That love (if love is not too high a name)
Has brought up questions time and time again.
Alas, I see I'm very much to blame
For I was weak and let him change me then.
A stupid girl, so starved for love and more,
I set myself aside to please a boy!
If only I knew then what lay in store:
Faint memories of an imagined joy.
But never more! I learned the hardest way.
I have survived and I will carry on.
And looking back, there's one thing I can say:
I'm honestly relieved that he is gone.
I changed for him. For what? He left me still.
I'll never change to catch a person's eyes.
Now you can laugh and tell me that I will
But you'll be wrong. Love can't be built on lies!
Back to myself. Yes I remember me...
And all my long lost goals, my love for pets.
I've picked up with my interrupted dream -
A dream too pure to ever bring regrets.
Critique welcomed only by those who practice rhyme and meter
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So perfectly said, dearest friend! I understand it so well, having been there too, and I am so very, very glad you feel this way. Always be true to yourself! Love cannot be true if lovers are not. And you're a wonderful person in your own right, so there!
Blessings!
S
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Outstanding
People should look to help you grow as a person not to change into the person they want you to be as you so rightly say in this poem. I think you are well rid of him by the sounds of it. This poem is fluid with strong rhyme. A thoughtful poem full of truth.
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Thanks! I appreciate your thoughtful comments.
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That's the million dollar question ...can they love you instead of some idealized form they conjured up or a picture of you that isn't painted quite right?
Wonder if it exists. Whether it does or not, great poem. I like it.
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