Love Poem: Love Impasse
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Written by: Laura Breidenthal

Love Impasse

I am not ashamed to say it—
I revisit you—perhaps because 
you discarded me and you 
meant something to me.

But do I blame?
No—I should have 
seen where there
was an easy exit—
and perhaps it was me 
that discarded 
you.

I am not sure 
of simple things anymore. 

All I am sure of
is that I love you—
and have loved you. 
but I could never give 
you all of me and risk 
it all not knowing to 
whom your heart 
belonged.

Even though
you are silent as death now 
I feel you deeply and 
I feel I mean something  
to you—but my dilemma 
is that I am unsure of 
you and all I know is 
that I inflicted pain
just as I feel pain 
from you. 

And I have done 
what I could to resurrect 
the death between us—
not that a simple talk
could mend what is 
already broken.