Hurting Poems

Poems on Being Hurt from Love

In a loving relationship, there are often hurt feelings. We have certain expectations of our partner, and when they do not live up to them we are likely to feel a sense of betrayal. The truth is that if we put our hurt aside for a moment we may realize that our lover was not even aware of the expectations that we had for them. These expectations are probably a carryover of fantasies that we have in our heart of how a perfect lover behaves. It is OK to have these expectations. However, if we expect our partner to fulfill them for us we must at let them know what we would like.

94 Poems about Love and Pain

1. Nobody Knows
- By Azumi Zaima
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2016
Being left by our love is painful, but what is more painful? Leaving your love knowingly and seeing him fight for you. That's the most painful. She knows it's her mistake. She knows she is giving him pain. She knows she can change it all but still can't and won't. She knows how empty she is without him. She loves him, but she can't express it. She has no one to express it to but her diary...

Poem About Longing For A Lost Love

Nobody knows it's empty,
The smile that I wear.
The real one is left behind in the past
Because I left you there...

Nobody knows it's empty,
The smile that I wear.
The real one is left behind in the past
Because I left you there...

Nobody knows I am crying.
They won't even see my tears.
When they think I am laughing,
I wish you were here...

Nobody knows it's painful.
They think that I am strong.
They say it won't kill me,
But I wonder if they are wrong...

Nobody knows I miss you.
They think I am all set free,
But I feel like I am bound with chains,
Trapped in the mystery...

Nobody knows I need you.
They think I can do it on my own,
But they don't know I am crying
When I am all alone...
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2. Love Hate
- By David Charlton
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015
I wrote this poem when struggling with being in love with someone and not really enjoying how it changed my thought process and influenced my actions.

I Hate Love Poem

Of all the emotions a person can feel,
Love is scariest and hardest to heal.
Excitement and mystery impossible to resist.
Promises of magic perpetually persist.

Of all the emotions a person can feel,
Love is scariest and hardest to heal.
Excitement and mystery impossible to resist.
Promises of magic perpetually persist.
We long for a connection that is as strong as it is true,
But love always does as love wants to do,
So to the emotion of love, I just want to say,
I'm much better off without you; I'm glad you went away,
'Cause I'd much rather live with a heart that can sing,
A smile that struggles to be more than a grin.
I might not be happy, but at least I'm not sad,
Holding onto happiness that I never had,
Love's an impostor, a thief in the night,
Reduces flames to embers that no longer burn bright.
Love captains your emotions and steers your fate.
Love is the only emotion that I truly hate.
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3. Tears Of A Broken Heart
- By Bianca Santamaria
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2008
I have been in a six year relationship and he still does not know what he means to me. I wrote this poem during the saddest time of our lives. He lost a loved one and I was not able to comfort him. Every word in this poem is truly meant; it's as if my heart was speaking all on its own. I dedicate this to all of those who have been lost in your own love.

I have given all my love to you, but what do I get in return?
A broken heart.
I have given you my heart, and you stomp on it like a doormat.
I have given you my youth and you took advantage of my un-experienced heart and played with my emotions.

I have given all my love to you, but what do I get in return?
A broken heart.
I have given you my heart, and you stomp on it like a doormat.
I have given you my youth and you took advantage of my un-experienced heart and played with my emotions.
I gave you all the trust, but you misused it.
I gave you the benefit of the doubt, and you proved everyone right.
I gave you my life and you killed me day by day.
I want to pull my aching heart and tear it piece by piece so I no longer love you.
I want to lose my memory so I no longer think of you.
I want to go so far so I no longer have to see you.
I want to cry, but I no longer have any more tears to fall down
my sad, lonely face.
I want to sleep, but my dreams haunt me with you in them.
I can't seem to find a way out. What do I do?
I don't want anyone to see this, not even you.
How do I get out of this?
How do I stop this misery? How do solve this mystery?
I can't seem to find anyone to make me feel the way you do,
The way you look at me,
The way you say my name,
The sound of your voice when you tell me that you care.
I love you so much I think I'm going to die from this pain that haunts day and night.
How can I forget you? If the only love I know is you.
How can I move on? If life is not the same without you.
I want to break free and move on, but I think I'll be doing something wrong.
I just have to close my eyes and let things fly and let the days pass me by.
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4. The Hardest Thing I'll Ever Do
- By Leal Ashae Sargent
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2009
This poem is about a guy I dated for 3 1/2 years. We broke up because he said he didn't want to break my heart, but he did when we broke up. I moved away with my mother after this, and 4 years after we broke up, I got my license and decided I would go see him. We started talking again and he told me all these lies about how he wanted to be with me. After 4 months, he went back to his ex-girlfriend, and once again left me with a broken heart and alone.

