I have to believe
I have a question with no answer
How does it feel to be loved
All my life people push me to the side
Very few people have shown that they care
Even my own blood shun me
Try as I might a relationship is beyond me
Often I let people in only to be shoved aside
Knowing only loneliness and emptiness
Each person who has said the word love
Eventually has shown me I am unworthy
Putting others in my place
Often I have made mistakes
Nobody is perfect that is for sure
But while I was born different
Even serial killers can have a happy home
Love for me has been ever evasive
Even the people who bore me shunned me
I have only seen kindness from strangers
Very often that was only on their terms
If I did something wrong then I must go
Nobody cared to try to understand me
Growing up I saw people do evil things
They gladly would do someone harm
Having no cares about anyone else
And they would still have someone to care
This doesn't sit right with me
I don't know how unconditional love feels
All I know is that I dislike the emptiness
My heart aches to be filled with more
What does one have to do to be loved
Once you have it how do you keep it
Riches aren't supposed to buy you love
Though I would pay anything for it
Having someone as we grow old together
Loyalty to one another and understanding
One day I may find someone to love me
Vices I have had I can learn to undo
I don't think that I am a bad person
Not selfish and I want to help others
Giving the shirt off my back if I have to
About this poem
This is something very personal to me. Currently I am going through allot and things are getting jumbled so I figured to see what happens when I write them down for all to see. I'm not certain if I am any good and I know many wont understand my plight, but here goes.
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Written on January 20, 2024
Submitted by daddymagic on January 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | A BCDE EC FGEX XX XXXEHXXEX XXDE X FX BIGIA XEJXHJ |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 1,498 |
| Words | 312 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 2, 4, 2, 9, 4, 1, 2, 5, 6 |
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