I am only me. No more. No less. You tried so hard to change me. If you didn’t like who I am why did you stay for so long? The bitterness from attempting to be someone you wanted will take a long time to get over. I’ve lost part of me and have to find it. I’m lost. L.E.
Every broken heart has screamed
at one time or another:
“Why can’t you see who I truly am?”
Shannon Alder
Once I looked clearly at all the pieces there wasn’t a puzzle anymore. We just don’t fit together. The two of us are far too different. It won’t work! All the pieces are from two very different puzzles. It hurts like hell to say, but we’re not meant to be together. H.W.
Frustrated because I can’t tell if it’s real.
Mad because I don’t know how you feel.
Upset because we can’t make it right.
Sad because I need you day and night.
Angry because you won’t take my hand.
Aggravated because you don’t understand.
Disappointed because we can’t be together,
but still I’ll love you forever.
Anonymous
Desire searing in my veins uncontrolled drove me to temporarily forget what love is. You walked in on me with a girl I cared nothing about but satisfying a momentary desire. In an instant love was shattered for something less meaningful than a single bite of dessert. D.K.
To cheat oneself out of love
is the most terrible deception;
it is an eternal loss for which
there is no reparation,
either in time
or in eternity.
Soren Kierkegaard
My mind says “forget you”, but my heart says “I can’t”. My soul says “run away fast” but my ego says “I can’t live without you”. There is a war of feelings pulling me apart as I am violently torn between ‘what I know I should do’ and ‘what I want to do’. I feel doomed. C.C.
Love is the hardest habit to break,
and the most difficult to satisfy.
Drew Barrymore
Sometimes I forget we’re divorced for an hour or so, never much longer. All while the process was going on I thought you’d change your mind and somehow things would still work out. Now I realize you have left me completely behind and that really, really, really hurts! R.B.
You don’t die
from a broken heart.
You only wish
you did.
Unknown
I’ll never understand why we can’t stay together, but can’t stay apart either. We’re like two benign substances when combined combust or explode. I love you. You love me. I wish that was enough, but it isn’t. It breaks my heart to say it, but I don’t want to can’t live this way. E.L.
Frustrated because I can’t tell if it’s real.
Mad because I don’t know how you feel.
Upset because we can’t make it right.
Sad because I need you day and night.
Angry because you won’t take my hand.
Aggravated because you don’t understand.
Disappointed because we can’t be together,
but still I’ll love you forever.
Anonymous
I’m not upset, hurt, or angry anymore. I’m tired of putting in more effort than I receive. I’m tired of holding on for nothing. I’m tired of believing your lies. I’m tired of you proving me wrong every time. I’m tired of getting my hopes up & being disappointed again. K.D.
Do you know that you hurt me?
Do you even care?
All the things you told me,
Feel like lies and so unfair.
But now I have to realize you’re gone,
And I can’t drive myself insane.
I’ll just have to pick up the pieces,
Of my heart that remain.
Unknown – found on Angelfire.com
Misunderstand me (often). Mistrust me. (why?). Beg for forgiveness. (frequently). Abuse me (you’re guilty!). Apologize (all the time). Take me for granted (regularly). Shower me with affection (seldom). Cheat on me (YES!) Hurt me (you have… BADLY). Goodbye! L.E.
My heart is sunk and moist is eye,
As nothing is more painful than the last good-bye.
These two words would change my life forever,
As a life without you, I thought never.
From “The Last Goodbye” by Dinesh K.
Hurt flows from inside out. I feel pain radiating from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. I never knew love could ache so horribly until you said “I don’t love you anymore”. I’ve tried everything but nothing relieves my suffering. I die a little more each day! R.B.
What can I do,
lost as I am in the wind
and lightning that surrounds you.
What can I do,
now that my tears
are rising toward the sky
only to fall back
into the sea again.
What can I do,
now that this page is wet;
now that this pen is empty.
From “Borrowed Love Poems” by John Lou
We moved too fast! Our haste created a firebreak where all possibility of love was burned out in blaze of passion. How unwise it was to allow our friendship to join the list of lovers we’ve known! Lovers are common and easy to locate. A true friend is rare; a difficult gift to find. J.R.
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little.
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For I shall already have forgotten you.
From “If You Forget Me” by Pablo Neruda
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