quot;If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\&quot; <br /> <br /> \&quot;If music be the food of love, play on.\&quot;

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this is great-keep writing
JessicaEralia BRONZE said...
on May. 17 2010 at 6:49 pm
JessicaEralia BRONZE, Anchorage, Alaska
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&quot;Life, It&#039;s the ultimate sin, a game with no rules that you&#039;re expected to win&quot; - Kid Rock

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that's freaking great. i've written things just like this, and reading it makes me feel better. (:
grasslova GOLD said...
on May. 17 2010 at 4:55 pm
grasslova GOLD, Highland, Utah
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When you learn to die, you learn to live - Morrie

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Thank you. That was nice to hear. :) Or rather, read. I feel your pain, hermana. I am in love with my best friend. But I keep pushing him away. It hurts. I am so confused, between wanting our friendship to continue and wanting a little dose of love--but the REAL love. Not the glamorized, Hollywood, supposedly "happily ever after" melodramatic feeling that people pass off as love. I too want the real deal. And it's true, you dont know what you've got, until it's gone. ;) Those words stick with me too.
boodynitemre99 said...
on May. 17 2010 at 3:30 pm
Your poem was ealy great. you truly capture wha loveless people feel. :)
alex.kate96 SILVER said...
on May. 17 2010 at 3:03 pm
alex.kate96 SILVER, Waterford, Michigan
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&quot;Today you are you, that&#039;s truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.&quot; -Dr. Seuss<br /> &quot;So shine outward, not inward.&quot; -Christofer Drew

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Beautiful.  It's hard to capture emotion like that, but you did it. Great job and keep it up.

                 <3, me

 

SOSaiXD PLATINUM said...
on May. 17 2010 at 2:49 pm
SOSaiXD PLATINUM, Oviedo, Florida
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&quot;Always believe that everything happens for a reason. If you give God long enough to prove His point, He will always blow you away.&quot;

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I love this poem! It's so real, and I can completely relate. Amazing. (:
invasion-of-the-asians BRONZE said...
on May. 17 2010 at 11:20 am
invasion-of-the-asians BRONZE, Greenville, South Carolina
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keep on keeping on

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so easy to relate to. great topic. nobody usually likes to talk about their mistakes. only the mistakes of others, blaming it all on somebody else...
melone96 said...
on May. 14 2010 at 6:48 pm
melone96, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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i understand how u feel. im in the exact same situation right now. keep writing! its amazing!
emma21495 BRONZE said...
on May. 14 2010 at 9:07 am
emma21495 BRONZE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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&quot;rain is a good thing&quot;

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I loved this poem. I know exactly how you feel.
lunar_moon BRONZE said...
on May. 13 2010 at 10:41 pm
lunar_moon BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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&quot;If you think you can you can, and if you think you can&#039;t, you&#039;re right.&quot; -Mary Kay Ash

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I am crying right now. All of my friends have boyfriends or have had them. All except me. What is the wors though is when someone says that they like you, but the only feeling that they have for you is pitty.
tinydancer_ said...
on May. 5 2010 at 5:12 am
tinydancer_, Palm Harbor, Florida
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love it, I feel just like this.
ayedeezyf.baby BRONZE said...
on May. 4 2010 at 11:18 am
ayedeezyf.baby BRONZE, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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you just do you, &amp; i&#039;m do me

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wow, seriously this poem is very good. it can definitly relate to everyone & someone that feels the urge for love
irrara12 BRONZE said...
on May. 3 2010 at 3:33 pm
irrara12 BRONZE, Columbia, Maryland
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not all who wander are lost-jrr tolkien

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i like this its relle good and can relate to everyone
young thug said...
on May. 3 2010 at 11:12 am
i like you poem it is realistic and you speek the truth
evrycloudyday7 PLATINUM said...
on May. 1 2010 at 10:00 pm
evrycloudyday7 PLATINUM, Wappingers Falls, New York
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&quot;As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what counts.&quot; Seneca<br /> &quot;I&#039;ll just read a book instead. I don&#039;t care if we&#039;re just friends. I can hang out with myself I&#039;m old enough now to pretend. Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum.&quot; kate n

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I can totally relate. This was so great!
CrazySquid GOLD said...
on Apr. 30 2010 at 1:31 pm
CrazySquid GOLD, Cashmere, Washington
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&quot;For beauty is nothing but the begining of terror&quot;<br /> <br /> Rilke part of &#039;The Tenth Elgy&#039;

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love the ending "I want raw, unrelenting love."

beautiful

MiSS JAy said...
on Apr. 30 2010 at 10:27 am
W00W ALL i CAN SAy iS THAT WAS A BAEUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED POEM. iM iN THiS P0SiTi0N &Nd i UNdERSTANd H0W y0U FEEL. iT'S HARD BUT LiKE CUTE CHiCK SAiD y0U G0TTA KEEP yOUR HEAd UP.