Shadowed Love
I have done my best not to love you
I have tried so hard to make it die
and now my plot it works
but when will I know why
I see your pain,
I feel your tears,
Yet no pain or tears you reveal,
For you have closed your doors to all this strife
so the agony won’t seem real
I love you. It’s true.
Yet, for me, when I love,
it’s easy to say,
the words will flow,
and you feel me in this way
For you, loving words are not natural
For you, being quiet is fair,
although you love me, you just don’t speak
which makes me believe
you simply don’t care
To save our love from the trap fallen into,
so many times before,
please see my side and I’ll see yours,
and in doing so
we can meet at love’s door
A Poem About a Couple Who Can’t Communicate Effectively: Written in the late 1970s, this poem refers to people who love each other but are unable to effectively communicate and express their love because they are simply on different wavelengths. One is expressive, the other isn’t. It’s a common tale, and sometimes couples can’t work it out. Their break-up becomes a lesson in self-discovery.
