When Love is an Affliction

When love is an affliction
There's not much one can do
Despite the way you've treated me
I'm still in love with you

I am the wave and you're the rock
Against which I must break
Again and again the crushing jolt
The pain I can't forsake

Again and again the long retreat
To safety far from shore
And then again I don't know why
I long so much for more

Perhaps it is nostalgia for
A long uncertain glow
Or just some hope so wonderful
I cannot let it go

Perhaps it is the need to try
For those who must depend
On who we are and what we do
For whom this should not end

What evil makes you hurt me so
What defect of the heart
What sense there is no greater whole
Of which you are a part

What lonely choice that only you
Be served by what you choose
What hard, hard fear of losing what
It is a gift to lose

I dream sometimes my waiting love
Has made you turn again
But you care mostly for yourself
And I must learn to love in vain



Poetry by muriel
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Written on 2009-06-15 at 22:04

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normalil
What hurt and pain you must be feeling, you express it perfectly in this sad poem. We have all been there, but we have all survived! The pain will pass, and you will see that you had a lucky escape. Thankyou for sharing this.
2009-06-16