Chapter Two: A Fairy Tale Heartbreak
Real love stories never have endings.
~Richard Bach~
Here is a poem a 14-year-old girl wrote about her first love; I have changed the names out of respect for the author of the poem. The author will be known as Kate, and her boyfriend will be called Joe.
Love
Joe, I think I love you, When we kissed today my heart flew. I'm not sure what love is though. What it is, I'd like to know.
I want to be with you forever, Living with you would make life a short endeavor. I know I've said I've loved in the past, But I think it is true now, I want us to last.
I can't tell you this cuz I don't wanna scare you. When I'm away from you I feel so blue. I can't picture myself with anyone else now. Should I let you know? I don't know how.
I love you Joe, I hope you do too. I hope we never break up; I'd freeze my heart blue. For I don't know if I'd ever love again. You're the most perfect of all other men.
A few weeks after Kate wrote the above poem, she broke up with Joe, and later wrote the below poem, as a silent expression of her still strong feelings for Joe. During my interview with Kate, she said to me, "If I could have just one wish, it would be to turn back time and never have broken up with him. It's too late now though, he's moved on, and I'm stuck here, with a secret crush on a guy I shouldn't have let go."
Miss
I've done many stupid things, including dumping you. I want you back, but I don't know if I love you. I miss you so much it hurts my heart. I wish we were still together, I wish we never broke apart. I miss being in your arms; it's like my rightful place. I still go to sleep at night, just to dream of your face. I know you don't like me anymore, & it makes me so sad To know we'll probably never get back the relationship we had. Is it too late? Do we have no chance? If we still do, I'd go out with you, my heart would sing & dance. Joe, the day I cry for a guy is the day I lose a love. I haven't cried yet, but my pain is known, even in the stars above.
About two weeks after composing that poem, Kate did cry for Joe. "I was thinking of all the things I liked about him, and I started crying. I miss him so much now. They say when one door closes, another one opens. Well, the doors are shut and locked, and there are no windows. God has left me here to suffocate and die alone." Broken-hearted Kate informed me of a note she wrote to Joe, telling him of her true feelings and her pain. When I asked if I could read the note, she politely declined and told me, "I don't want to pull it out, it's taking so much strength for me to function normally, and letting others read it, and reminding myself of it will weaken me too much, and I don't cry in front of people."
This story of Kate and Joe doesn't have a fairy tale ending. To Joe it ended, but in Kate's eyes there is still a ray of hope, so she still holds in her heart the possibility of getting back together with him.
Real love stories never have endings.
~Richard Bach~
Here is a poem a 14-year-old girl wrote about her first love; I have changed the names out of respect for the author of the poem. The author will be known as Kate, and her boyfriend will be called Joe.
Love
Joe, I think I love you, When we kissed today my heart flew. I'm not sure what love is though. What it is, I'd like to know.
I want to be with you forever, Living with you would make life a short endeavor. I know I've said I've loved in the past, But I think it is true now, I want us to last.
I can't tell you this cuz I don't wanna scare you. When I'm away from you I feel so blue. I can't picture myself with anyone else now. Should I let you know? I don't know how.
I love you Joe, I hope you do too. I hope we never break up; I'd freeze my heart blue. For I don't know if I'd ever love again. You're the most perfect of all other men.
A few weeks after Kate wrote the above poem, she broke up with Joe, and later wrote the below poem, as a silent expression of her still strong feelings for Joe. During my interview with Kate, she said to me, "If I could have just one wish, it would be to turn back time and never have broken up with him. It's too late now though, he's moved on, and I'm stuck here, with a secret crush on a guy I shouldn't have let go."
Miss
I've done many stupid things, including dumping you. I want you back, but I don't know if I love you. I miss you so much it hurts my heart. I wish we were still together, I wish we never broke apart. I miss being in your arms; it's like my rightful place. I still go to sleep at night, just to dream of your face. I know you don't like me anymore, & it makes me so sad To know we'll probably never get back the relationship we had. Is it too late? Do we have no chance? If we still do, I'd go out with you, my heart would sing & dance. Joe, the day I cry for a guy is the day I lose a love. I haven't cried yet, but my pain is known, even in the stars above.
About two weeks after composing that poem, Kate did cry for Joe. "I was thinking of all the things I liked about him, and I started crying. I miss him so much now. They say when one door closes, another one opens. Well, the doors are shut and locked, and there are no windows. God has left me here to suffocate and die alone." Broken-hearted Kate informed me of a note she wrote to Joe, telling him of her true feelings and her pain. When I asked if I could read the note, she politely declined and told me, "I don't want to pull it out, it's taking so much strength for me to function normally, and letting others read it, and reminding myself of it will weaken me too much, and I don't cry in front of people."
This story of Kate and Joe doesn't have a fairy tale ending. To Joe it ended, but in Kate's eyes there is still a ray of hope, so she still holds in her heart the possibility of getting back together with him.