Long Love unrequited Poems

Written: February 14, 2025 for Contest by Edward Ibeh

“Quote: Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!
Edgar Allan Poe”

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I understand the hearts of romantics,
The rapture of their words written on a blank piece of paper
Wrapped in pink ribbon to send to a lover
	 who only existed in the throes of imaginary adventure.
How the...

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Not by chance do I find myself
Awake in the dead of night; caught by fright.
The stinging pangs of a grace far from touch.
Are you real? Why such longing?
How and why do you make my heart...

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In the depths of the heart, where emotions reside,
Love and fear dance, side by side.
A delicate balance, a cosmic embrace,
An eternal struggle, in this mortal space.

Love, a tender whisper, a gentle caress,
An ember that ignites,...

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The moment your voice fell on these ears, they didn't knew the melody it was about to become
Come days, the sight of you to my eyes, caused a joy as a kid would feel when...

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A million whispered moments pass
as I watch you glide through the crowd,
your measured steps so gracefully danced,
a coy kiss placed upon my cheek,
as you spin in place with each movement.

But it's just another whispered moment,
one...

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My love for you is Agape
It has no reason 
Though it isn't reciprocate 
To me, it has deep meaning 

My love for you has no season
It is the unending rush of a waterfall 
The eternal...

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Truth Is A Testament Of Our Deep Love

You are sweet breath of life's rosy fires
needed warmth and hugs on a chilly day
your grace, your touching all this soul requires
as your beauty matches flowers in May.

Truth...

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What do you do when love turns to ache?
When nothing you do can ease the heartbreak.
Alone in the darkness and filled with despair, 
When the one that you love no longer cares.

Gut wrenching sadness is...

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In shadows deep, where love once gleamed,
A heart now shattered, a soul it seemed,
She loved with fervor, pure and true,
But he, a storm, her skies turned blue.

His words like daggers, cutting deep,
Her tears a river,...

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"To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is inexcusable"
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My Heart beats like a drum in ecstatic trance
My Mind overthinks like a flame flickering in the wind 
The rhythm of my worries beat me to an anxious pulp
Is he coming?

Hearts must become entwined
Love unrequited...

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It is night's first light — evening
The world thinks through my mind
The echoes of a bittersweet day whisper
My ears twitch, my heart pricks

A pressed edge leans forward
Shouldering the offices of the earth
A desire to just...

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Deep within my heart, a love abides,
For the man of my dreams, my soul confides.
Yet, though he tends to my every need,
His affection falls short, a wound indeed.

Each passing day, my yearning grows,
Every part of...

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Here lies beautiful Elysium
It shines from your brightest of eyes
Flutters lightly as you blink
And cures my most anguished of cries

Because love is a beautiful idea
Causes all anguish and pain
Removes all hopes and inhibitions
But I would...

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LOST LOVE
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Furtive, I sensed, my true love was hiding.
Was my love unrequited, lost, forlorn?
In denial, the thought, was she lying?
My true love lost, dead before it was born.
At first humble but she turned nonchalant
Her words...

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Waiting for a sign of hope,
Calling out to the distant ears,
Only to receive these ice cold words of 
Reply.
"delivery to the following recipient failed permanently."

No one was left to hear her cries
Signals lost sent so...

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The palm crosses burned, ashes and oil, anointed
On the foreheads in snapshots and video stills,
Surrendering everything in my memorials,
Of her, submitted, the tatters and fragments.
The soft focus flesh and delectable smile,
Hair sweetly tousled, brushing cheek...

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Divine Comedy written by the famous, Dante Alighieri
A writer, a poet, and a philosopher with his own theory
Still hard to understand after 700 years
Listening to it in Italian brings tears to your eyes, that’s clear.

It...

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Come near do not take your gaze from mine
The heavens have nothing on the stars of your eyes
If you're willing take my hand. let our destinies entwine
If not then fear not for your company will...

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What is this dance that we do?
First you spin me; I twirl with delight
Captivated by your attentive gaze
Then you back away as I move toward you

So many times we’ve been on this floor
One step forward,...

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I who once was beguiled by shallow love,
Like love-god Cupid did make a wrong choice,
While youthful mind of mine loveless did starve
Of wanton sport that had a transient voice.
 
All furtive joy spring from unconscious...

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Maybe in another universe, you’re mine. 

Our lives are intertwined. 

 

Maybe in another universe, you see all the tears I’ve cried,  

all my delusional sleepless nights. 

Wondering what would happen if I just...

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What happens
when a heart breaks
inside?
Perhaps, because its
internal
it's easier to hide?

But maybe it grows
sores
and oozes puss 
that seeps
through pores
and leaves residue 
and stains
like fingerprints
on windowpanes.

Or it might fracture
and break
and cracks form from
the anger and hate
of Love...

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My heart longs deeply,
and I am unable to remain unfazed whenever I see you.
It’s tragic to think that,
aside from the fact that there was never a "you and me,"
I cannot even hold your hand freely.
I...

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