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To Him

Love, it's a funny, fickle thing
But is this love or lust I feel?
I know they're not the same
And still they feel very real.

Lust is when you think you love
Maybe called infatuation
But love makes your heart ache
How did I get in this situation?

We've known each other for a long time
But not that long in fact
Seems like years to me
How am I to act?

I think I love you 
But some days, I don't know
You say you love me back
But tell me, is it so?

If you don't love me
Please don't say you do
I don't want to hear a lie
Tell me only when it's true!

You've told me things about yourself
Some things I don't wish to know
But when you tell me nothing
I regret "Don't tell me, no!"

I told you everything
Every secret that I had
But again you say nothing
Do you wish to make me sad?

When you say nothing
Your trust I feel I have not
When I tell you everything
My trust you've surely got

You feel further away 
Than the distance that parts me from you
Without your help to close that distance
Tell me what can I do?

We don't talk like we used to 
Once or twice a week has become the norm
Accustomed to everyday
Has our friendship taken on a new form?

I want to think I love you
But can I believe my mind?
My hearts feels like it's breaking
To me, love has been unkind.

Where have these feelings come from?
How did they work into my heart?
Do I truly love you?
Or is it time we part?

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008



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Lost Wishes

I wish we could talk like we used to... 
I wish you loved me the way I love you...
I wish I loved you the way you love me...
I wish things were the way that they used to be...
I wish I hadn't said the things that I had...
I wish your reaction didn't make me so sad...
I wish I could take all the words back...
I wish that without you my world wasn't so black...
I wish I could fly to see you right now...
I wish I could touch your face somehow...
I wish that these miles didn't keep us apart...
I wish I hadn't given you my whole heart...
I wish that you could see the truth in my lies...
I wish that you wouldn't put on a disguise...
I wish I didn't fall apart when we don't talk...
I wish that your absence didn't make me balk...
I wish I could see a smile on your face...
I wish I didn't long for your warm embrace...
I wish these thoughts didn't form in my head...
I wish these feelings in my heart wouldn't imbed...
I wish that my heart didn't feel broken and shattered...
I wish that any of this actually mattered...

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008

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Doubt

Why can't I breathe?
Why is my heart racing?
What is this feeling?
My steps I'm retracing.

This is different,
Nothing I've felt before,
But God help me,
I don't know anymore.

I think I love you.
Nothing else matters,
But you turn me away
And my heart, it shatters.

I try to move on.
I try to forget.
Some things I said
I think I regret.

I don't want to regret
Telling you how I feel,
But sometimes I wonder
Is this even real?

I can tell you anything
And I always complain.
You say you don't mind.
I fear that feeling you feign.

I don't know why I'm doubting 
Everything that you've said.
All I know is that 
I can't keep this in my head.

I need help from you
To figure this out.
You seemed to refuse
And again I'm in doubt.

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008

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I Hate You!

You think you own me
You think you can do as you please
But here's a bit of news for you...
I HATE YOU!

You think you can say this
You think you can say that
Who the hell do you think you are?
I HATE YOU!

You think you're tough 
You think you're strong 
But you're nothing but talk
I HATE YOU!

You think I want you
You think I can't live without you
Well, here's where thinking got you...
I HATE YOU!

You leer and stare
You make advances
I shoot you down
I HATE YOU!

You may have my brother 
Acting as your slave
But that's not me because
I HATE YOU!

You come and go
And what you want
You care about no one else
I HATE YOU!

You may have my family brainwashed
Some not so much
You never convinced me for a minute
I HATE YOU!

This is not your house
This is not your family
Get your own damn it!
I HATE YOU!

You know I thought
I hated you but
Hate isn't the opposite of love
I"M INDIFFERENT!

You could die tomorrow 
And I wouldn't shed a tear
I had to love before I could hate but me...
I"M INDIFFERENT!

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008

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Words

Well I messed up again 
Telling you how I feel
I am such an idiot
I could have sworn this was real

I do this every time
I meet a new guy
I feel all these things
I feel I could fly

But then I open my mouth
And all these words come out
Some I regret
All of them I doubt

I say them without thinking
Hoping only for the best
Always expecting the worst
All my words fail the test

They ruin a good thing
And push you away
I would take them all back 
If it meant you would stay

Why do I grasp
Onto something I can't keep,
When all I want to do 
Is run away and weep?

All these words I have said.
What a mess I have made.
Maybe one day, 
These feelings will fade.

It was bound to happen 
Me thinking too much
Now I have thought
How could I have said such?

The words, they seem stupid.
Words, they're not helping.
Why do I keep writing?
I know I am slipping......

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008



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No Longer In Doubt

Now I know that you love me.
I know that it's true.
Don't know why I doubted,
God, how I love you!

Forgive me my doubts.
Forgive me my fears.
Forgive me my unnecessary 
And unbidden tears.

Without you, my life is in shadows,
A permanent night.
But I know that you love me
And everything is alright.

You are my firefly.
My light in the dark.
How could I ever suggest
That it was time that we part?

I know I'm annoying.
I know I obsess.
But know that my heart 
You truly possess.

And just so you know
I hope you never die to win,
Cause you think you're born to lose,
Cause I know what you possess within.

You've got heart and soul.
You've got zest for life.
You better not die on me 
And cause me pain and strife.

I know you're not perfect.
I don't want you to be.
There's something about you
That just sets me free.

Please don't ever change.
I want you to stay you.
Drunk adrenaline junkie,
You, I never want to subdue.

We might still have our problems.
We might still have our fights.
But with your love and my love
It will take us to new heights.

Just know that I love you.
Just know that I'm fine.
Because in my heart
You will always be mine.

Copyright © Tiffany Livingston | Year Posted 2008


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