Breaking Up Poem

Trying To Convince Myself A Break-Up Doesn't Hurt

I'm trying to pretend I don't have feelings for my ex, in hopes that one day it comes true.

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Exactly how I feel. Trying to pretend it doesn't hurt. Well, it sure does.

Pretending

Published by Family Friend Poems July 2016 with permission of the Author.

I'm tired of pretending
Everything is okay,
That it does not pain me
When I hear your name.

Tired of pretending
I'm not dying inside
Every time I see the smile
That reaches your eyes.

Tired of pretending
It does not hurt
Now that I know
I will never be yours.

Tired of pretending
I do not care
That you will never again
Run your fingers through my hair

But I pretend
I don't know your name,
Just to keep
From going insane.

I pretend
You mean nothing to me,
In hopes that
I can finally breathe.

I pretend
That I do not care
When I see
You standing there.

The reason I try to pretend,
Rather than hurt instead,
Is with the hope you will
Actually get out of my head.

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