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I Can Never Understand You

May 19, 2012
By iCheeto PLATINUM, Cape Coral, Florida
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I can never understand you
One minute, you’re in love with me
The next you completely despise me
One minute, you think I’m funny
The next you’re complaining that I told the punch line wrong
One minute, we’re singing along to our song
The next you’re yelling for me to turn the radio off
I want to understand
What this is, cause
It’s not love
No this is not love
And I wish that I
Could read your mind, cause
Listening to your words is
Driving me blind
To the beauty that we could have
That we used to have
That I thought, we, had
I can never understand you

© Hilary R., Woodland Hills, CA

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iCheeto PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 19 2012 at 9:33 pm
iCheeto PLATINUM, Cape Coral, Florida
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Thanks so much for the super kind words and criticisms guys, it means a ton to know you liked my poem :D
PurpOreos SILVER said...
on Jun. 16 2012 at 2:23 pm
PurpOreos SILVER, Macomb, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Keep smiling...Because life is a beautiful thing. And there is so much to smile about!<br /> &quot;Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing&quot; Benjamin Franklin

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Favorite lines are "And I wish that I could read your mind, cause Listening to your words is driving me blind" I really enjoeyd this peom. Keep writting! You got talent! (:
DanielM SILVER said...
on Jun. 15 2012 at 10:20 pm
DanielM SILVER, Kent, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I would rather hated million times for what i did then loved a million times for what i didn&#039;t do.&quot; - Daniel Moto<br /> &quot; I&#039;ve sought out to be the best i could posibly be but when i hit a roadblock in life what did i do, i had two choices either stay at the roadblock or i take this roadblock and make of it and go around it and achieve my goal. So, what will it be?&quot;- Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &quot;People take love like its a four letter word or just a phrase that you tell people or your friends all the time. But in reality love is much bigger than a merely phrase or 4 letter word. Instead love is a genuine promise or covenant to that special person.&quot;-Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;Why change yourself when you were made perfect and wonderfully by the creator of everything?&rdquo; &ndash; Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;If live is not hurtin then were really not living in.&rdquo; &ndash; B. Reith

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This was a really good poem. I admired the back in forth questions. I could tell how without communcation realtionships can be tough. Great Message. Suggestion: maybe end with a hook next time
AngelaAxelson GOLD said...
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Wow, nice job. It really shows the truth and the confusion of a relationship that isn't that strong.