Category Archives: Life Goes On

The Love You Threw Away

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Life moves on. I’m married now. I have two children and love my family a lot! Eight years ago you chose another over me. My life had to take a different direction. The one you picked has left you behind and now you want me. I will always love you, but you’re too late. V.M.

You say you want me, and it’s too late.
Once my love for you was so great.
But it’s too late to love me now.
You say you need me, and it’s too bad.
I know the feeling and it’s so sad.
But it’s too late to love me now.
Don’t you know how hard I tried to hold out just for you?
Loving you from memory day by day.
Then someone came into my life, turned my dreams around
…taking all the love you threw away.
From “It’s Too Late To Love Me Now”
By Bourke, Dobbins and Wilson

Beyond That Pain

Posted by James Browning on

I’m getting better and  finally am able to gladly recall some of our memories. There’s still a tear here and there, but smiles come regularly now. We didn’t fail. For a time we loved deeply and were happy. Because we are no more does not erase all the good we shared. W.S.

Many of us spend our whole lives
running from feeling with the mistaken
belief that you cannot bear the pain.
But you have already borne the pain.
What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.
Kahlil Gibran

I Won’t Hear You

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After the way your old boyfriend hurt you, I can’t believe you’re leaving me to go back to him again. He’ll break your heart like before then you’ll come running back crying and saying you’re sorry. But I won’t hear you. I’m done. I won’t be a fool for you anymore. L.T.

When one is in love,
one always begins
by deceiving oneself,
and one always ends
by deceiving others.
That is what the world
calls a romance.
Oscar Wilde

How Can I Put It Back

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I wonder where you are now. Did you fall in love again? Are you happy? Are you married?  Children? Is your life what you dreamed of and made so many sacrifices for? It’s been years and I wonder if what you threw me away for turned out to be worth it. B.C.

You broke my heart
into pieces.
How can it put it back?
I want to love again
And replace you in my heart.
But how can I love again
if my heart still
wants you….

Because of Yesterday

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You want time away from me. So I release you with love and & gratitude. I thank you for all we have shared. If in time you wish to come back let it be because you have discovered my arms are the only home you need, but please be absolutely certain my love. C.C.

You can close your eyes
and pray that she’ll come back,
or you can open your eyes
and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty
because you can’t see her,
or you can be full
of the love you shared.
You can turn your back
on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow
because of yesterday.
David Harkins

After A While

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My love, we tried. We did our best. Somewhere along the way we lost each other while we worked hard to build our careers. We can’t get it back and no one is to blame. We didn’t fail. Ours was a great love. We were exactly what each other needed for a time. G.D.

After a while you learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn…
“After A While” by Veronica A. Shoffstall

Nothing Harder Than Waving Goodbye

Posted by James Browning on

No one’s to blame. Our long distant romance wore us out.  You have your life there. I’ve mine here. Even a love like ours can not make up for the distance. I need someone in my life all the time, not just the phone, email and a week together once in a while. I’m sorry. D.B.

And though she wished she could stay;
She didn’t want to let love get in their way.
And though her heart was breaking while saying goodbye;
She asked him kindly, ‘Please, don’t you cry! ‘

And love will always be there, somewhere;
But life forces upon us, other burdens to bear.
And with the million miles that she had to fly;
There was nothing harder than waving goodbye.
Danny The Dreamer Boyd

Life Without You

Posted by James Browning on

In time I’ll get used to the extra room in our my bed. The first night of sleeping alone was hard. I hardly slept and missed your warmth against me. The covers were not warm enough or soft enough to soothe me. I’ll get used to life without you but it will take a long time. D.C.

Giving up
doesn’t always
mean you
are weak;
sometimes it
means that
you are
strong enough
to let go.