This poem took me a week to edit and a few hours to have it written down on paper (the longest time taken so far to get one done). Not only that, I also kept throwing away the drafts, I think there was like 3 of those. My mind has just been so messed up recently that I had difficulty making the poem sound “beautiful” although the title and content are far from that. Nevertheless, enjoy reading. It’s brutally honest and i think there will be a continuation to this poem i guess. Coz i had to really stop myself from writing and writing and writing. Warning: it’s REALLY long!! 4 pages of Microsoft word. So yea.
I’ve never been in love deeply,
Until you’ve taught me how,
Never met my missing piece,
Until there was you in my life,
T o have been so passionate for someone,
Until you came to my world,
And never known this kind of pain,
Until you left me on my own.
Did you know I was always lost in your eyes?
Yet I was so sure of my place in life,
Did you know how my heart beat for you?
Every minute and second when you were mine,
Did you know that you were everything to me?
And that you were my life,
You poached my heart so deep,
To let you do that; how careless was I?
A wonderful journey we had for the past four moons,
I fell in love with an angel like you,
What we had was amazing despite the rough times,
Yet in the end everything vanished,
And in my heart and soul this pain resides,
Your exit threw me back to darkness,
That I took forever to get out,
Engulfed with madness again am I.
Do you know how much you’re hurting me?
To have someone so dear to you taken away,
You wouldn’t understand that pain,
Unlike I who have suffered grief,
I once told myself this must never happen,
To love so much only to have you stolen,
I promised myself that, after She left,
So now I’ve to ensure I stay alive.
Do you even care if I’m in pain?
Or do you brush me off from your mind all day?
Thrown off the path I am by your absence,
I’ve lost my sense of purpose and direction,
I need to hold on,
To whatever I can find,
Before I lose to darkness and pain,
Going that road I do not want.
Let me tell you this my love,
I’m so transparent you can see that I’m broken,
Shattered into pieces I am,
Like a glass menagerie ‘twas smashed repeatedly,
Dropped into a never ending pit,
I seem to continue falling, when am I going to stop?
Though when it ends, so as the chapter of my life,
As I would then be six feet under.
Only Lord knows how much in pain I’m in now,
I’ve to fight for life everyday since 28th last,
“Live Amal, get through today alive” I’d say,
Every time I wake up from my temporary escape,
How I wish at times I can sleep for weeks and weeks,
So that I’d heal myself without having to feel anything,
Without all the crying and hurting that I’ve to do,
Just so to get rid of this hollow feeling.
Your silence makes me weak,
So unbearable this pain I’m feeling,
You have her to motivate you,
Whereas for me, I have nothing to lose,
Except my sanity to name a few,
I’m trying my best to be strong since then,
How I wish things were different,
And that it doesn’t have to end.
Yet again how foolish was I to believe and hope,
I had faith in you, since that was what you asked,
Never in my entire life have I fallen dangerously deep,
For someone that I trusted to keep my heart,
But in vain all the promises, thrown down the drain,
I know you had no choice; I’m trying to understand,
But has it ever even occurred to you?
That this is unfair for me too?!
I am now on my own,
I used to not mind,
But things have changed, and so as I,
I’ve found someone who was so dear to me,
That the parting is excruciatingly painful,
Life has been sucked out of me,
I don’t know if I can stand,
As in this turmoil now I am.
There are so many words I’ve yet to say,
To express this torment that you’ve put me through,
Oh how I just wish I can hate you!
Would have then been easier but I still love you,
Enough tears and blood have already been shed,
But I can’t seem to stop myself yet,
See how much power you have over me!
How my heart trembles writing this to thee.
Let this journey be a lesson for me to learn,
Don’t love so much or I’ll get hurt,
I’ve never regretted loving you that’s for sure,
I just hate that we’re separated forever,
I was willing to fight but you did not,
So that’s the end, and there’s no hope,
I must win this battle before this eats me up,
But what if all I want is you in my life?
[Finished editing today, 20th October 2009. PS: My longest poem as to date]