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Need Love?

December 31, 2008
By carijoy SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
carijoy SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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See it but never feel it.
Get close, only to push it away.
“Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”
Epitome of my life.
What is wrong with me?
What makes me so un-lovable?
Can someone remove this defective sign from my forehead,
And replace it with a kiss.
I want more than mediocre.
I want someone to miss.
Do I ask for too much?
Are my requirements unachievable?
My heart remains unconquered, unattained.
I’m tired of fairy tale endings,
Silly thoughts put in my head by unrealistic, but hopelessly believable movies.
They are all the same.
Girl meets boy. Girl messes it up. Boy forgives girl.
Happily Ever After.
At least they let on that relationships have problems.
I want raw, unrelenting love.
The real deal.
No movie, novel, or episode of “Sex and the City” could ever touch.
Left alone, drowning in thoughts,
Who else in the world could need love,
Like I need love?



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on May. 26 2011 at 9:00 am
Dragonrenji BRONZE, St.louis, Missouri
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I can completely relate to this....I think you just wrote out what my heart wants to say. A master piece in deed.  

harwood3299 said...
on May. 26 2011 at 8:20 am
this was a very good piece i agree and i bet so do other teen age girls in the world

on May. 26 2011 at 8:07 am
Grace4297 BRONZE, McLean, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Heads I win, tails you lose."

I can completely relate to this. You wrote it perfectly. I'm not sure what else to say. Wonderful piece.

on May. 20 2011 at 6:43 pm
onevoice BRONZE, Hotlsville, New York
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I think you just wrote out what my heart wants to say. (:

on May. 13 2011 at 4:33 pm
Lilly123456789 BRONZE, Sioux City, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
Y ya'll all up in my koolaid?

Hey, I was wondering if I could use this poem.  Of course I would give all the rights of the poem to you and make sure you are given credit for it.  But my friend and I are making a movie and this fits in perfectly so I was just wondering if I could use it? 

Thank you(:


nnc97 said...
on May. 4 2011 at 9:58 pm

This poem really tells what most girls want and need....i mean it speaks truth

 


Marie BRONZE said...
on May. 4 2011 at 8:41 pm
Marie BRONZE, Spokane, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
Go loud or go home.

I love this poem! I need love just like you need love! and look at how many there are just like us. a poem like this really brings out the best in people and makes a person step back and rethink their belif in humanity. 

on May. 4 2011 at 4:30 pm
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

Love is always tough. Even when its true love. We just learn how to be strong and have a good friend to lean back on whenever we need it. Thats what i do. My best friend is the best. And we gotta remember, three things. 1)What doesnt kill us, only makes us stronger. 2)Our best friends will love us no matterwhat and they will always be there and 3)It takes time for love, and its hard now, but when it finally finds us, the struggle and wait will be worth it.

Right4me said...
on May. 4 2011 at 4:25 pm

No, I didn't think that's what you said. I was actually talking about the author of this poem..it's all good. But yeah, I'm usually the one to push love away because I'm fearful or too independent or scared or something of that nature...it's tough, and I'm working through how to open up myself more to people so they can love me for who I REALLY am.

 


on May. 4 2011 at 4:15 pm
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

I didnt say i was the only one who felt this way...Im kinda opposite though, i get close to love but they push away:(

Right4Me said...
on May. 4 2011 at 4:11 pm
I really like this. And no, you're not the only one that feels this way. I always feel like I get so close to love, and push it away.

on May. 4 2011 at 2:47 pm
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
48 articles 6 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

This is AMAZING!!! Very relatable too

on May. 4 2011 at 2:09 pm
im saying thats true dont tryda find love let it come to u and i really like your poem its a banger!

on May. 4 2011 at 12:21 pm
CandaceLynn BRONZE, Paw Paw, Michigan
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This is amazing! Everything you have said in your poem is exactly how I feel. It really hit home..

on May. 4 2011 at 5:42 am
StarGazer453 SILVER, Somewhere In A State, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
A room without books is like a body without a soul. ~Cicero<br /> My best friend is someone who gives me a book I have not yet read. ~President Abraham Lincoln<br /> The one who smiles when things go wrong has thought if someone to blame it on. ~Robert Bloch

Is the lyric "don't know what you've got til it's gone" from Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell?

I absoluely love that song!

 

Your poem is fantastic, I really like the way you capture your feelings so efficiently!


on Apr. 29 2011 at 1:27 pm
Lindsey Gibson BRONZE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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maybe if you were to stop trying to find love, it will find you.. just a thought.. but nice poem. I feel the same way at times. but then I realize I can find love in my own way, and I dont need a "partener" to be happy.

on Apr. 29 2011 at 10:38 am
taraburns BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
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wow i reallllyy like your poem, its relatable!

vampier BRONZE said...
on Apr. 21 2011 at 8:47 am
vampier BRONZE, Glasgow, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;my favorite thang about eating gumybares is knowing that thay wont fight you back when you bite there heads off.......!!!!!&quot;

wow that deep and to teel you the truth that is an good pome....!

on Apr. 20 2011 at 6:06 pm
whatsbehindthissmile, New York, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The road you take, is the life you make&quot;

wow, you are really good, this is so deep and emotional! I love this! (:

vampier BRONZE said...
on Apr. 20 2011 at 8:40 am
vampier BRONZE, Glasgow, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;my favorite thang about eating gumybares is knowing that thay wont fight you back when you bite there heads off.......!!!!!&quot;

that is deep i thak so, so wen you look bak on that bad time you had you plz just reliz it wont over pawer your life if you wont lit it.....