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Love Me Painfully
I want you to love me painfully.
I want your throat raw after screaming you love me.
I want your heart bloody with all the love it pumps out.
I want your bones aching when I’m not there for you to hold.
I want you to love me painfully
Because that is how I will love you.
I will bandage you up
And kiss your scars
And love you gently.
I want you to love me gently.
I want your hands softly tracing the outline of my body.
I want your lips kissing every inch of skin, and whispering sweet nothings.
I want your eyes looking into mine, and lighting up when you see me.
I want you to love me gently
Like a lazy Sunday afternoon
One we’ve lived before.
Sun on my back,
Let me lay out like a cat
As you play with my hair
And I sleep on your chest.
About This Poem
Last Few Words: I’ve been inactive because of school, so sorry!!
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1 year 2 months ago
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Geezer
1 year 2 months ago
Welcome back...
I almost didn't understand where you were coming from with this one; but I was called away from my desk
and when I came back, to reread what I had read, I found a whole new understanding of what the point was.
It was deeper than I first thought. I felt the emotion of separation so painfully, that I saw beneath the obvious to the core of idea. Excellent! ~ Geez.
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hippiemoon
1 year 2 months ago
Thank you!
Thank you for reading! I’ve definitely missed this community and writing in general.
Best,
hippiemoon
Lavender
1 year 2 months ago
Love Me Painfully
Hello, hippiemoon,
I hope school is going well!
This feels like a couple different scenarios to me - love from a distance, hoping for the real thing or the heartache after a breakup. "Like a lazy Sunday afternoon, one we've lived before..." Very passionate and vulnerable.
Thank you,
L
hippiemoon
1 year 2 months ago
Hello Lavender
Thank you for your comment! Finals week is coming up so hopefully I’ll have more time to get back to writing after that! I’ve definitely missed this community.
Best,
hippiemoon
tyro
1 year 2 months ago
Hello hippiemoon
Hello hippiemoon
Since the poem seems about gentilness, I am having difficulty with the pain emphasis. the imagies concerning gentleness is very evocative and appealing. perhaps pain is a poetic device to contrace the pole opposite, gentleness. I think in stanza two talk of pain and then the needed healing does not come over so well. If I change the word painfully with powerfully it works better for me. As it seems this loving painfully is only showing the PHYSICAL results of loving powerfully
hippiemoon
1 year 2 months ago
Hi Tyro,
Hi Tyro,
The “pain” in this scenario is more an emphasis on how hardly I wish to be loved, not my partner feeling actual pain. I don’t know if that makes it any clearer? Thank you for reading!!
Best,
hippiemoon
Kristen H.
1 year 2 months ago
Hippiemoon...
This is deep and beautifully written. My partner always says "My love for you is hostile", in that, he would tear the world apart if it meant he could see me smile. I'm still trying to figure out if that's healthy or not, but for the time being, I'll take it.
hippiemoon
1 year 1 month ago
Thank you for your comment! I
Thank you for your comment! I think that’s sweet that your partner says that, as long as he is treating you well!!
Best,
hippiemoon
MermaidMaster
1 year 2 months ago
hippiemoon
LOVE this poem. so beautifully written!!
my favorite lines are:
I want you to love me gently
Like a lazy Sunday afternoon
One we’ve lived before.
Sun on my back,
Let me lay out like a cat
I always look forward to reading your works!!
best,
MM
hippiemoon
1 year 1 month ago
Thank you so much for your
Thank you so much for your comment! I loved those lines as well :)
Best,
hippiemoon