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Walls

When all you see is crumbling,
But the walls stay strong and high.
When all is lost, you're stumbling,
to the floor where you shall cry.

It matters not, now be standing,
For around, below, above;
All that I can, to you I'm handing,
I'll surround you in my love.

The times when I'm not welcome,
And the boundaries, I cannot pass,
I'll stand firm, for the time to come,
When love's power will surpass.

Defences set for self protection,
keep out the risks of pain.
Defences cannot know of selection,
and so keep good out just the same.

I'll launch attacks on battlements.
I'll knock them to the ground,
Until the builders realise,
The foundation is unsound.

And if those walls still reappear,
And I see no way through,
I shall forever persevere,
To get my love to you.

About This "Poem"

Written in 2000 for someone I loved very much. She had stuff going on which meant that despite having been in a relationship for a year, she was pushing me away. I wrote this for her and it made a difference at the time. Another 4 or 5 years later she decided she didn't love me any more. It took a long time to get over her and there were other complications in our relationship that made it all the more difficult. Now just friends but she is still one of my favourite people even though she still has the power to hurt me.

I know it's just some more bad romantic poetry as written by the broken hearted everywhere, but wanted to share it all the same; it meant something once.

Maunder

@Maunder

...curious

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Comments & Feedback (13)

Matthew, very good one!!!!

@octopuss Thanks Stan! I'm surprised anyone would think so, particularly a pro :-) Thank you for leaving feedback. You're the first to comment on any of my scribbles here.

@Maunder your welcome! You are really talented author=)

I think it's beautiful and visual. Once you let you wals in and they touch your heart there imprint always stays with you.

I really like this one.

I believe that all writing that's written with such emotion and heartfelt words strung together like lyrics to a song, is not bad at all, but beautiful, gorgeous even. If it is capable of making a heart break twice (like mine) then you are doing something right.

All in all--your writing is gorgeous in my eyes and broke my heart twice. Beautiful job!

@LoveLetters I'm glad you like it. I admit a little reluctantly that it causes me to smile to think that these words still speak at least a little to others. It's interesting that you speak of it as a song. I did set it to music later on. I'm no great musician though and a worse singer so I fervently hope the recording will remain lost forever.

@LoveLetters why are you twice heartbroken?

@Maunder Your writing was just that great an impact on me, deary. Such passion in your words.

@Maunder You would be amazed to how much others care about what other people has to say. Well either way, I bet your recording would sound beautiful to me.

This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the inspiration for writing it. In the past, I've been in what appears to be a similar situation 😔 Can I ask-how long did it actually take you to get over her? I know it's different for everyone, but it's been a year for me now & although I'm ok in many ways, he still plagues my dreams 😓

@Fly10 sorry I haven't replied before now. Not used the app in a while and this is the first I've seen of your comment. It took a very long time (about 3 years) before I could even start to say I thought I didn't love her anymore. It was made more complicated by the fact that we have a daughter together; therefore I'd still see her regularly and for a long time it was fraught because we would often struggle over contact and other issues relating to our little girl. In truth I probably haven't stopped loving her but through acceptance of the situation that feeling has had to change shape. She's a friend who I share a history with and who I still feel a connection with. I don't think that I could travel that road with her again though even if the opportunity somehow arose. One other thing that's probably worth pointing out; in every respect she was my first. I was 20 and she was my first kiss, first girlfriend, etc. My first trip into the grinder of relationships of this sort. And to this day she is also my only in all these respects too as I've not seen an opportunity to be with another and I doubt anyone will look at me in that way again. Not sure why my ex was ever interested in the first place. But my point is that I'm not as resilient as most or as socially attuned to the world. For me it took about 3 years to see the skies clear but I am most likely not a typical example. My hope for you then is that your pain of the loss of the man and the relationship soon passes and your mind and your dreams become your own again. I think sometimes we hang onto the grief because we know the relationship is gone and the grief is the last part to remain and it's the only bit you can control and hold onto. If you think there's any truth in that for you then I hope you can relax your grip and watch your grief slip away leaving both hands free to grasp your current life and opportunities more completely. Take care and my best wishes to you :-)

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