#lessonlearned - Hello Poetry

i came to terms, i knew it right away, the 29th of November, would be our last day. i felt it before then, you were slowly slipping away, i was conversationally a chore, yet, you said enough to make me stay. you felt like home, truly a trickery at the time, your love-bombing, my longing, two flawed hearts pleading guilty, a repetitive crime. even across the oceans of time, i think of u now and then, with a distant memory of the lingering pain, i hope we never meet again.

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2d ago

Jun 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM UTC

lettersfrompriscillia

November 29th

i came to terms, i knew it right away, the 29th of November, would be our last day. i felt it before then, you were slowly slipping away, i was conversationally a chore, yet, you said enough to make me stay. you felt like home, truly a trickery at the time, your love-bombing, my longing, two flawed hearts pleading guilty, a repetitive crime. even across the oceans of time, i think of u now and then, with a distant memory of the lingering pain, i hope we never meet again.

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I once had a friend like a shadow Always together wherever we’d go Running and tumbling and laughing through life Always connected, one in the same But then a cloudy day came And with no sun to shine I lost that shadow friend of mine The darkness rolled in and my shadow friend disappeared Scared off by the first sign of trouble, the first drop of tears So I learned my lesson Shadows are easy to come by when the sun is shining bright But shadows bring little comfort in the chill of a dark night And when the storm cleared And my shadow friend reappeared Ready to run and tumble and laugh with me again I had to turn away And say goodbye For I learned my lesson: a shadow is nobody’s friend © 2025 SincerelyJoanWrites. All rights reserved.

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Mar 20, 2025

Mar 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM UTC

sincerelyjoanwrites

Shadow Friend

I once had a friend like a shadow Always together wherever we’d go Running and tumbling and laughing through life Always connected, one in the same But then a cloudy day came And with no sun to shine I lost that shadow friend of mine The darkness rolled in and my shadow friend disappeared Scared off by the first sign of trouble, the first drop of tears So I learned my lesson Shadows are easy to come by when the sun is shining bright But shadows bring little comfort in the chill of a dark night And when the storm cleared And my shadow friend reappeared Ready to run and tumble and laugh with me again I had to turn away And say goodbye For I learned my lesson: a shadow is nobody’s friend © 2025 SincerelyJoanWrites. All rights reserved.

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Things don't matter until they do. I learned that the day I lost you.

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Nov 12, 2023

Nov 12, 2023 at 7:58 PM UTC

zackripley

Nothing matters

Things don't matter until they do. I learned that the day I lost you.

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fate crossed our paths and intertwined our hearts we were once the remedy to each other's souls until we became each other's poison and ceased to grow out of love becomes for one adoration but for the other it becomes exasperation never enough is my unrequited love oh - immaculate being from above when I look at me I despise my own reflection how then could I ever really perceive your true perfection?

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Jun 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 4:57 PM UTC

BB

Love you before me

fate crossed our paths and intertwined our hearts we were once the remedy to each other's souls until we became each other's poison and ceased to grow out of love becomes for one adoration but for the other it becomes exasperation never enough is my unrequited love oh - immaculate being from above when I look at me I despise my own reflection how then could I ever really perceive your true perfection?

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I thought I won the crown So, I prepared the gown Little did I know That's the trick of my foe They prepared a show In cold winter snow I'm experienced such woe And realized I'm just a clown My gown has turned into ember The things I could remember Only rage and anger Epitome of the raging fire on December

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Mar 2, 2020

Mar 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM UTC

MichellinaPR

Tricked

I thought I won the crown So, I prepared the gown Little did I know That's the trick of my foe They prepared a show In cold winter snow I'm experienced such woe And realized I'm just a clown My gown has turned into ember The things I could remember Only rage and anger Epitome of the raging fire on December

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I let you control me as long as I could take. I never let myself get out of your sight, hiding behind the fact that you wanted the best for me. Somehow this was all in love and I just couldn't see that until I got older. But you hurt me. You went out of your way to hurt me when we had just started over. You ruined me and everything we could've been. And it's my fault for letting everyone I love go. It's my fault for being the one that got away.

