Love Poem: Not You
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Written by: Zachary Addams

Not You

I’m as crazy about you 
as I am because of you.
How many times did I think 
When it came to you that I was through. 
Yet every time I see you
My heart jumps a little.
Days are spent,
Nights are dreamt thinking about you.
All I want is for you to be there when I wake.
But I now know 
That all I’ve yearned for is a mistake. 
The same words
That carry me through the day, 
Stab like knives when you’re away.
The only thing that hurts 
More than not having you
Is knowing that I can’t.
For some reason you still bring me in,
You enchant.
Like a flame to skin it causes pain.
But its the only thing keeping me stable. 
The only thing making me sane. 
That I’ve spent years
Looking for a soulmate is true. 
Maybe I’ll find a little relief knowing 
Its not you.