I Could, But...

A few days ago I came across a Facebook post that said the most painful kind of love is the love left unknown, unexpressed, afraid of what the other person would say or do. It inspired me to write this poem!

I COULD BUT...:
I could hold your hand-
But you'd shake it off,
Give me a cold stare,
And walk away.
I could try to talk to you-
But you'd ignore me,
Pretend not to hear me,
And won't answer anyway.
I could hug you-
But you'd peel me off,
Twist my arm,
And yell obscenities at me.
I could kiss you out of the blue-
But you'd push me away,
Spit in my face,
And probably even slap me.
I could text you I love you-
But you'd probably reply
With swear words strung into sentences
That will leave me shaking.
I fell kilometers for you
And the sad thing is
You never fell even a millimeter
For me, while I'm still falling.
I could stop loving you, sure
But I don't know why
It feels as though without you, without
Loving you, I'd rather not survive.
I could do many things but
I know the consequences
So I'll leave them in my fantasies
Suppressing my love's expresses.

This is the exact post that inspired me to write this:

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