They'll Benefit You, Not Me.

by Courageous Dreamer   Jun 21, 2008


The words that could possibly change everything,
Are the ones I struggle with the most.

Letting myself express strong feelings for you,
Is my biggest battle at the moment.

Feelings that could mean the world to you,
Just won't come out of my mouth.

Frustration is building up,
and the thought of letting go is reappearing again.

I ask myself constantly, "why give up?"
And the answer to that question is, I'm afraid to get hurt.

These words are the most important words,
That just need to be released. They need to come out.

I want to be with you more than anything,
I'm just terrified these most important words,
are only going to benefit you, and not me.

I'm going to be the one that gets her heartbroken,
and you're going to be the guy who just couldn't be happier.

You'll be the one to move on so easily,
I'll be the one left behind trying to forget everything she ever felt.

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  • 15 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    I kind of felt like this read more like a piece of prose rather than poetry. ... Anyhow, that doesn't matter much.

    I felt that the seventh stanza here kind of messed up the form of the poem. In a way it can work for you and against you. I like that it stands out, because it mentions the one thing that the title is named after, so when reading I was kind of like, "Ah yes, so that's where this poem is going." and at the same time, I was a bit like, "What's with the random 3-line stanza?" Y'know?

    Overall it's quite a sad poem. Personally, I can't really say I could relate. However, you portrayed the frustration and confusion well here, and therefore a strong sense of sympathy is gained from the reader.

    Nicely done.

  • 15 years ago

    by kate

    This is a great poem again, but like i said before you should tell him, even though you'll get your heartbroken or something you might want you'll never know till you try, yeah it might hurt if he says no but at least you got the feelings out on the table its not hidding on you anymore.

    keep it up.
    keep on writing.
    love always and forever.

  • 15 years ago

    by Goodbye

    I see, you are love-specialist poet..aren't you ;) Writing about relationships.. How you love and feel so much... And he doesn't feel the same.. And you don't want to burn your beautiful fingers with him..

    I see you are talented... And you have your own special way to write poems... I can recognise it a little bit... Anyways... What I wanted to say...is that I enjoyed reading your poems. Both of them.

    You really have the talent, keep it up... Beautiful structure...carefully planned stanza and everything...It is cool. :)

  • 15 years ago

    by Goth marionette

    U r so strong and brave if u do so....This is like u prevent urslf from some kinda disease called( heart broken or getting hurt)..
    This was really original...good job,keep it up:)5/5..

  • 15 years ago

    by Kik

    I like the poem, the main reason being how you used significant wordplay yet the meaning is still easy to find.

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