Nobody told me
How hard this would be.
Nobody told me
That being methodical
Won’t help me,
Not this time.
*
That, charts and graphs
On how long it takes
To get over someone
Would be as useful to me
As a bicycle is to a fish,
And that when my friends tell me
That love happens more than once,
I want to punch my fist
Into a wall repeatedly
Till my knuckles bleed
All the pain out of me,
And that when science tells me
That it is impossible to die
Of a broken heart,
I want to rip out my heart
And show that even if its still beating,
I’m dead inside.
*
I pick up the paper
I printed yesterday night
When I couldn’t sleep
That lists the 5 quickest ways
To get over someone,
And put them in the shredder
And let the whirring of the machine
Calm me.
*
And then I pick up a paper
And write poetry
Trying to trap my sadness
Inside the words
And lock them shut,
So that when I’m done,
I’ll feel like myself again.
*
But all I do, is end up feeling
As empty as the night sky
That covers the city,
Without any stars to twinkle
Some insightful answers down on us,
And I think that maybe, just maybe,
Feeling empty is worse than
Being sad after all.
-The Girl Lost In The Bookstore
La douleur exquise- The pain that comes from loving someone you can never have
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This is fiction. Also, this was selected and published by The Artelier on facebook.
Absolutely lovely ❤
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Thank you so much. 😀
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My pleasure ^_^
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🙂 Where are you from?
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I am from Bangladesh 🙂 Wbu ?
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India. 🙂 And what do you do?
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I am grade 12 student . and you ?
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Final year college student. 🙂
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That’s great 🙂
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Exquisitely expressed ❤
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Thank you so much. 😀
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A emotional ridein your words. A powerful poem.
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Thank you so much. 😀 You are pretty amazing. 😀
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You are very kind and you are welcome.
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Reblogged this on johncoyote and commented:
Amazing poetry by a talented writer. Please read and enjoy.
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Thanks, again. 😀
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Loved it ! I love the name you chose
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Thank you, love. ❤ Thought hard for an apt name. 😛
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Wow.
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Thank you, Sarah. ❤
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How lovely- the pain i mean ……
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🙂
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This is absolutely the truth of it. Bravo!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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You are welcome! 🙂
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This is so beautiful. A stunning piece. Sadly, I can relate all to well. Starting again isn’t easy for either party in the relationship. There is hurt both ways often.
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Yes, that is true. This, though, was fiction. I’m glad you could relate. 🙂 Thank you so much, Mandi. For the words, and for the reblog. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Mandibelle16 and commented:
Such a beautiful poem. I could relate all to well. Please read it’s amazingly written!
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My girl is the best. Enough said. 😍
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My girl is the best, too. ❤
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Oh this was beautiful. You haven’t lost your touch.
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Thank you so much, Andrew. 🙂
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How in the blazes do you do that??? Every line hurts! Sigh…
I want to rip out my heart
And show that even if its still beating,
I’m dead inside.
Lordy!
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Thank you so much, ma’am. 😀
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Reblogged this on Impromptu Promptlings and commented:
The girl’s done it again! Left my emotions in a mess. I don’t know HOW she can keep doing this to me… What a Wordsmith she is! ❤
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Thank you, once again. ❤
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For a piece of fiction, you have captured the emotion brilliantly !
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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My friend Calen reblogged your work. Well done. I tend to follow people she enjoys for her tastes are exquisite.
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you stopped by. 🙂
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Hey. I really liked your poem. Hope you handle the break up pain well. Heal well, my friend ! Destiny awaits. Godspeed !
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Thank you, Zach. 🙂 This is fiction. I assure you, I haven’t gone through any break up, and I’m perfectly alright. 🙂
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Glad to hear that.
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oh my! Heartbreak (and the anger that comes with it) is so perfectly captured in every word.
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Thank you so much, Melinda. 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Such beautiful and flowing prose ~ impressive words and so suiting considering the subject 🙂
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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That’s one of my favorite phrases. 🙂 Been my WhatsApp status for 3 years.
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😀
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I’m just gonna say this Rupali- you hands are a magic wand with which you weave magic through words,❤️
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Ameena, in that case, you are a magician, too. ❤
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❤️❤️❤️
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You captured the whole essence of this poetry in these two lines “Feeling empty is worse than
Being sad after all.” Painful yet beautiful 🙂
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Thank you so much. Again. 😀
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