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Why Do I Love You

Why do I love you,
When all you bring is pain,
If I stay with you any longer,
I know I'll go insane.

But I can not imagine my life,
With out you by my side,
My complete and total devotion,
Is something I can not hide.

Your lies flow like a river,
A never ending stream,
I wish I just could wake,
From this terrible, terrible dream.

Your words are like daggers,
With a fatally stabbing blade,
With each awful thing you say,
I feel my life force fade.

I do not like love poems,
I don't write them as a rule,
What just goes to show,what i have become,
I am completly your little fool.

One of these days,
I'm going to kick you to the curb,
Ah, who am I kidding,
I'm all yours, how absurb!

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: Colorado Springs Colorado

Favorite Poets: I love Dr. Suess! He is my favorite, I would love to write for children.

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Comments

Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

14 years 8 months ago

A charming little poem Greeneyes.

completly.......completely
absurb!...........absurd

But I can not imagine my life,..........

..........I was always told, in the 1940's!!
That if you can leave out BUT do, and
here the line would be slightly more
manageable with out it perhaps?

Is something I can not hide..........cannot?

What just goes to show,what i have become,.......oops suddenly so long!

Some changes here , perhaps ...It just shows what I've become...but you must do that?

One fine day
I'll kick you to the curb
but who am I kidding honestly
I think I've fallen, how absurd.

Just some thoughts about this dear Greeneyes,
it is a sweet little poem but needs a wee bit of
brushing up. That's my thought about it!!

Much love and happy to see you here too,
from Nordic cloud.
Ann.with love.

M

magics02

14 years 8 months ago

o missed you gal

You had me going on this one until I reached the end and I smiled. This poem is really nice and this line just a tweak or two on it:

What just goes to show,what i have become,
I am completly your little fool.

( the i cap like the rest of your piece)
( completely corrected sp)

Missed you and your words

Love Magics

loved

loved

14 years 8 months ago

lovely eyes

what fool must he be,
to ignore lovely eyes,
as yours
u have four boys
and a girl
keep ur family intact,
each one is a pearl,
including him,
for whom your poem
now you unfurl
hope he awakens
from the slumber
in which he basks and
its high time that he
now unmasks

S

scribbler

14 years 8 months ago

love you

please don't take this list of suggestions to mean I don't like this poem as I do. these may help flow a bit:
l-3 Change any to much
l-5 omit " my "
l-8 change can not to can't
l-11 change wake to waken or awaken
l-13 change plural daggers to dagger to maintain singularity of rest of verse
l-15 add a syllable somewhere ( maybe add that before you ?)
l-19 change what to which
l-50 tell scribbler to mind own business
just a few ideas ; feel free to ignore or use as you see fit........stan