Poem About Needing To Move On

The hardest thing I'll ever do
Is let go of you
And look forward instead of back at my past.
I wonder how long this broken heart will last.

The hardest thing I'll ever do
Is let go of you
And look forward instead of back at my past.
I wonder how long this broken heart will last.
I guess everything you ever said was a lie,
So I'm going to move forward, or at least I'm going to try.
How many times can a heart crack before it shatters?
Or does it even matter?
I've sat and cried over you way too much,
Just wishing one more time I could feel your touch.
But you don't care, and neither should I.
So I'm going to move on, or at least I'm going to try.
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5. Forever
- By Wesley
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2017
This poem is about promises that someone you truly love made to you, and within a second, they had thrown it all away, including you. You feel hurt, as though no one had really cared, and slowly you lose hope in the meaning of the words "I love you" and "forever." It's about heartbreak and knowing that it will never be true.

Lies And Broken Promises

Forever means nothing in my eyes.
It's just a word you use to cover up lies,
To hide your tracks each night you leave
So I don't worry and start to believe.

Forever means nothing in my eyes.
It's just a word you use to cover up lies,
To hide your tracks each night you leave
So I don't worry and start to believe.
The words I love you are just a joke.
Each time you say them I try not to choke
On the tears that threaten to stain the ground,
And I just nod, don't make a sound.
Each night you tell me you truly care,
But when I need you, you're never there.
You think what you want about how I feel
And claim these tears are never real.
You say you know everything about me,
But you only know what I let you see.
You bring me down when you think I can't hear,
Just anything I put up with every year.
You make me feel worthless in front of you,
Like you hate me and everything I do.
You never notice the tears that spill down
Or the fake smile and permanent frown.
You're too caught up in believing a lie
That you never see how hard I try.
I wanted perfection and failed you all.
I let myself down and started to fall.
Forever, to me, is an empty promise you made,
And still I wait as the memories fade.
To me, forever is a waste of time
That makes you feel lucky as you climb
To the extent of your happiness, but it won't be true,
Because to me, forever is something you can't do.
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6. Drowning
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity.

They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.

They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.
But when I least expect it.
When life seems to be
a quiet stream of continuity.
They come to disrupt.
So forceful they pull me under,
so that I am drowning and once again,
can’t catch my breath.

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7. The Worst Pain Known To Me
- By Tanya E. Kent
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
Over the past few months, I have learned what it feels like to accidentally fall in love with someone who is already taken. I have never felt a pain like this. I am an educated and self-sufficient woman. Normally I am one to make sound decisions, but this was unpreventable. I am trying to find any way possible to keep these feelings from bottling up inside. Hopefully these feelings will pass. I am sure there is someone out there with a similar situation, though I would not wish this upon anyone.

Poem About Loving Someone You Can Never Have

The worst pain known to me
Is to be stuck on a love that never could be,
To love someone who'll never be free.
The worst pain known to me.

The worst pain known to me
Is to be stuck on a love that never could be,
To love someone who'll never be free.
The worst pain known to me.

My heart aches unfathomably
Knowing he too wishes it could be
Him and me forever with glee.
The worst pain known to me.

He has each and every quality
That I desire continuously.
I try to forget him persistently.
The worst pain known to me.

Living each day with monotony.
Smiling with false positivity,
Hoping that soon it'll be history.
The worst pain known to me.
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8. Never Be True
- By Shianne
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011
I wrote this poem when I was really sad.

You don't mean what you say and don't mean what you do
You don't mean anything because it's not true
You broke my fall and stole my heart
And already damaged, you let it fall apart

You don't mean what you say and don't mean what you do
You don't mean anything because it's not true
You broke my fall and stole my heart
And already damaged, you let it fall apart
The tears I cry now fall with my misery
Once covered up, now for the world to see
Who I really am inside
For all to see rules to which I don't abide
The circumstances in which reality shall fade
The unwanted feelings your lies have made
The shame when I realized you gained my trust
The truth fading as the dust
Slips through my fingers grain by grain
My heart's not only torn but slain
As shards of glass fall from the sky
Tears of blood fall from my eye
Your words crawled across my skin
And I forget what I don't believe in
My heart pounds as I lift my head
Dare to enter where no one has tread
And I looked deep into your eyes
Found the source of all your lies
And even though I know they'll never be true
With all my heart, I'll continue loving you
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9. Warm Embrace
- By Kari Johnston
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2009
I am a single mother to two wonderful boys. I have been divorced for over a year. I want to feel loved again and feel like I'm somebody again. I'm missing that special someone.

