Because I love you (revised)

by Once an Angel   Dec 6, 2005


I know this isn't quite a sad poem, but it is to everyone who is really having it hard, so I posted it here. I really love being on this site, and my heart aches for the people who tell their stories of difficulties and pian, my heart aches for you, and therefore the poem. I hope you like it and hugs to all!

You walk alone down the hallway
Eyes cast down to hide your tears
But baby don't walk so fast today
Because I want to walk with you

You laugh and smile all day long
Because you are the perfect actress
But I want to know the real you
So you don't have to wear the mask

You work so hard to fit into the mold
That this demanding world sets down
But I want you to see your true beauty
The gorgeous girl I see shining from you

You are too nervous to speak your mind
Because people are too quick to judge you
But I want to hear what you have to say
To know all the things you think through

I see you as you stay up far into the night
Fighting the sleep that is taking over you
Afraid of the nightmares that always come
Sleep now baby, I'm watching over you

I watch them insult and humiliate you
Just because you are not quite the same
Please let me stand up by your side
I promise I will never call you names

The time has come when you want to die
Because life just hasn't been good to you
You have tried your best for so very long
But now it's time, you're finally through.

Don't go child, don't escape this world quite yet
I love you and will miss you more than I can show.
Please just give me a change to tell you
Something you've always needed to know

You are so very beautiful and amazing
You are worth more than words can ever say
Before you decided to take away your life
Give me a chance to convince you to stay

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  • 18 years ago

    by J Lau

    Lovely poem... nicely done. 5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by evangeline

    This poem was incredible! I wouldn't normally enjoy the rhyming pattern but well it was intruiging and fascinating from any perspective, and completely understandable. Love it!

  • 18 years ago

    by Jason Kramer

    That was very touching.... reminds me of my friend who put on a mask to hide from everybody too stupid to see that she was festering on the inside.
    keep up the great work

    _JAY_

  • 18 years ago

    by Bill Turner

    Beautifully written poem. I want to thank you for sharing with me, in the comments on my poem. I spent my entire life keeping people at arms length and the one time I let someone in, I get hurt. I am prepared to go back to locking everyone out. I probably won't because I never really lived until this last year, but I also never felt until this year either. Life doesn't come with a user manual or training wheels. Kinda sucks sometimes but it beats the alternative.

  • 18 years ago

    by ||.SamanthA.||

    Erm...well first everything was fine, but then we got into a fight and he had his sister email me saying that he commited suicide which, i put the blame on myself. but then...like a month later, i talk to his GF finding that he is alive and well. i loved him so much, and he betrayed me, and though he did that to me, i'm still in love with him. he's the guy that i compare every other guy to. i know he's in pain right now and it kills me. i just wanted him to know that i do know about his bad side..thats why i wrote the response poem.

    love,
    you know who

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