I Found the Love I'm Looking For

by IdTakeABulletForYou   Jun 14, 2016


I found the love I'm looking for, but it has not found me...
an item I see on display that I can't touch-- I only see.
A piece of fragile beauty that the world keeps as reserve;
a soul of such a caliber I know I never will deserve.

I found the love I'm looking for, but let it pass me by.
I couldn't think of anything to say, or even meet their eye.
It is my weakness, I suppose, to want what I cannot attain;
each desperate glance provokes a dying hope I know will be in vain.

I simply cannot tell my secret, not a soul shall ever know
that I just found the love I'm looking for
and then I let them go.

-IdTakeABulletForYou

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  • 8 years ago

    by Brenda

    Awww Stephen, I just love this! It's so hard when you know this person is so right for you and you just let them go. Perhaps they never knew how you felt? I know sometimes you just have to leap off that cliff and free fall, it's scary as hell but so much more fun than just treading water. Well done-

    • 8 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      In the gay world, if you hit on the wrong guy, you'll get punched in the face. Most of the time, I don't even pursue interests due to a fear of finding out that the person may not even be gay. Some men take it in stride, but others blow it out of proportion. It's a shame it has to be that way, but it is much easier to just fall alone than to co-ordinate someone to be below to catch me.

      So glad you enjoyed this piece :-) Thanks for reading!

      Much love,
      IdTakeABulletForYou

  • 8 years ago

    by SnowdropsFall

    Hi, I have felt like this (more times than I care to admit). I love your poem for its duality - the love described by your poem is an idealisation of love (a display) but with the depth of soul (a gut instinct that tells you that this is the person you should be with).

    • 8 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      It's crazy that sometimes you just know something is right even when it'll never be.
      Rest in peace our desires for all those pokemon we'll always want, but never catch.

      Thanks for reading :-)

  • 8 years ago

    by Jyoti Rawat

    Nice poem

  • 8 years ago

    by Marvellous

    Where good lies, men are blind to see. Where value is found, there's content.

    • 8 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      Thanks again for your insight, Marv. You always do well at pretty much summing my entire poem up in two sentences, which endlessly impresses me!

      V/r
      IdTakeABulletForYou

  • 8 years ago

    by Liz

    Ouch. I wasn't expecting this after seeing that title. I thought "it's always a beautiful thing to find the love you're looking for", but then you hit me with this. Lol

    While a bit heartbreaking, I can't help but find it beautifully written.

    • 8 years ago

      by IdTakeABulletForYou

      Sorry to disappoint and please at the same time ;) I am glad that you enjoyed it, and perhaps I'll have to write one to sate your desire for a poem that deals with it being "a beautiful thing to find the love you're looking for" ;)

      V/r
      IdTakeABulletForYou

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