Horns Of A Dilemma

No matter what you choose

Everything stands to be lost

Tis a puzzlement.

© 2012 Teresa Kander

Lost

This post is written from a prompt, provided here:

4.) Write a poem inspired by the word "Loss".

Thinking of all I've lost in my life:

People, relationships, emotions.

Knowing I can never get it back again.

Wondering what I would do differently if I could.

© Teresa Kander 2011

Remember

Remember the time I gave back your frat pin

Because things were moving too fast for me?

I thought you'd give up on us forever,

But you didn't.

Remember the time I wanted to make you jealous,

So I made a play for your roommate?
I thought you'd never forgive me,

But you did.

Remember the time we went camping

And shared a romantic weekend?

I thought we'd be together always,

But you didn't.

Remember the time you proposed

And all the wedding plans we made?

I thought you'd never stop loving me,

But you did.

© 1988 TDR

Love And Loss

Is it really better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all?
Those who have never loved
Will never know the heartbreak and hurt
Of having the one they live for walk out of their life,
Or the torture of trying to win them back
Only to be told to stop acting a fool.
Never knowing love could mean
A lot less pain in your life.
© 1988 TDR