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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
Ended June 6, 2016 • 18 Entries • Created by Krystalize
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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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shyfrizzle in Poetry & Free Verse

The Ride Down Under

tears in my eyes

pain in my heart

i wanted to let you in

but didn't know where to start.

uncertainty where you lie

energy running low

life passing me by

but my soul won't let you go

trying to run away

but my minds telling me no

like a shooting star

without the promising glow

you left me with a hurt heart

and some broken skin

always turnin your back

never letting me in

stealing my soul from the angels within

riding your wave

to your city of sin.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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Pitch_Black in Poetry & Free Verse

Almost is not good enough

She looked at him with teary eyes, 

But all she could see was his pathetic lies. 

Her heart, slowly and painfully broke into pieces,

with each intake of breathe.

Knowing that he 'almost' loved her,

And that she would certainly die for him.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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Fallen in Poetry & Free Verse

Not Necessary

My darling, you have

A propensity for describing

Who we are,

And I don't know

What I can do to make known

In a manner delicate enough

That I don't care for you.

I cannot list my distaste

At your romantic attempts

When I myself fail

To desire your attentions.

For now, I'll allow

Your world to spin around me

And you to picture me just so.

For your unrequited love

Will be your own downfall.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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ToriSmith in Poetry & Free Verse

Unrequited

Longing

Unreachable

To smile, to laugh

But to never know the depth of.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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Kiki51989 in Poetry & Free Verse

Music box

I would always fathom what it would be like,

To see our worlds culminate into a new free light.

The symphony I heard in this deep mind of mine,

It was the greatest enigma almost divine.

Together I dreamt of us as art yet to be disentangled,

Until I knew I was the lone ballerina on the music box being watched by a bedazzled.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
louielouielouie in Poetry & Free Verse

two-step

you told me you loved her

which wouldn't have been that bad, really,

if you hadn't been dancing with me

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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_A_ in Poetry & Free Verse

Why don't you understand?

I don't love you.

The very thought of you repulses me

The way you change yourself to try to catch my attention

You're a shadow of who you once were

A husk

You stripped away your personality because that's what you thought I liked

I loved the person you once were

Now I hate the person you've become

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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thelittlekimchi in Poetry & Free Verse

Scared to death of losing you

You

leave me

hanging

in suspense. 

Sometimes, you make my heart

beat

faster

and stronger, adrenaline coursing through my veins,

with the puzzle in your words

your 

deep

voice, and your eyes that seem to

        follow me. 

But then, you

let your eyes stray

and I fall 

deep

into nothing. 

Like a horror movie.

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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DerekMatthews in Poetry & Free Verse

Allison

The answer to my question is unclear,

will love or lust be death upon my ears?

I gave up all I could, with no avail.

like sinking ships, my heart, it tells no tales.

mouth shut, mute like the stories of our past. 

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A short poem about unrequited love (or hate).
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TheresaBrekan in Poetry & Free Verse

Love

Up... down

Sad... happy!

He's here...

        Now gone.

He's mine

No --- hers.

       A smile

       A tear ---

What shall it be?

I can no longer live

this toxicity.

Please let me know

       Me... or her

       Her... or me!

       Let me in ---

I'm going crazy.

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