Short Requited Poems

love not agape
only the lonely can see
the truth of the farce --
requited love that's only
real with surrendered assets....

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She lay there seduced
To a pile of ashes reduced
An all engulfing flame
He set her on fire
Through the night
Quenched her desire...

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REDAMANCY

Love is requited
When received, it has a price
It is loving in return


A deeper feeling
When passion’s spent, love remains
And exchanged with each other
...

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Framed in the moonlight -
you appear ethereal.
Quintessential, beyond reach.

I shine no brighter -
than your starlit gaze. I say...
'the light shall bend to our will'.



02.27.2024...

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Spring is here, tra-la, tra-la, my parts are all excited
Whole being is in a state of euphoria as parts were reunited
Screaming to beat the band
Heard from here to Japan
Dear Mother Nature has once again been requited...

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When seventeen,
I wondered what I would become
when grown into my own fullness
of love,
preferably requited.

Now seventy,
I wonder at what I have been
all along this journey
into Earth's great bounty
of infinite ancestral compassion....

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Our scars
self-requited 
define
who we are

The pain
when it’s welcome
embedded
unmarred

Each blemish
redeeming
those choices
to blame

Absolving
our future
releasing
the shame

(‘Searching For Crazy Horse:’ September, 2010)...

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I believe in charity –
Simple but profound –
Joy made compound –
Spurred momentarily.

One act – hand to hand –
Across the bridge –
Is one’s privilege
For the strong withstand.

I believe in humanity
And if a smile be requited –
Humble and innocent –
It little cost me....

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Sometimes love just isn’t enough,
as destiny calls within

Orphaning passion, emotions untether,
lost to Cupid’s whim

Never requited, alone and denied,
the search begins anew

Feelings repackaged and searching for more
—to do what love can’t do 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2020)...

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A painting will never love you back,
like a woman or a child

An opera may cause your heart to sing,
then leave you twice beguiled

Platonic zeal may fill the hours,
a pleasant interlude

But requited love will change your life
—and end your solitude

(Haverford Pennsylvania: September, 2020)...

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Pride in my body
Wonder in my thoughts

Living my life
While the rest of the world rots

Molding my life
From my distant past

Growing up and aging
Entirely too fast

Catching up with life
Laid in riddles

Musically requited
By out-of-tune fiddles

Sinister blockage
Halting my life

Dead-end silence
Like a sharpened knife...

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dark blotch self implanted 
borne of ego contractions tainted
cognised & realised but yet admitted
owning to habit borne indulgence requited

mere recognition not sufficient 
to make bondage to delusion decadent
for unless we initiate actual change within 
we block the divine spark birthing bliss ignition 

within

17-September-2020...

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Mars face
Perhaps a point we are meant to see,
the face on Mars may match our Sphinx,
half mile high, so they say it are,
the come together links?
on Mars?
Cydonia so they say,
has Pyramids 3 four n 5 sided,
Nasa dinna want us there,
technology could they share, 
when comes rewards, requited :) 

Don Johnson 28-july-11...

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Wrapped Rapt



Cellophane rainbows
Spectrum dreams
Silken tied

Brooding stormy skies
Sunset patterns
And quiet moments

Kisses in sunlight
Laughing rain
Cold cuddling warm nights

Bottles of deep red wine
Candles melted by time
And embers of requited passion

Sweet seconds captured
Fingers entwined
And sparkling eyes

Lazy stretching
Quite mornings
All my dreamings

If I could...

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People say there are four
Fundamental forces in the 
Universe. You have your weak 
Nuclear force and your strong 
Nuclear force. You also have 
Your Electromagnetic Force.
Can't forget good old Gravitation.
All very powerful. All very
Impressive. All very scary. But 
Really? In this Universe? Does 
Anyone doubt there's anything 
Stronger... than the memory 
of a Requited love.

             The End...

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Deep in my soul burns a fire
Deep in my heart lies desire
Deep in my mind I seek the truth
Deep in love I fell in my youth

I fear the flame slowly dies out      
No belief, no longer devout                             
And that only I hold the key  
Which unlocks my spirit-psyche 

I write about nature’s beauty
Of my life’s wondrous journey
My memoir, and mindtrip imprints 
Requited love and innocence...

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Lost in the magic of the night
Sweet the sound of our hearts beating
Reminder never to lose sight
As our dreams on wings seem fleeting

When longing and hope are meeting
slowly melting in warm moonlight
Requited love vows repeating
I’ll always see you as my knight



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 17, 2020 for OH-NO A TWISTED CHAR-LAY POETRY CONTEST sponsored by CHARLES MESSINA  -  RANKED 2ND...

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Let's repeat our first dance....
Let's rebirth our forever promises....
Let's replay our sweet memories....
Symbols of red roses from you to me....
Flowers in my art to you as symbols of....
our love come true....
Let's reiterate our lovely vows for all time....
and eternity....
So, our love never becomes redundant....
Let's redeem our sweet love now....
Our red river of red roses rises and returns....
Our requited love.......

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Under the layers of shame,
Chained by bondages of virtues,
Pronounced forbidden by the world,
Lies the requited lust...

Suppressed by self-morals,
Dormant but not dead,
Lurking in the corners,
Of an over-zealous mind...

Scratch the surface,
It rushes with vengeance,
Making a cruel mockery,
Of your coat of chastity...

No penance,no atonement,
Liberates you from this sin,
Man was\is a lusty animal,
And animals know NO sin......

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Love relates and liberates
Mutual trust procreates,
Enlarging all as it grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

Love's rapport binds and bonds
Affirmed in whispers fond,
And prospers like blossom grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

A pleasured prized and treasured,
Unselfishin  it's measure
Requited quid pro quo;
Love flowers as it flows.

We release our hidden grace
As barriers unlace
When each the other knows;
Love flowers as it flows....

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Love relates and liberates
Mutual trust procreates,
Enlarging all as it grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

Love's rapport binds and bonds
Affirmed in whispers fond,
And prospers like blossom grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

A pleasured prized and treasured,
Unselfishin  it's measure
Requited quid pro quo;
Love flowers as it flows.

We release our hidden grace
As barriers unlace
When each the other knows;
Love flowers as it flows....

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Love relates and liberates
Mutual trust procreates,
Enlarging all as it grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

Love's rapport binds and bonds
Affirmed in whispers fond,
And prospers like blossom grows;
Love flowers as it flows.

A pleasured prized and treasured,
Unselfish in  it's measure
Requited quid pro quo;
Love flowers as it flows.

We release our hidden grace
As barriers unlace
When each the other knows;
Love flowers as it flows....

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whisper my name
as a cold shot of pain 

the aftermath of a requited cruelty
reminds me of the perfection we could never be

but now it's over, 
i can't find my soul
now it's over,
i'm wandering alone

despite the joy for which we fought
too many promises returned nought

but what makes me sick to think
is that the ravenous jealousy inside me
can't bear to picture your face, 
since, rightfully, someone pure has taken my place




r_thom '12...

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Too often we see
only what we see…

forgetting each Weed 
complex as the Rose – 

and arguably 
far more resilient – 

But beauty is not
only skin deep...some blessed
throughout…his witch of the wood
also a goddess, apparent:

his Vilia,
Captive of her own 
sublime beauty
kept pure from man
by heavenly decree

as all poets carry 
a similar burden 
and revelation – 

an ideal of perfect Love

on earth never to be 
entirely requited…....

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