The Way It's Meant To Be

by Jenni Marie   Jan 23, 2009


It wasn't so long ago
Felt completely lost, smothered
Tears were a constant occurrence
Feeling like I'd never recover

Someone had torn me up inside
Carelessly ripped apart my heart
Abused all of my love and trust
Been shot with Cupid's poisoned dart

Faking a smile at every given turn
When in reality, really wasn't okay
Retreated into myself once more
And swore to lock my heart away

Then that day you came along
Instantly we got on so well
Trying to fight the attraction
Didn't want to return into hell

Denied it to everyone, even myself
Fought to keep feelings contained
And yet my heart still lit up
When you said you felt the same

Constantly arguing with myself
Should I forget it or give it a go
Wanted so much to trust you
Just didn't want to hurt like before

And just a few months later
So glad with the choice I made
For I'm slowly starting to realize
There was no reason to be afraid

Once again enjoying life
No longer living in pretense
And every minute I'm with you
These feelings grow more intense

Now I'm left constantly wondering
Why over him I always cried
For you're worth a thousand of him
And I've never felt this way inside

And I'm so completely lost
Everytime I gaze into those eyes
Every second in your arms
Is another moment of paradise

Together we're a perfect fit
Tried to resist but now I see
Caring, attentive, gentle and kind
You've shown me what love can be

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  • 15 years ago

    by CanUKissAwayMyPain

    It was a wonderful poem. i can relate to it. being afriad to love once again n i know other ppl can relate to this. the flow was nice. it was amazing from beginning to end.

    And I'm so completely lost
    Everytime I gaze into those eyes
    Every second in your arms
    Is another moment of paradise

    Together we're a perfect fit
    Tried to resist but now I see
    Caring, attentive, gentle and kind
    You've shown me what love can be

    these completly blown my mind. i trule love it.
    5/5

    TaKe CaRe,
    Frenchy

  • 15 years ago

    by Krista

    Again, being the punctuation freak I am, it slightly bothered me but Im used to it now.
    Excellent poem. I like the rhyme scheme and the flow. Word usage was again wonderful. I usually don't read long poems but this had me going til the end! Amazing write!
    Krista

  • 15 years ago

    by Faithless

    I absolutely love how you unfurl this new love story of yours. Opening it up with how you've been hurt by ur past lover then slowly transend to how u give love another chance... and having it all to be worthwhile. Well certainly sometimes the reason why some relationships didn't work out is because fate has better plan for us. In short love just works in the strangest way. It was definitely a delightful to read.

    Excellent Job
    5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Not Enough

    I love it! Filled with emotion! I don't really want to make this too long so I'll just tell you the main points. The flow was great, yet again. My favorite stanza...

    "Someone had torn me up inside
    Carelessly ripped apart my heart
    Abused all of my love and trust
    Been shot with Cupid's poisoned dart"

    The last line is so beautiful. I like the way you say "Cupid's poisoned dart." It has really intense emotion in just three words. I agree with the person above me how they say it's btter thn "love arrow." So much more intense they way you say it. <3

  • 15 years ago

    by Cyber Saiyan

    I really liked the first couple of stanzas; they read well and were easy to follow.

    The way you used a familiar character like Cupid but put a twisted image of his POSIONED DART instead of his love arrow was great. I love when writers put their own twist on familiar objects.

    I also like the fake mood projected in the next stanzas. A lot of people can really relate to this. It helped give me a way to see myself inside the poem.

    In the 5th and 6th stanzas, I like the way you tried to deny yourself from feeling your emotions. It helped to set a background image that was not mentioned before, but was somehow known by the reader.

    The last stanza was great as well. You really seem know how to end a poem with an image that sticks with the reader.

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