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[theylovepoetry]

The thing that broke me, Was how easily you treated me in a way I could never bring myself to treat you. Because when I say love, I don’t mean only now in this minute Or for only a few hours or days. I mean I love you now, And I will continue to love you until you break me enough to finally stop.

- C.W.

#original poem #poetry #love poem #sad poem

[theylovepoetry]

Sometimes I think of you and my heart breaks still, Even after all this time.

- C.W.

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[theylovepoetry]

When you have no one to wake up for in the morning, No one to pull you into bed at night, When you can do whatever you want, Without needing to put up a fight. Do you call that freedom? Or loneliness…

- C.W.

#poetry #original poem

[theylovepoetry]

‘We accept the love we think we deserve.’

- Stephen Chbosky

[‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’]

#book qoute #stephen chbosky #perks of being a wallflower

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‘You pierce my soul. I am half agony. Half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.’

- Jane Austen

[‘Persuasion’]

#booklover #jane austen #persuasion

[theylovepoetry]

A Plaster on a Bullet hole

I don’t like to think people need fixing Because that means they were broken No one is ever truly broken, I like to believe that I can change people. Guide their souls back to the right path. Maybe it’s a distraction from the things in me I wish I could change But, when I saw you with all your red flags and flashing warning signs, You’re soul beautiful just not on the right lines. I decided to ignore it all and love you anyway.

Because maybe if I loved you hard enough Maybe I could take away the things that are tough And just maybe, you could love me like that too. I know you’re no good for me and I know I deserve better, But I liked to believe that all you needed was a little guidance A little help. And someday you could be someone safe to love, Someone I could take care of. And have them take care of me.

For a while. For a while, you were. You were kind, you were selfless, You said the right things at the right times. You loved me unconditionally. But that all changed as quick as it came, It all soon left and I was in vain. Because trying to change you was like a plaster on a bullet hole, I had once again lost that perfect soul. And no matter how hard I tried to stop the bleeding. I still ended up on the floor, covered in your mess.

It was a temporary fix for a permanent problem What once gave me happiness now left me solemn The people most undeserving of love and forgiveness, Are the people that take the most of it. Sometimes all of it. You did. Trying to fix you, almost broke me.

Shot me, killed me. “How hard could it be?” How hard indeed? Never did I think that I would be here, Without you. Never did I think I’d make it through.

#love poem #original poem #lyrical poem #poetry #A Plaster on a Bullet Hole

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‘The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.’

- John Green

[looking for Alaska]

#book quote #john green #looking for alaska

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A Toxic Relationship

Anxiety is like a stalker, Someone breathing down your neck. No matter where I go or who I’m with, I always feel the need to check behind me. The constant fear of someone lurking close, But it’s not a someone just the thoughts within. The worry and stress, the pain no one understands.

And I’m sorry for everything, Even if it’s not my fault. I hide and I cower, All by default. I sweat a lot and I don’t handle confrontation very well, I quiver and I shake And I hide back in my shell.

I stress myself out to the point of being physically sick, I’m terrified of first impressions, they’re never too quick. I have become the friend that “Doesn’t know how to have fun” Because I can’t let go, My thoughts they weigh a tonne.

And I care too much for what people think of me, Because if it’s anything like what I feel and see, I don’t blame you for not liking me either.

I’m sick of anxiety, The overthinking inside of me, The world of society during sobriety is scary. But I shouldn’t be relying on drugs or alcohol to fix what’s broken, Inside my soul, inside my brain.

But honestly, I’m afraid of what life would be without it. We have this toxic relationship and most of the time I want to break the habit. I stay because my anxiety, is one of the few things that haven’t left me yet. I think that might be why I love so deep. Why I care so much, it’s hard to sleep. Because I want to give people that love I’m scared I’ll never find.

- C, Wood

#lyrical poem #original poem #poetry #A Toxic Relationship #anxiety poem

[theylovepoetry]

Love is like Music

In music, Timing is everything. The tempo, the rhythm, the beat. All in perfect harmony to make it work. A weird comparison you might say but love is like music. Not just the song your heart plays when you’re in love, but the melody needed alongside the love to hold your relationship together.

But, sometimes we count wrong, miss a beat or two. Things get tough and we might not make it through. Sometimes we fall, too quick and way to hard. But you sit and pick up every broken shard, Every missing music note, every lost beat. With you, I couldn’t help but fall.

With you, I didn’t get much of a choice at all. Because loving you was the easiest thing I’ve ever had to do. I’m not saying we were perfect, or that things were at all simple, Because that would be a lie. But loving you, came naturally Never once did I need to think about doing, I just did.

Loving you was a symphony, One of laughing until we couldn’t breathe Late night phone calls because you couldn’t sleep, And because I just wanted to hear your voice. Dancing around my bedroom, Instantly captivated by everything about you.

