I bared my heart
When you closed yours
I’d hoped to make amends
For all the times
I stood by you
You stood apart from me
For all the words
You didn’t say
I heard those words so plain
For all the love
You didn’t share
I shared my heart alone
It’s a curious way
To be in love
When love has passed you by
I turned to you
When you looked away
And turned away from me
And all the things
I gave to you
You threw back at me
When all the time
I craved your touch
Your heart craved not mine
When all the love
I gave to you
Was all the love I had
It’s a curious way
To treat the heart
That loved the heart I loved
Writers Envy 
It’s sad when someone doesn’t feel the same way that we do. No matter how old I get I still remember those feelings.
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I think those were the hardest years. Learning to love and finding out how much love can hurt.
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Growing pains. A familiar experience. Thank you.
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Love: a hard lesson to learn.
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Sometimes the fall out is worth it.
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I’m actually quite fascinated with all that is going on here in the crafting of what appears to be simple words. It’s really quite wonderfully complex to me. I’ve read it several times for that reason, enjoying each layer, each manipulation of opposites and extensions. I felt the 3rd stanza the most, for sure: ouch.
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It brings more hurt when you know what those words are (3rd stanza).
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Dealing with the madness of unrequited love myself…
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It’s a pain like no other. Exquisite in its piercing intensity.
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Unrequited love is all I’ve ever known…
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Ohh, that makes me sad to know ❤
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Same. Saddest girl in the world. Woe is me. I bleed rhyme.
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Sad poem, but very moving as well. I can definitely feel the pain. Losing love is the hardest. Great post, Will!
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Thank you, parker McCoy! 😊
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I absolutely love this poem, Will. The words are so simple while telling of something so deep and so real with a perfect pace and a perfect flow.
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Thank you, John 😊 I reached back a long time ago for this one.
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Classic 👍👍👍 love it💛
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I can totally understand this feeling…. it’s very painful 😐
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