Yearning For You

How I yearn for your warm embrace
Tears fall down my face
Can you see in my eyes
How much I hate our goodbyes

How I yearn for your warm embrace
Tears fall down my face
Can you see in my eyes
How much I hate our goodbyes
I think about you all the time
I know in the end we will be just fine
Touch me, love me, be with me
The way we are supposed to be
I've always wanted to be with you
And do the things that lovers do
Tell me you want to be with me
And that we were meant to be
Precious pain go away
Please don't come back another day
Dreaming of you
Is all I do
This fire I feel...sparks...heat...exotic...burning inside
My feelings for you I cannot hide
Wishing...hoping...yearning...wanting...needing you near
Can you tell how much I want you, dear?
I can't pretend anymore
It's you whom I adore
It's you whom I've been longing for
I just want to give you my love...my heart
And I never want us to be apart
In the moonlight I wish on the stars that you were here
Instead of being there.
One day I will feel your warm embrace
And no more tears will fall down from my face
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10. I Want You Back
- By Sania Harris
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2008
Someone I loved dearly was avoiding me. He sounded more interested in other girls, so I felt really hurt - so hurt that I cried the whole day, and then I wrote this poem. It is straight from my heart.

Sitting by the river,
Dreaming through my reflection,
I wonder what has happened.
What has caused this distance?

Sitting by the river,
Dreaming through my reflection,
I wonder what has happened.
What has caused this distance?

We used to be together,
Cuddling close to each other.
What came between our beautiful love?
I don't know, though I wish to.

I can see you now, not alone
You're holding a hand that's not mine
Where am I? Why not next to you?
Why am I away? I don't understand.

You're smiling to the fullest.
I am not the one making you happy.
You are glancing at someone else.
Why is it not me?

Seeing you after such a long time,
My heart sighs again.
Something inside me growls loud
'Cause now your hand runs through her hair.

I stand some distance well away,
But the surroundings disappear.
When I look at you, I feel lost inside
I wish you back, my angel.

There you are, holding her hand,
And I am lost, trying to understand.
I want you back, I really do,
Just to hold your hand
And walk with you.

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11. Living Again
- By Tina Manning Harding
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011
My absolute first love. You can never forget, but hopefully you can find a way to move on and still carry those good memories.

Running, running
far away.
Escaping dreams
of yesterday.

Running, running
far away.
Escaping dreams
of yesterday.
Faster, faster
there I go.
Forgetting things
you'll never know.
Dying, dying
deep inside.
Find a place
for me to hide.
Catching, catching
up with me.
No more running
from reality.
Stopping, stopping
let me cry.
Finding a way
to say goodbye.

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12. You Will Regret
- By Shahinaz Soliman
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2016
My best friend fell in love for the first time in her life with a person she thought was her soul mate. He kept playing games and wasn't honest with her about how he felt. It broke her heart, and I wrote this poem to represent how she felt.

You will regret
That you made me cry,
That you didn't see your love in my eye,
That you failed my heart and didn't even try.

You will regret
That you made me cry,
That you didn't see your love in my eye,
That you failed my heart and didn't even try.
You will regret, and soon you will know why...

You will regret and miss my smile
When I will be away from you a hundred or a thousand miles.
You think I am not your candidate now and not your style
You will miss my soul, my laughter; it won't take you a while...

You will regret...believe me...I don't want you to.
I love you, and regrets are something that I don't wish for you
You said that I was your soul mate,
Explained our love was our great fate.
A day later I was left on the side.
All your love and care did subside.
Sorry, I didn't know how to play your game.
To my innocence and good heart you can only blame...

You will regret that you had me one day.
You will see my picture and wonder how you didn't stay.
You will regret that you can't touch me anymore.
You will regret that you never truly opened your heart's door.
You will regret me forever.
You will never see me again, never.
You will regret me today and tomorrow...
Hope you can live well with your sorrow.
Goodbye now, I have to go my way,
Goodbye now is all I have to say...

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13. Hopeless Love
- By Nora
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2008
Poem about being hurt by love and not feeling loved. Breaking up but still loving him and struggling to realize he doesn't love you.