You were the best thing I ever got to call mine, That’s why I have to believe, our love is timeless. Unconditional, unproblematic and mindless.

It feels like the other half of my heart is out there and I can’t seem to shake the feeling of missing you. That one day when things start to look up, Our song will start to find it’s melody and our hearts rhythms sync once again. Maybe then we’ll work. Maybe then.

- C, Wood

#original poem #love poem #poetry #Love is like Music #lyrical poetry #lyrical poem

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Smile made of Sunshine

I never was one to believe, In love at first sight. But, the moment I saw you I just knew That you were going to mean the world to me. How could you not? You’re smile like sunshine brightened up the room and made me weak in my knees. You’re eyes the 6am baby blue sky and all I wanted to do was to sit and watch the clouds pass me by.

Tripping over my words and stumbling over my feet, I wasn’t new to anxiety but this fluster and uncertainty brought an excited fear into my heart. I’m not the smoothest of talkers but I’m so glad you listened because I would never forgive myself if I didn’t have that chance to love you.

And for some reason for which I will never understand, you loved me back. I got to love the girl with the smile made of sunshine and you got to love the one who became drunk on your every little detail. We both fell into a love that felt like a free fall. It’s a shame you didn’t catch me, because I might’ve loved you forever.

- C, Wood

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I wish they weren’t mine

Every day I sit there with my head up in a haze. My mind filled with thoughts, Some I can’t seem to shake. They act like children on a sugar high, That’s never coming down. Running around like maniacs, Writing all the things I don’t want to hear, In sharpie on the walls of my mind. I try to put them to sleep, to pacify. Put my mind at ease. But it’s no use.

Overthinking. Creating problems out of thin air, Tearing apart every word spoken, every compliment, every smile. Trying to find the sarcasm that made that lie worth while. Practising my coffee order a thousand times , Because if I stutter or change my mind. I might make their day harder and that’s all I can I think about. The voices in my head no quieter than a shout.

It’s knowing that I’m absolutely fine, But that random pain was the end of the line And my sister is dead because she hasn’t responded in the last hour. In reality she’s fine just annoyed at my constant worry and bother. It’s thinking that you don’t like me because that smile was half-hearted and I can’t see past the fact that I only feel like I’m a burden to everyone but that it’s not true. But It’s not easy to get the mess in my mind to understand that I am loved. And I’m never going to let you get close enough to hurt me because everyone leaves eventually?

Overthinking. To over-love and not love at all, Because I care too much and yet I’m so scared of getting hurt I can’t bring myself to care about you. To love me is to reassure me a hundred times a day that your love is true not because I think you’re lying But because I cannot fathom how someone could love a girl always on the verge of crying. Who feels crazy and stupid, who feels unlovable.

How could you love someone so broken and fragile? Leaves me second guessing every move, Every gesture, Every twitch of your upper lip. “It’s all in your head stop thinking so much”. Trust me if I could, I’d forget every one. I want to banish all the thoughts that ruin me and my fun. I wish they weren’t mine.

- C, Wood

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We’re Just Friends

We’re just friends. I tell people that all the time. Who am I kidding? I can’t seem to make it through a conversation without you on my mind, I can’t focus when you look at me with your bright smile and your sparkling eyes, And you touch me and i forget how to breathe.

We’re just friends. Every time you say that a little piece of me dies, Wishing I was the one to make your dimples appear on one of your highs How can I pretend? That my skin isn’t on fire burning to touch yours Like the slow burn of love. It’s chemical. It’s beautiful And you just say it’s platonic.

We’re just friends. But how is that so? How can I platonically know? That you like being kissed on your shoulder, As we lay down on the hill by your house Every time it storms because the smell of the rain calms you. How can I platonically know? That you wish you could drive for hours, to dance in the headlights, in the middle of nowhere and make it our own.

We’re just friends. Yeah I’ve heard that a couple times, I cannot bare to watch you fall in love with one that’s not mine. But I’d support you, Even though the thought of you with someone else burns me from inside. Because all I’ve ever wanted is for your happiness and pride. Even if I doubt, That anyone could make you as happy as I.

We’re just friends. But, every time they hurt you, I’m the one to pick you back up, put you together and remind you to never give up. But every time one of them leaves, I’m still here comforting as you grieve. I’m still here longing whilst you long for someone else who does not deserve you. You deserve a love that would push everything aside and make you their priority. You deserve a love that would stay. I would stay.

- C, Wood

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[theylovepoetry]

I’m quite new to poetry, I write mainly lyrical poems with a deeper meaning. But, I am no stranger to a random stanza I have no idea what to do with and calling it poetry. Enjoy :)

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