| These are, in my opinion, some of the best poems I've ever written. I'm so tired of being walked on, mistreated and abused. I need to be appreciated, I'm so tired of being used. If you are good to me, then I'll be good to you. Please try to understand me and see my point of view. If you're going to lie to me, don't play mind games from the start. Be honest and sincere, I can't handle another broken heart. I've trusted too many men who didn't deserve to share my life. But, I loved them and was always a loving, faithful wife. I'm a woman, not a child, don't try to dominate and control. You'll never get my love that way and you'll never have my soul. It seems I'll never be able to give all of myself away. But, if a man is able to prove himself, I know I will one day. Until then there's a part of me that I'll keep locked up inside. I've trusted too many times and gave it away to men who have lied! Loressa Pease 1996 What is true love like? I wonder how it feels. Is it meant to be painful when I think that it's for real? You have to understand me, respect my feelings and my life. Don't expect me to change for you, especially if I'm your wife. Why do some men think that I shouldn't do what I want to do? I'm going to be who I am, I shouldn't have to change for you. Just because I'm different doesn't mean that I am bad. And, if you disrespect me, expect me to be mad. It's hard for me to trust, I've been stepped on before. I've been burned too many times, it won't happen anymore. I won't give you my soul, that's where I draw the line. And, I will break your heart before you break mine. Feelings are feelings, regardless whether right or wrong. Can you care about my feelings? Can we just get along? You can't take the things back that hurt and offend. I want to be truly happy too many people just pretend. Loressa Pease 1996 I hope I'm not being too open by writing what's on my mind. I'm looking for the "special" one I haven't been able to find. There's only one way to find them, but the risk is so great. And, there seems no way of knowing if the love could turn to hate. How can you really know that you are with the right one? I thought that I was many times, only to find love gone. I want true love in my life and I believe one day I'll find it. Where are the men that feel you have to give in order to get? I know I could fall so hard for you, it scares me to feel it so fast. Because I sense that you're not ready to try to make a love that lasts. I need someone who understands and loves me for being me. If you cannot be this person, then, please just let me be. Loressa Pease 1998 Sometimes I seem cold and distant, please try to understand. The majority of hurt I've had in my life was caused by a man. In a world full of lies and deceit it's hard to know who you can trust. And, sometimes what we think is true love turns out to be only lust. How do you tear down walls of doubt that get stronger with every year? And, allow yourself to be vulnerable by letting go of all your fears. Yet, we all have to do that before love can come into our life. Then you take the chance of it cutting you like a knife. There are no guarantees with all the changes time will bring. And, all too often I've seen "love" turn into just a passing fling. Sometimes it gets to the point that it hurts to be together. So, how can you really know that you will love someone forever? Loressa Pease 1999 |
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