Love Poem: Stuck Between Two Hearts
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Written by: Jeanette Huston

Stuck Between Two Hearts

THIERS A DAGGER IN WHITCH A HEART CAN’T DEFY OR WITH AN EYE TO CRY.
THE HURT IS STUCK BETWEEN THE WORD GOOD BYE.
I HAVE A HUNGER WITH A NEED THAT CANNOT LIE.
I’M FEEDING FEELINGS THAT CONTINUE TO DIE.
I HIDE BEHIND A SMILE BECOMING A DISCISE, AS THE RIVER IN HIS EYES BECOMES A TIDE.

I KNOW ITS NOT FAIR LEADING HIM ALONG WITH FEELINGS I DON’T BARE.
THIERS SO MUCH I CANNOT SHARE AND I DON’T DARE.
HE SLEEPS AT NIGHT WHILE I STAY AWAKE AND ACHE FOR A FEELING THAT JUST WON’T BRAKE.
WHEN HE CALLS MY NAME IN HIS SLEEP I SHAKE.

I WISH I FEEL WHAT I DON’T
BUT I CAN’T AND WON’T
YOU ALREADY HAVE MY HEART,
EVEN IF OUR LIVES ARE MILES APART.
I LOVE YOU MORE
THAN THE ONE I TRY TO ADORE.
WHY CAN’T HE SUBSTITUTE A NEED FOR YOU?
WHY CAN’T I FEEL FOR HIM THE WAY I FEEL FOR YOU?
I’M AT ME KNEES,
WRIST IN HOLY PLEAS.
I KNOW HE SEES.

I CAN’T PRETEND IT’S NOT YOUR NAME I SAY AT NIGHT,
OR THAT I’M NOT GIVING IN TO THIS FIGHT.
HE HAS TO WEEP.
I’M WAY TO DEEP.
SO MANY EMOTIONS I WANT TO KEEP.
PLEASE LEAVE MY MIND.
HE DESEARVES A LOVE THAT’S NOT BLIND
AND SOMEONES WHOS PAST IS LEFT BEHIND.
I’M STUCK BETWEEN TO HEARTS, OF WHAT USE TO
AND WHAT IS NOW, AND ITS TARING ME APART.