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Need Love?
December 31, 2008
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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Sternberg2009 SILVER said...
on Dec. 9 2009 at 8:20 am
i know how you feel there is this guy i really love but my love is stronger than his and i keep on messing things up between us for us because i don't know how to give him his space when he really needs it or how to leave him alone when he wants to be left alone i still bother him i don't know what the word no means or how to stop messing with someone when they need space and then they will probably be ok in an hour or two and then they will probably be ok or it might be later but i am working on it because i really want to be with this guy i love him sooooo much and i want this to work out for the two of us so if you have any advice for me at all please help me
Sparkle345 GOLD said...
on Dec. 8 2009 at 7:21 pm
This poem is really speaking the truth Great Job!!!!
Chautel said...
on Dec. 7 2009 at 1:41 pm
this poem is like my whole life when i read this poem it was me that the poet was talking to
pure awsomeness
pure awsomeness
pickles114 said...
on Dec. 6 2009 at 10:41 am
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love this poem.It's deep and beautiful!!!!!!!
lolsmileyface(= SILVER said...
on Dec. 1 2009 at 5:11 pm
omg snap snap snap just beautyful you and me can be friend i get you completely i love your poem it great thats just how i feel alot of people like me but they dont say enything they just stare at me as if to sent a message
revolutionary BRONZE said...
on Nov. 25 2009 at 5:27 pm
the feelings mutual, i can relate entirely
emilypeacewriter11 said...
on Nov. 25 2009 at 3:30 pm
This poem has been here forever. It must bug you that its not in the magazine yet
TheInvisibility BRONZE said...
on Nov. 24 2009 at 10:50 am
WONDERFUL!!!!
Actresspoet123 said...
on Nov. 22 2009 at 11:53 pm
wow, so good! (-: This is how i have been feeling l8ly, u pretty much summed it up! keep writing i love this
melone96 said...
on Nov. 22 2009 at 6:23 pm
I know exactly how you feel. It's horrible really that people's love lives can be this way. My heart has been broken and thrown away so many times you'd think I'd be inhuman by now. Love it. Keep writing. And keep trying for love!
Undiscovered said...
on Nov. 22 2009 at 7:49 am
Man it was just a wow! seriously you truely know how to imitate this feeling when no one really luvs you especially teh one with whom you are in love with! :(
purpleshirtfriday said...
on Nov. 20 2009 at 2:38 pm
Yeah i totaly understand how you feel about not being loved. i don't get it either, but really the thing that got me through was just knowing that i was created by God and he took the time to make me. so i must be worth something.
reader:) said...
on Nov. 19 2009 at 7:05 pm
this is really good. sad though. simplify it.
AzaleaUnknown BRONZE said...
on Nov. 16 2009 at 7:38 pm
This is seriously amazing. I love it. I know how that feels.. It's terrible.
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I hope things work out, and that I may have been of some help.