Michelle Converse Poet Rhyme

Never Fall In Love

Never Fall in Love

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I made up my mind 
to never fall in love again.
It’s not because I’m incapable of love, 
I’m just unwilling to tolerate the pain.

A pain so excruciating 
that it leaves me vulnerable and unable to stand.
A pain that leaves me helpless 
and dependant on a man.

I’ll no longer allow my heart to be ruled 
by a love so strong that it blinds me, 
leaving me unable to distinguish between 
what’s real and a fantasy.

I refuse to give anyone the power over me 
to cause tears to fall from my eyes, 
especially when all I’ll receive in return 
is sorry excuses and lies.
  
I once fell in love with someone I trusted 
who said he loved me too.
He said that he’d honor and cherish me all my days 
and he promised me that he would be true.

How can a man just disrespect the woman 
in whom he could always confide?
How can a man just throw away a marriage of nine years 
just because he thought the grass was greener on the other side?

I did everything I could do to make our union work, 
even allowing him to drastically change me.
I lost my innocence in so many ways that even now 
when I look in the mirror, I don’t recognize who it is that I see.

This love that I had caused me to be so wound up, 
tight like the string on a yo-yo.  
This loved had me bouncing up and down 
from emotional high to emotional low.

So, I’ve made up my mind 
to never ever fall in love again.
I’ve decided to save myself from the anguish 
and prevent my heart from feeling the pain.

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Skat A June 30, 2010 at 9:44 AM I HEAR YOU OUT ON THIS ONE.-SKAT

Keith Bickerstaffe November 30, 2008 at 3:04 PM A painful self-examination... it must have taken a lot for you to confess this. Heartfelt and poignant. I hope you find yourself able to trust again... God bless, Keith

George Anos September 23, 2008 at 5:21 PM It will come and whatever walls you erected will easily fall down, as if they were made of butter bricks. i hope it comes for you, and pray it is "right."

James Foulk September 23, 2008 at 2:00 PM I would be a very rich man if i got a dollar for every time i said that. you will fall in love again and again until the right person comes along, it may be the next one who knows, but you will fall in love again. this was a beautiful and tender poem.