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Need Love?

December 31, 2008
By 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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mamaangle said...
on Sep. 12 2010 at 8:06 pm
mamaangle, Detroit, Michigan
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I LIKE THIS I FELL THE SAME WAY
SwallowedByInsanity PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 8:54 pm
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I liked it, because it seems easy to relate to, and yet, everyone had something different on their mind as they read through it. Loved every line <3
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on Sep. 4 2010 at 7:11 pm
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wow, this was really, just brutally honest.  i enjoyed it.  check out my work?
sammyjanee GOLD said...
on Sep. 4 2010 at 6:37 pm
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It's funny how at the end you say "Who else in the world could need love like i need love?" Yet everyone who has commented can relate. I loved it!
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on Sep. 4 2010 at 11:24 am
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This feels like me to a t. Help.

Nice poem!

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I love this. I can tell it really came from the heart. Great job. :}
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can totally relate. like so much. love <3333333
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At one point in my life, I felt this way. 100%. But then I stopped and looked at the bigger picture. The reason why I couldnt find love was because I wouldnt let myself. I had convinced myself that I wasnt capable of loving, so I set myself up for failure in every relationship I had embarked on. Just recently I came to my senses and stopped feeling like this. Now Im happy in my relationship of a year and a half, and I can only thank myself for being happy. Make yourself happy first, then add a boyfriend (or girlfriend.) You are a whole; you dont need someone in your life to complete you.
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love it love it love it!. . . I'm like the millionth person to comment that , but it is what it is. .  straight talent :)
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on Sep. 1 2010 at 7:29 am
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I Feel ya! nice job! very touching!!! heart warming
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on Aug. 30 2010 at 2:00 am
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great writing, u jus havent met the right guy yet i use to think the same thing til i met my fiance
nikkigonefishin said...
on Aug. 29 2010 at 12:20 am
i liked ur poem. very inspirational. i know wat u mean i feel the same way sometimes :]
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on Aug. 28 2010 at 8:55 pm
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i know exactly how you feel! u see all these people together around and think ur defective in some way trust me itll get bettter. <3

 

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It's good. Nice work.
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I Love This Poem Keep Up The Good Work.
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on Aug. 13 2010 at 11:46 pm
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i love this poem it is so deep and it speaks right to how i feel sometimes keep up the good work. can you check out some of my poems. this poem is going on my fav. lists
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you were able to capture my exact same feelings, great rhyme scheme and use of rhetorical queries... reads some of mine perchance?
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all i have to say is this is amazing and i love it great ob!!
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very relatable it was amazing
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Very nice.