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May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019 at 12:05 PM UTC

Zander

Power

I let you control me as long as I could take. I never let myself get out of your sight, hiding behind the fact that you wanted the best for me. Somehow this was all in love and I just couldn't see that until I got older. But you hurt me. You went out of your way to hurt me when we had just started over. You ruined me and everything we could've been. And it's my fault for letting everyone I love go. It's my fault for being the one that got away.

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All have diffrent problems All struggle everyday You can't make other people be like you To think and do things like you do Mama told me that To just accept and respect them Leave them all to God To not stress out myself

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May 20, 2019

May 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM UTC

kimkimmmie1016

My mama told me

All have diffrent problems All struggle everyday You can't make other people be like you To think and do things like you do Mama told me that To just accept and respect them Leave them all to God To not stress out myself

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_ the worst mistake was loving you when your heart loved someone else. _

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Mar 29, 2019

Mar 29, 2019 at 2:13 PM UTC

EmotionallyDamagedGirl

the worst mistake

_ the worst mistake was loving you when your heart loved someone else. _

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I thought you were trying to make me a better person, I thought you knew better than I did, but you don’t, and I know I’m better off without you, because all you have been trying to make out of me, is a person you can control.

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Dec 6, 2018

Dec 6, 2018 at 12:04 AM UTC

deemz

Too controlling

I thought you were trying to make me a better person, I thought you knew better than I did, but you don’t, and I know I’m better off without you, because all you have been trying to make out of me, is a person you can control.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald said it perfectly. "And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokeness." I can say without a doubt Fitzgerald knew his fair share of love and love lost. Just like me... Loving you, was my greatest lesson. As I learned that even though you are broken my love, as endless As it was for you... I could never heal your brokeness.

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Mar 16, 2018

Mar 16, 2018 at 12:13 AM UTC

Behind_Hazel_Eyes

Love & Learn

F. Scott Fitzgerald said it perfectly. "And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokeness." I can say without a doubt Fitzgerald knew his fair share of love and love lost. Just like me... Loving you, was my greatest lesson. As I learned that even though you are broken my love, as endless As it was for you... I could never heal your brokeness.

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Those happy and the lovely faces Like brothers we roamed around places All those good times together we spent those memories now aren't worth a cent At least their true faces they showed The glamorous garden at heart they mowed So much in my mind for them had I planned Criticized me, left the blame in my hand Didn't see the glimpse of how much I cared All those useless and useful things I shared Forgave and forgave because I don't mind A point just came, had to say am not blind I may have left marks but never the scars Had I been hurt, still do I see them as stars 'Toleration' is what people lack Tolerate, wait, take a step back c. FATeer

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Sep 19, 2017

Sep 19, 2017 at 1:46 AM UTC

FaisalAmin

'True Faces'

Those happy and the lovely faces Like brothers we roamed around places All those good times together we spent those memories now aren't worth a cent At least their true faces they showed The glamorous garden at heart they mowed So much in my mind for them had I planned Criticized me, left the blame in my hand Didn't see the glimpse of how much I cared All those useless and useful things I shared Forgave and forgave because I don't mind A point just came, had to say am not blind I may have left marks but never the scars Had I been hurt, still do I see them as stars 'Toleration' is what people lack Tolerate, wait, take a step back c. FATeer

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The good guys can still do bad things. It's our job to determine who we want to be and discern whether it's the whole character that's poisoned or just the faults.

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Jul 17, 2017

Jul 17, 2017 at 9:36 PM UTC

Hostix

Reminder

The good guys can still do bad things. It's our job to determine who we want to be and discern whether it's the whole character that's poisoned or just the faults.

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Her venomous lies as numerous as her hair. Can turn any man to stone with a simple stare. That's how I found myself in the position I was stuck in. Was tired of digging through the rough when I thought I found my diamond. But that fake glass shattered in hand and the pieces they dug in. Now when I feel things, I do it with caution.

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Apr 27, 2017

Apr 27, 2017 at 2:10 PM UTC

nightshadow647

Venom

Her venomous lies as numerous as her hair. Can turn any man to stone with a simple stare. That's how I found myself in the position I was stuck in. Was tired of digging through the rough when I thought I found my diamond. But that fake glass shattered in hand and the pieces they dug in. Now when I feel things, I do it with caution.

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