No stupid love song can describe how I feel
Sometimes the words other people say
Are never good enough or real
No one will ever know how I'm feeling today

No stupid love song can describe how I feel
Sometimes the words other people say
Are never good enough or real
No one will ever know how I'm feeling today

I put my hopes up way too high
I thought you'd feel the same way
Now all I need to not do is cry
Because tears won't take the pain away

For a moment I thought you knew
For a moment I thought you cared
For a moment I thought you meant "I love you"
For a moment I thought you appreciated the love we shared

What do you know anyway?
You're just a guy
Have your fun today
And tomorrow make me cry

I'll fake my smile
I'll say I'm okay
I'll be happy for a while
And be dead inside

I kept on calling you sweet
Little did I know
Your love is the one thing I can't beat
I just can't seem to let you go!

You make me feel like such a fool
I don't want to love you
Why did love have to be so cruel?
Why is there nothing that I can do?

Love can sometimes be great
That's something I cannot deny
But when it turns into hate
He won't be just "another guy"

He'll be the guy that broke you into pieces
He'll be the guy that made you a mess
He'll be the love that slowly ceases
After you finally confess

Listening to that song
Makes me feel like the stupidest girl alive
It made me realize that what I felt was wrong
Because I won't get you no matter how much I strive.

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14. Someday
- By Sarah
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2008
Someday you will miss me and regret that you let me go.

Poem About Anger And Love

Someday you will cry for me
Like I cried for you.
Someday you'll miss me
Like I missed you.

Someday you will cry for me
Like I cried for you.
Someday you'll miss me
Like I missed you.
Someday you'll need me
Like I needed you.
Someday you'll love me,
But I won't love you.
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15. Lies
- By Kendra
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2008
I wrote this poem because the one guy (my true love) hurt me in so many ways.

Letting Go Of Love Poem

You broke my heart in two
And took me like a bet.
With all you put me through,
I have so many regrets.

You broke my heart in two
And took me like a bet.
With all you put me through,
I have so many regrets.

To lose you was worth it,
although I wasn't sure.
It seemed to make me happy
but still so insecure.

We always said forever
we would take it to the end,
never give it up,
but this time my heart couldn't mend.

It cut so deep into me.
I guess it hurt you too,
but when you did it, then you lied.
I had to say, "We're through."

I gave you all I had.
I tried to make it last,
but now all we have
are memories from the past.

So look me in the eye,
and tell me what you see.
A girl so broken inside
who's been through misery.

And now I'm moving on
with the pain that kills inside,
but I'm starting to forget
by reminding myself how you lied!

I have somebody new,
someone to treat me right,
to talk to lovingly
and to hold me all night.

He's there for me when I need him,
to give me love and support,
to hold me close and wipe away
all my signs of hurt.

To kiss me softly every night
and let me know he's there
to call me just because,
just to tell me that he cares.

Now here I go again
falling so hard, so deep,
but this time it's different.
This is one I want to keep!
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16. Your Path, My Heartbreak
- By Chantal Vincent
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2011
I was in love with someone who chose someone else over me.

Poem Of Unrequited Love

You are blinded by shame
For all you have done.
It hurts me so bad
That I was never number one.

You are blinded by shame
For all you have done.
It hurts me so bad
That I was never number one.

I understand your pain
Or at least say that I do.
But really, inside,
I am just as lost as you.

You understand my pain,
Or at least you claim that you do.
But how can you understand something
That you have never been through?

I try to accept your reasoning
Though my heart breaks in half.
I know who is more important;
You chose the right path.

Still I can't grasp this concept
Of you being gone.
My feelings never die
I know this is wrong.

I say that I'd do anything for you.
That's a promise I can no longer make.
Loving you is inevitable.
It's something that I can't fake.
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17. The One-Sided Affair
- By Devon
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2014
I loved a girl who did not feel the same, and now I can't look into her eyes without feeling shame, so I try to distant myself from her, which hurts as much as loving her.

Poem About Love Not Being Returned

I loved her eyes, I loved her hair,
I loved her looks, I loved her stare.
I loved her attitude, so full of delight.
I loved her mind, so quick and so bright.

I loved her eyes, I loved her hair,
I loved her looks, I loved her stare.
I loved her attitude, so full of delight.
I loved her mind, so quick and so bright.

I loved her look when she got mad,
I loved her with all I had.
Although I loved her with my all,
She did not love me, not at all.
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18. My Lonely Show
- By Yvonne Houde
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2012
I was in a very abusive marriage, lucky to have survived it. Over the span of 20 years, I had been abandoned on a mountain while pregnant, had a gun held to my head, had my nose, ribs and ankle broken, and was raped. I wrote this poem after my ankle was broken. I was a well-known and respected community member. I was ashamed of what I was going through and spent years trying to change myself to try to prevent the abuse. I don't resemble that broken woman anymore, and I have found my voice.

