Love/Lust

She said "I love you," and meant forever.
He said "I love you," and meant for now.

She dreamed of making a life with him
He dreamed of making love with her

She gave her heart to him
He gave his body to her

She can't forget him
He doesn't remember she existed.
© 2011 Teresa Kander

If You Only Knew

If you only knew

How much you're still part of my life

How thoughts of you take up my days

How dreams of you fill my nights

If you only knew

How I trusted in your promises

How I believed in your dreams

How I meant every word I said

If you only knew

How much I still miss you

How much I still need you

How much I still love you

If you only knew

Would it matter to you at all?

© 2011 Teresa Kander

Haiku Friday

*Haiku Friday is hosted by LouCeel

God gave you to me

Showed me how true love could be

You took it away.

© Teresa Kander 2011

Broken

I built a wall around my heart

To keep my emotions locked away

But that wall was broken for you.

I made a commitment and a vow

To be true to someone as long as I lived

But that vow was broken for you

I gave you my trust

Daring to believe your every word

But that trust was broken by you

I let you have my heart

Fully and completely, without question

But that heart was broken by you

I dreamed bigger bolder dreams

Of a future that would have you in it

But those dreams were broken by you

I used to have a life that I enjoyed

Because I didn't know what I was missing

But now I am irreparably broken for you.

© Teresa Kander 2011

It Should Be Over

It should be over by now:

All the pain, sadness and disappointment

Of the heartbreak of losing him.

But every day brings another thought

Of what could have/should have been

And how much I still love him.

I guess it's true what I always heard

And longed to find for myself:

When love is real, it never dies.

I just never knew it would mean living with all this pain.

© Teresa Kander 2011

Your Other Girl

Your other girl doesn't understand how you feel;

Your other girl can't give you a love that's real.

Your other girl doesn't know how much you cry;

Your other girl thinks you're "just another guy."

Your other girl brings nothing but pain;

Why not let this girl shelter you from the pain?

© 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

Looks

When I turn to look at you

And catch you looking back,

I get butterflies in my stomach

And my knees get weak.

No other woman could ever love you more

But you don't seem to want what I have to give,

For your heart and mind are too full of her

As you live off the pain she gives.

© 1988 TDR

Let Her Go

I hate to see you look so sad

When I know I can't pick you up.

You miss her so very much

Yet feel she may not wait for you,

And the pain goes even deeper.

If she hurts you so much,

Why can't you just let her go?

© 1988 TDR

Always

No matter how many times we set each other free,

We come running back to the best love we ever knew--

The love we shared together in better times.

With each new beginning, our passion grows stronger

And our need grows deeper with each kiss and touch.

Yet there is still a constant nagging fear of pain and heartbreak--

A fear we could put behind us if we'd learn to believe in ourselves;

Returning with such regularity proves we'll always be in love.

© 1985 TDD

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A dozen red roses--my favorite flowers--

mock my every move where once they brought joy.

What we had is gone and even looking at you

brings tears of pain to my eyes.

Your poor attempt to hold me with these wilting flowers makes me sad.

Stay away from me!

I can not be yours, now or ever,

and I must leave the past behind

And leave the roses there to die.

© 1982 TDD

Brink Of Disaster

Standing on the brink of disaster,

I'm faced with that old decision again.

Will I or won't I take you back into my life?

If I say yes, there are no guarantees;

We can't be sure anything will be different

Than all the times before.

Every time we try to work things out,

One or both of us gets hurt

And I don't feel ready to take that risk.

So, my friend, when I say goodbye,

This time you must know it is forever.

© 1982 TDD