Not Loved, Let Down
By Angie
@andriaperry (116936)
Anniston, Alabama
September 24, 2022 1:27am CST
I looked at the picture,
The two of us,
Smiling and happy,
Where did we go wrong?
I gave up me,
To please you.
Another picture,
Battered and bruised.
No more pictures,
Tears and no smiles,
Broken heart.
Stressed out heart.
No more pictures ever.
Never falling in love again.
I gave my all.
There is no me.
Dreams gone forever,
Happiness? What's that?
Struggling to survive,
You let me down.
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29 responses
@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 22
@yoalldudes A man who hits a woman does not deserve to be loved.
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@MarieCoyle (37573)
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24 Sep 22
So very hard to go through.
You say ''there is no me.''
But there is a you. You will emerge from this and be stronger than ever. I personally know how hard this is, very tough. It sounds like he changed a lot, and is no longer who he used to be. Sometimes that happens. I hope there is a ray of sun that comes out for you to find your way again. Never, ever give up. There is a light!
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
24 Sep 22
You have given him a good piece of advice
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@popciclecold (38818)
• United States
24 Sep 22
Such a bitter sweet poem. I am so sorry.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
24 Sep 22
This is sad. Not 'that they let you down,' necessarily; but more like "the sad state of affairs in the merged worlds of 'Romance' & 'Practical Living.'" I'm having to stay focused on the latter, while the former is constantly trying to distract me.
The latter HAS to constantly be reminded, "Jay (that's me) is ENOUGH! People love him! If it seems like they are ignoring him right now, that's just because they have to deal with the same individual concerns as Jay has. (I don't know why I'm talking about me in the third-person; except that that's how I started, and now I'm stuck )
"Jay needs to remember that 'Happy Jay' is almost-never 'The Goal'---it's a side-effect of achieving the group/couple's goal, which is something like 'extended life-supplication' (feeding, comfort, the next accomplishment)."
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
24 Sep 22
I remember you were so happy. I was thinking when we fall in love, what's next is we fall out of love. Our poor battered hearts. Life keeps changing.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
25 Sep 22
@Treborika Sad but true. I also have a battered heart that is struggling.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
25 Sep 22
I wish we were closer. Any of us who love you would be there to listen and to remind you of you. "A friend knows the song in your heart, and sings it back to you when you have forgotten the tune".
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@RebeccasFarm (89870)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Sep 22
If what I am reading here is that he hit you..he does not deserve your love.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
19 Oct 22
You're expressing your frustration through this poem. So sad.
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@HomewardBound (552)
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25 Sep 22
Don’t ever change who you are to please someone else, no matter how much you love them! If he doesn’t love you the way you are, wait for someone else who will. My Momma always said “there’s plenty more fish in the sea!”
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
24 Sep 22
It can be a very real story that happened too
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
25 Sep 22
Very sad indeed !
At times life can be so so cruel !
Or do we say the circumstances?
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Sep 22
I am truly sorry. I feel very sad reading that.
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
24 Sep 22
Sorry for that. I can see things are not in place here.
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