We were never the same

by Beautiful Tragedy   Mar 19, 2017


The beginning;
Was swimming in the ocean for the first time.
New and exciting,
Promising new adventures and fun.
You took one step at a time,
Cautious of any dangers that were lurking around,
Nervous of trying something new,
Yet it was breathtaking all at the same time.

The middle;
Was riding a roller coaster.
It started out slow, and it slowly escalated;
but when it hit the curves and turns and high points at a speed
there was always the other one of us to be a support.
The ride was fun and Exhilarating
And beautiful and exciting and it kept us both coming back for more.
But it also hurt;
the ride pushed and shoved us around in our seat
And we walked away each time with more bruises than I can count.
However, like any roller coaster;
It kept us coming back.

In what we first thought had been the end...
It was terrible.
Not only that,
But it almost killed us.
The ride took too sharp of a turn and spun off its tracks,
Crashing and burning and we,
We were thrown in two separate directions;
Lost and left wondering if the other was ok.
We were left with bruises that never faded
And cuts that even the greatest doctors couldn't patch up.
We were never the same.
And you and I both know it.

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  • 7 years ago

    by Em

    Hi, I really liked this. The layout and the content were fab and the piece itself was rather relatable to many of us I guess. I really like how you portrayed love as a rollercoaster, it is isn't it??
    The title made me instantly think "well no one is the same and if we were the world would be so boring" but for two people to realise they don't actually have anything in common is horrible and I guess we have all been there and if not we most certainly will at some point in our lives.

    1/ When we start anything new it always seems exciting whether it be a new hobby, a new relationship or getting a new house or something but we so take cautions because anything could happen; good or bad.

    2/ Once the honeymooning as worn off we do find faults/flaws in the people we love and we seem to pick on those (so to speak) rather than looking at the best in them and how they made us originally feel. Things may come to light that you didn't know about each other to begin with which makes you feel much more different than you actually are but you stick it out because you think it's worth fighting for though nowadays many of us don't because it's too much for us. The ride is anything you make it in my opinion.

    3/ This is such a sad but beautifully done ending. I think with most relationships people speculate things which then get twisted and turned and can end even the best of us. Things are said and done on the spur of the moment but when our fights gone things end and because this person was special to us we will always wonder if they're ok.

    This is brilliant,
    Em

    • 7 years ago

      by Beautiful Tragedy

      Wow em. Great job of breaking it down! I think you're right. Most people can relate to this and that's part of why I wrote it the way I did.
      However, as I told therapoetic this poem covers a specific time period and the couple did get back together. If you read the wording carefully, you will find that the speaker was in a way mourning what they had lost, but that doesn't mean there is no hope.
      Sometimes rediscovering yourself and someone else is also a ride, and there are many mountains to climb in doing so. Also, there's always the hope that who they are now is better then who they were before.

      Thanks again,
      BT

  • 7 years ago

    by Naughtymouse

    With the world becoming a smaller place and people in cross-continent relationships this poem is ever more relative to many people, I like how the tone is hopeful and how that after being reunited (in some aspects more than one) the subjects recognize that they aren't the same - that the time apart has changed them individually and yet even though they are different people and have changed there are also things that have stayed the same (the flip side of the coin)

    Change can be frightening sometimes, sometimes it can be uncomfortable, but sometimes it can be ok and even exciting to rediscover someone :)

    Anyways enough of my rambling.

    Great write!

    Ben

    • 7 years ago

      by Beautiful Tragedy

      Yes. Sometimes change is a great thing, and as we evolve with the ones we love, we don't just evolve as a couple, but individually as well.
      I always enjoy your input Ben, thank you so much :)

  • 7 years ago

    by Therapoetic3

    Still perplexed by the tone then. Is the speaker ultimately still hopeful? Or is the speaker resolving to give up?

  • 7 years ago

    by Therapoetic3

    I like the duality of the ending. Did you intend that the speaker and lover were never the same from the beginning and thus the relationship was doomed? Or did you mean that they were never the same after? If so, it would seem to me the speaker is hopeless. But yet... there's the line "we thought had been the end". Is this poem sneakily hopeful?

    • 7 years ago

      by Beautiful Tragedy

      This poem speaks of past events in a couples relationship. Most likely one where they lost touch more than once. This one specifically would dwell on the first time; however there is hope for them. The line "what we thought had been the end" refers to the first time they lost touch.
      That line specifies that there was more to the relationship after the first loss of connection;
      But it wasn't the same and they both knew it.
      I ended the poem with that because it could signify many things. Just because they weren't the same doesn't mean it was a bad thing.

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