A poignant piece, Rob. And I agree with your description definitely. Thanks for the share!

Well expresed lines filled with emotions, Rob. I supposed 70 % of the world population is in loved with love but not the person as you put it. Watching a love film with a good ending oftentimes brings fulfillment to these repressed emotions.

I agree, honest reflection can always lessen the painful feeling. But, sometimes, people feel uncertain in their feelings, which always cause them experience a long-term painful disaster. Clicked you “liked it”

Chan speaks it so well. Hearfelt and very well done.

I agree with all said before, this is a fantastic write, very heartfelt and deep…..thank you for sharing, definately something ot think about

This was a piece really spoken from your heart and it gives the ones reading it a time of reflection. I sometimes think back on things I did in my past and now I wonder why I did them. I think it was a way for me to grow and mature as a person. Then there are the times I wonder what was I thinking back then.

Good one. Thank you.

Inna

I spent a bit of time pondering this line:

“Reality mentions sorrows fitting like a glove”

It is very lovely poetically, but it when I gave it some thought, I wonder if it means that we have kept our sorrow for so long that they are comfortable now. Maybe I’m reading too much into it.

Very poignant words.

I can definitely relate to this poem.

“With solitude being mine from this date” seems (to me) to attach an aloneness to this piece.
But memories are for remembering. They are what they are.

Roberta, I believe most of see our beloved differently until they reveal themselves. We enter into a relationship with certain expectations and when they are met or not met we determine whether to go or stay.

Love dies…memories do not.

I agree with everyone here. I loved your poem. It really is great to have memories.

Excellent poem. Difficulty in letting go is the human flaw we all suffer from time to time.

Healing reflection over the span of a lifetime!

Nicely written, strong, emotional piece.
Great job.

Full of emotion and very well expressed… I think you struck a chord with all of us.

Reflections through poetry is very effective. Thanks for a heartfelt look at life and it’s experiences.

Thank you for the great question to reflect on, “You just might be in love with “Love” and not that person at all.”… but of course, many, many times… but where would my mistakes, pain and suffering come from then? .. I don’t think I could write without them??? :O)

Thank goodness I have never been in this situation but if I was I hope I would have the strength to leave.

Excellent prose. A lot to ponder. Thanks for sharing.