A little bit angry through the years,
A whole lot lonely through my tears.
A wonderful person the people said,
While I cry alone in bed.

A little bit angry through the years,
A whole lot lonely through my tears.
A wonderful person the people said,
While I cry alone in bed.

Don't worry, I'll let you be,
Your secret is safe, alone with me.
My life is a lonely show,
I'll never let anyone know.

The sorrow and pain and lonely tears
Have been safe with me all these years.
I am the person people phone
When THEY feel all alone.

Don't worry, your secret is mine,
I'm too embarrassed all the time.
You're angry with me again.
I don't know why, that's insane!

If anyone knew I would curl up and die,
I let people think I am only shy.
You're angry with me all the time...
I don't want anyone to know, so you are fine.
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19. Silent Tears
- By Nyasha Bard
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2015
This poem is about me and my struggles to let him go. It's been about two years now, and I still can't get myself to let him go. I hope this poem helps someone else who's going through what I am.

Poem About Not Being Able To Let Him Go

The day you said it's over was the day that I died.
When it became dark, I laid down and cried,
Going over and over in my head on what to do.
I could never find the courage to let you be you.

The day you said it's over was the day that I died.
When it became dark, I laid down and cried,
Going over and over in my head on what to do.
I could never find the courage to let you be you.

You called me last night and told me that you still cared,
But when the call was over I was empty and in despair.
You were my first love, someone who knew me so well.
But now that we aren't a couple, people can hardly tell.

You have moved on with some other girl, I see.
I cry to myself in the darkness, wishing that it were me.
But here and now I hear your name over and over again.
I cover my heart; my heartbeat weakens because of the pain.
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20. Questions
- By Raychel
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2008
I've always loved to write poems but never had the courage to actually let people read them. This poem expresses the hurt I have. I hope you enjoy it!

Questioning Our Love

I always have these tears to cry,
and I'm left with all these wondering questions of why?
Why can't we seem to get over the past,
and come together and be whole at last?

I always have these tears to cry,
and I'm left with all these wondering questions of why?
Why can't we seem to get over the past,
and come together and be whole at last?
Why won't you at least try to believe what I say,
instead of just pushing me away?
Why do I keep putting myself out there,
and you don't even seem to care?
I have these emotions I wish you would see,
so I wouldn't be left with the questions of,
Will he or won't he?
Will he ever love me like he used to,
and give me the things I once knew?
Won't he see,
I feel I don't know him anymore,
and let himself go back to how he was before?
Will I still hurt when I heal,
or will he finally let me feel?
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this poem literally just spoke my mind and of my relationship, its always good to know that there's people going thought the same situation as you are! hope all is well, and keep writing!

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1. Nobody Knows

2. Love Hate

I wrote this poem when struggling with being in love with someone and not really enjoying how it changed my thought process and influenced my actions.

3. Tears Of A Broken Heart

4. The Hardest Thing I'll Ever Do

5. Forever

6. Drowning

This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity.

7. The Worst Pain Known To Me

8. Never Be True

I wrote this poem when I was really sad.

9. Warm Embrace

I am a single mother to two wonderful boys. I have been divorced for over a year. I want to feel loved again and feel like I'm somebody again. I'm missing that special someone.

10. I Want You Back

Someone I loved dearly was avoiding me. He sounded more interested in other girls, so I felt really hurt - so hurt that I cried the whole day, and then I wrote this poem. It is straight from my heart.

11. Living Again

My absolute first love. You can never forget, but hopefully you can find a way to move on and still carry those good memories.

12. You Will Regret

My best friend fell in love for the first time in her life with a person she thought was her soul mate. He kept playing games and wasn't honest with her about how he felt. It broke her heart, and I wrote this poem to represent how she felt.

13. Hopeless Love

Poem about being hurt by love and not feeling loved. Breaking up but still loving him and struggling to realize he doesn't love you.

14. Someday

Someday you will miss me and regret that you let me go.

15. Lies

I wrote this poem because the one guy (my true love) hurt me in so many ways.

16. Your Path, My Heartbreak

I was in love with someone who chose someone else over me.

17. The One-Sided Affair

I loved a girl who did not feel the same, and now I can't look into her eyes without feeling shame, so I try to distant myself from her, which hurts as much as loving her.

18. My Lonely Show

19. Silent Tears

This poem is about me and my struggles to let him go. It's been about two years now, and I still can't get myself to let him go. I hope this poem helps someone else who's going through what I am.

20. Questions

I've always loved to write poems but never had the courage to actually let people read them. This poem expresses the hurt I have. I hope you enjoy it!