Love Poem: Pain of Love
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Written by: Kristina Wright

Pain of Love

WHEN WE FIRST MET WE WERE SO HAPPY, SO IN LOVE 
AS THE DAYS GO BY AND THE TIMES CHANGE, 
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR LOVE HAS TURNED TO PAIN. 
THE PAIN OF NOT BEING THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER, 
THE PAIN OF GROWING APART. 
YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME, 
YET HERE YOU ARE PUSHING ME AWAY. 
I KNOW YOU ARE DEALING WITH HARD TIMES RIGHT NOW, 
BUT LET ME BE THERE, LET ME IN. 
TO HOLD YOU, TO COMFORT YOU. 
LET ME BE YOUR BACKBONE WHEN YOU FEEL YOU’VE LOST YOURS. 
I WILL BE STRONG FOR YOU & BE A SHOULDER TO CRY ON, 
BUT YOU HAVE TO LET ME. 
YOU CAN’T KEEP PUSHING ME AWAY & EXPECT ME TO STAY. 
I TOLD YOU I WOULD BE THERE TILL THE END 
SO WHY WON’T YOU LET ME IN? 
I CAN’T KEEP GIVING & GIVING AND GETTING NOTHING IN RETURN. 
YOU HAVE MY HEART, MY SOUL, 
BUT TREAT ME AS IF YOU HAVE NOTHING PRECIOUS IN YOUR HANDS. 
I AM ONLY HUMAN, 
I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. 
EVERYTHING I DO, I DO FOR LOVE. 
NOT TO HURT, NOT TO YURN, BUT FOR LOVE 
AND STILL I GET NOTHING IN RETURN. 
AFTER SO LONG A GIRL STARTS LOOSING HOPE, 
STARTS LOOSING THE DESIRE TO GO ON. 
YOU ONCE WERE MY DESIRE, MY HOPE. 
BUT OVERTIME THAT HAS CHANGED. 
YOU ONCE BROUGHT ME HAPPINESS, 
BUT NOW ITS ONLY SADNESS. 
SO, I PLEAD WITH YOU, 
LET ME IN BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.