A Tangle of Hurt and Happiness - A collection of poetry

The Delicacies of Moving On

I want to hide from you when you're near.
But everywhere I go, I want you to appear.
It's kind of funny how that works, isn't it?
This isn't the kind of love I can just quit.
I say that I'm trying,
But in truth, I'm lying.

I know I'm not over you yet.
It will take a lot more than this to get you out of my head.
I can only hope that one day something will last,
One day you'll be just a thing of the past.
For now, I'll try to only think of him.
I'm doing my best to not let you in.

He isn't the one for me.
But neither were you, I can now see.
I need this chance.
Allow me to try, that's all I ask.
I need to try just one more time.
Or else for you, I'll always pine.

It's not fair that my whole life revolves around you,
While you don't even realize what you're putting me through.
You may know how I feel now,
But you have no idea how.
How it feels to love someone for ten long years,
How it feels to spend each of those nights in tears.

I don't want to see you,
But I want you to be wherever I go too.
It isn't funny anymore, is it?
I've tried so hard just to quit.
But I'll keep trying anyway,
Just to say "I love you" to someone else one day.