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IDryad
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Poetry Contest

Unrequited Love
Imagery Poem. On unrequited Love. Is the beloved not aware of your feelings or consciously rejecting you.
Two poems per poet'
any reasonable length
no collabs
old writes allowed but never won awards
no extreme contents
no chatting on comp thread

AspergerPoet56
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Scotland 30awards
Joined 4th Dec 2018
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Inhale...Exhale...

Breathing
The natural thing we do
Inhale
Exhale

It seems simple enough
We don’t even think about it
Instinctively it’s just done

It all goes wrong
When that wild beauty
Comes into view

Then all memory
Of how to breathe
Is totally gone

Who I am who I was
Slips away
Like the breath in my lungs

Need that composure
To start breathing again
It’s like my life stands still

Breathe
I need to breathe
Let me breathe

So I can gather enough
Air inside me
To say a word

Written by AspergerPoet56
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IDryad
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AspergerPoet56 thank you for your entry.

Tallen
earth_empath
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Unrequited  Quiet

Your forgiveness is now what I pray,
For in telling You to take it slow
I may have led You on to pine away,
Hoping for the day I would know
What You’re heart tells You today.

But my heart tells me a different thing
And my dreams dream not of You.
No matter how long the bell rings
No knockout will follow-through.

I’m going now to focus on my craft
And learn more from the Trees;
In empathic solitude I’ll laugh
Communing with zen mysteries.

In closing,
I’d still love to be Your friend
And grow and build this bond
But if it’s too much to wend
And interact perhaps we should
Move along.
Written by Tallen (earth_empath)
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IDryad
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Tallen, thank you for your entry.

LunaGreyhawk
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 8th July 2019
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anna_grin
ANNAN
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 24th Mar 2013
Forum Posts: 3367

set you free (come back to me)

you must know your silence hurts  
just as i know it’s what we need    
i cannot reasonably expect you to wait    
for all three of me to be in sync      
and while i get my shit together    
i will hope that i impress you for a change    
     
you must know i was thinking of you    
every time i fucked someone else    
you must know not one can stand next to you    
i was afraid of my own jealousy      
and not afraid enough of yours  
this may make you laugh: at times
it wasn’t me 


 
i did wrong, as i do, as we do    
i will not ask you to be sorry for me    
     
when you asked me    
in the kebab shop    
if i would be angry    
if you dated someone      
else      
     
you must have known my no was not simple    
that it was the reason i walked out    
and all night my eyes flooded quietly      
yet in the morning i stayed a while      
and when you claimed to have no memory    
i knew it was to save my (ruined) pride    
     
do you think you have cut me loose    
i don’t think you can do it      
i have tied myself too tightly    
you must know that wherever i go    
i will be writing to you      
words you may never see    
     
you must know that this is all for you.    
i strive to make you know my worth    
i undertake the feats of Hercules      
to bring you orange juice and vodka    
and i vow to be stronger next time    
     
until you can safely choose me
Written by anna_grin (ANNAN)
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IDryad
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The_Silly_Sibyl
Jack Thomas
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Joined 30th July 2015
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Unrequited

it’s a terrible thing
to wake up as a child
and feel the genetic burden
of love
when your parents
have cast off their own
Written by The_Silly_Sibyl (Jack Thomas)
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IDryad
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cold_fusion
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Joined 14th June 2017
Forum Posts: 5155

ii

there is no
people  
  
there's only the  
i  
   
sometimes it is mistaken    
for a collective    
when  
in company  
   
perhaps  
the Roman numeral    
representing the two  
the only perfect rendering  
both literally    
and figuratively  
   
there is no  
people  
   
there's planets though  
the heavenly bodies
 
orbits    
sadly    
have locked them in  
   
satellites    
can only dream    
and run around  
day and night  
   
there is no people  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
                                     .
Written by cold_fusion
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Bluevelvete
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Joined 21st July 2020
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hand of glass


  
   
From the pitch of dark,    
these corners glow in earnest    
'Tis this one purest object of desired    
one and of thine own feathered touch  
with hand of glass,  
and fairest of all the fragile broken pieces;  
listen to thy sweetest sounds    
quietly—  
Dare to listen
 
as our,  
or maybe my,  
favorite'd did travel  
atop each blinding jagged streak,    
higher with each plea  
of hushed benevolence  
in all it's darkness curving    
To lay claim and pine...    
O' to beg for such it is    
I will    
time,    
and time,    
and time again    
with my smug like clever  
or the yawn of battered hearted ease    
Still, I listen for such a telltale find    
my all and everything  
   
and yet ...    
from the pitch dark    
these corners still glow in earnest    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Written by Bluevelvete
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faithmairee
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Joined 29th Aug 2012
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a man in love

he waits for her
his princess
the woman of
his wildest dreams
yes, his kind
of woman
in due time
she will saunter by

he longs to
catch her eye
for in her eyes
he sees something
of beauty
something that
makes his heart
pound in his chest
oh how he yearns
to touch her

he wants to gaze
at her long legs
and hear her high heels
clicking on the pavement
knowing he is a commoner
among men he holds back
thinking she will
break his heart
if she passes by
without a word

then she comes round
the corner of the
station looking like
a goddess to him
the woman he has
dreamed of holding
in his arms
the one he longs for
late at night
his eyes wide awake

he has never
seen her looking
so absolutely stunning
he had the words
he would say
to her rehearsed
when he saw her today

yet now all
he could do was
stand and stare
at her dumb-struck
his soul on fire
as he watched
her wink at him
and climb aboard
the bus that
goes down town
Written by faithmairee (Faith Elizabeth Brigham)
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faithmairee
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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crazy love

this feels awful
i'm not sure loving you
is worth the pain
you can either make
or break my day
by your attention
or lack of it

you are quickly
becoming something
close to an obsession
i like everything there
is about you
your eyes say it all
you move about zombie-like
my enchanted master

deep down i know
you lack the courage to
tell it like it is
so instead you stare
sometimes winking
at your love slave
willing to risk nothing

you can keep your
hungry eyes and empty arms
your well-kept secrets
i'll keep my fantasies
and shattered dreams
then crawl back into my shell
and silently mourn for
the love which is just
out of my reach

Written by faithmairee (Faith Elizabeth Brigham)
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