I held on for so long.
I appear strong.
When I really want to let go.
I’m desperate for you to feel what I feel,
But afraid.
I’d rather fall than be hurt again, and feel the pain.
I’m desperate to show you how I feel,
But afraid.
I don’t know what to do because, in the back of my mind, I think I might love you.
But I won’t admit it.
I’m desperate for you to love me too,
But afraid.
You don’t like me that way and I want to move on.
I’m desperate to let go, but desperate to hold on.
Desperate and afraid.
Desperate and afraid of losing you.
A pain I don’t think I could bear.
A contest entry
- Unrequited emotions. by Lights Sorrow.
600 points, ended August 26, 2008, 11 entries
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Comments
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It doesn't make sense how something that is so celebrated, as the greatest thing in the world, is such a detramental and harsh cruelness.
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good.
everyone is afraid.
just like you say in this poem.
everyone goes thru something like this.
i just did.=/
nice job good emotion.=]
keep it up.
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This is a really good poem. It covers the emotions that we most often feel. The one I think I can most relate to is "You don't like me that way and I want to move on. I'm desperate to let go, but desperate to hold on." Great job!
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I liked this, the repeating afraid part at the end set a nice tone to it.
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