Take my advice. I know;
I’ve seen it all before.
Don’t take that chance on love:
You don’t need it.
You don’t need the hurt, the betrayal,
The aching disappointment.
Turn away from it all.
Don’t second-guess.
Stop short on your desire
To return that charming wink–
Don’t think, not for a moment
Maybe this one could be true.
Turn up your haughty nose
At dependence on another.
Laugh with scorn at silly flirting
And the thought of ever playing
Those degrading games again.
Instead..
Wrap yourself in sullen comforts,
Insulate your timid soul.
Extricate your battered heart
From such disturbing folly.
Only then will you be certain
Your pride remains intact,
Unblemished.
And in time
You will forget
How it ever felt
To love.
– taken from Pages from the Past by Jennifer Kelland Perry
Jennifer's Journal 
a really great poem.. i wish i could forget how it felt to love.. been there, done that!
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Hi again, and thank you! Yes, so many of us have been down that road, but hopefully we are stronger for it.
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Wow!! Very powerfully done. Thanks Diana for sharing, and to Jennifer for putting herself out there for the rest of us.
While there will likely be times when it is necessary to “extricate your battered heart” for a time, living insulated and isolated is too lonely and cold to be endured for long.
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Thanks, Jelaine. Yes, it would be a lonely existence if you ultimately followed that “advice”. As painful as a broken heart is, you never know what the future may hold. My own experience is proof of that. 🙂
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This is a beautiful poem Jennifer. I’m glad Elizabeth led me to it!
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Thank you, Diana! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Hi Jennifer. I made a link back to your poem this morning as a I read another post that I felt was of similar sentiment … 🙂
http://talktodiana.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/to-need-or-not-to-need-that-is-the-question/#comment-1430
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Thank you, elizabeth2560, it makes me happy that you got something out of it. And thanks for the link!
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Wow! This is a fantastic poem. It says it all …. especially the warning signal in the last four lines. A lesson to us all suffering from a broken heart. Thanks …..
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