Love poems

   Part One: Sometimes love hurts and it is complicated. 

As much as there are sometimes when I wish that love could be absolutely wonderful and perfect like portrayed in some of the fairy tales or romance stories or books in the media, I have found that the reality is that, love is not always simple. Sometimes love hurts and it is complicated and sometimes love just doesn’t make much sense. I describe some of these feeling and emotions in The One I Want in the End is Always You, Trusting My Heart, and In Everything I Do, I’ll Be Thinking of You.

The One I Want in the End is Always You

Here goes stupid me. I bend over backwards to try to get you to see.

I want you to notice me.

I try and I try, but I just slip and fall

And nothing goes right, no nothing at all.

About this time, I give a huge sigh.

I’m so frustrated, I feel like I could cry,

Because I instead of impressing Mr. Cool,

I’ve just been playing the fool.

Yes, I’m a fool for playing these silly games,

Since I know in the end, I’ll get hurt all the same,

But I still want to impress you when you’re with me,

Because I just want you to see

That it doesn’t seem to matter what I do,

The one I want in the end is always you.

Trusting My Heart

As I go through this journey of life,

I feel confused and burdened down with hardships and strife.

There’s so many emotions going through my head.

There’s so many things that I want to do and say, but nothing’s been done or said.

I’m going crazy! I don’t know what to do.

I wonder, does he feel the same way too?

Is it right? I don’t know.

I’m not sure quite where to go.

I know what I want to happen,

But the pathway ahead seems blurry and forsaken.

Is this right for me?

Is this where I’m supposed to be?

I don’t know. I’m not sure.

I can’t tell what’s in store.

There’s so many rules, so many things to do and say.

I sometimes wonder why it has to be this way.

I just hope everything will turn out for the best,

And remind myself: It’s just a part of my test,

And even though I lay confused and unsure,

I’ll just have to trust my heart and hope that good things lie in store.

In Everything I Do, I’ll Be Thinking of You

Why do I feel this way? I just don’t understand.

Am I going crazy? Am I in love with my best friend?

Why do I want something that I’m not sure will work out?

Should I choose this way or should I take a different route?

I am unsure where I should go.

How I am to act, I simply do not know.

All I know is, no matter what I do, I can’t stop thinking of you.

Yes, in everything I do, I’ll be thinking of you.

  

Part Two: Despite all this, I am generally hopeful for love. 

  

Despite, the many complications and heartaches that love can bring as I described in my previous poems, I am generally hopeful for love and I am willing to take a risk or do something that may seem crazy if it means that I might have the chance to love someone and for that person to love me as well.  When I Fall in Love, I’ll Fall in Love in my own Way, I Root for the Underdog, and Here is my Heart describe my determination and/ or stubbornness to try to remain hopeful for the chance of love, even when others tell me differently or the prospect of love might seem dim.

When I Fall in Love, I’ll Fall in Love in my own Way

Everybody says you’ll know when you fall in love.

Everybody says you’ll have that feeling you’ve been dreaming of.

Everybody says love’s great. You’ll be floating on air.

You’ll be living a life of bliss when you find the one who deeply cares.

What happens if your head starts to be filled with doubt?

You start to question if things really will work out.

Love isn’t always easy, at least it never was for me,

Because confusion sets in and I’m lost in reality.

My heart doesn’t always agree with my mind.

It’s hard to look inside and to really find

How I feel about you, and if I really love you.

I just don’t know what to do.

I guess I’ll just have to pray and listen some more,

And maybe I’ll find out what paths lay in store.

I don’t care what everybody else will say.

When I fall in love, I’ll fall in love in my own way.

 I Root for the Underdog

In so many books and movies that I’ve seen,

There seems to be competition between

The one who ends up with the girl.

I will never understand

The grand schemes and all the plans

To win the heart of lady fair

When her choice seems to be so clear.

Still, I root for the underdog,

The one that seems to have no chance

Of ever having that romance.

He’s the one that works so hard,

But in the end, his heart gets scarred.

I root for the underdog,

The one who’s hopelessly in love

With the person that he’s dreaming of.

To me, he seems the one that’s best.

He is the one who is most fearless.

I know it’s crazy, but you see,

I root for the underdog, because he’s the one that’s most like me.

Yes, the one that’s most like me.

 Here is My Heart

Here is my heart. I’ll give it all to you.

Would you please let me have yours too?

I can’t promise that your heart won’t break,

Because we’re both human, and we’ve made some mistakes,

But I know that we both need to stop playing these games

If we’re ever going to love each other the same.

 Oh, please take my heart. Hold onto it tight,

And I’ll hold yours too with all of my might.

I’ll share my love if I give you my heart.

Would you share yours too and never depart?

Oh please share your love too, and never depart.

Part three: I think I might be in love. 

In my poems Just Friendship, Maybe More  and I’m Crazily, Helplessly, Falling for You  I describe the feelings that I have when I think I might be falling in love and what that is like.  I try to describe the feeling of falling in love, which I may or may not have captured, but for me to really describe pure, love, words alone are inadequate. Music can come close, but even that sometimes falls short of the deep and penetrating emotion that comes as real love develops. It is something that is felt and experienced in the heart and understood through the heart and the Spirit. Translation from heart to mind to speech is difficult and often gets lost along the way.

“I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him and would not let him go…” Solomon’s song 3: 4, King James Bible.

Just Friendship, Maybe More

I think about you all the time. You’re in my dreams more and more.

I don’t know why I can’t get over you or what I’m hanging on for.

When you’re gone, I want you here.

When you’re with me, I just stare.

I can’t help it. I don’t know what to do.

I get so confused when I think about you.

You’re one of my best friends, but still I try to hide

The way I think about you and how I feel inside.

I wonder, am I falling in love, or do I just wish I was?

Do I really love you or is it just infatuation?

Oh, I don’t really know. I just feel so much frustration,

Because I want this so badly to be real,

But I’m afraid my dream will melt away if I tell you how I feel.

I want to tell you that I like you. I like you just for who you are.

To me, you’re everything. You are my shining star.

I don’t want to embarrass you, but I just might take the chance,

Because you may like me too, and it just might be romance.

 A few years ago, I had a friend that was often just a great friend, but I sometimes liked him as more than a friend.  I was trying to not to like this friend as more than my friend, because I didn’t think that he liked me in that way.

 There was one night, though, that I was hanging out with this friend and some of my other friends.  While I was with this friend, I kept tripping and falling over. I was embarrassed at my lack of coordination and ability to stay on my feet, but then I realized that maybe I was falling so much, because I saw my friend smile at me, and in that moment I was starting to like him as more than a friend again, and I always tend to make a fool of myself when I like someone in that way. Then it dawned on me that I was quite literally “falling” for a friend. I’m Crazily, Helpless, Falling for You came shortly after.

           

 I’m Crazily, Helplessly, Falling for You

I saw you again today, and I thought I was just fine,

But then you smiled at me and you swept away this heart of mine,

And I feel myself falling hard.

You always catch me off- guard.

Now I’m starting to like you just like I did before.

Does my heart even have a chance? I just don’t know anymore,

Because I keep falling over and over and over again.

I’m fighting a lost battle. You’re going to win.

There’s not much I can do.

I’m crazily, helplessly, falling for you.

The more and more I’m with you, the more and more I see,

You’re the one I really want to be with me.

Despite my best efforts, you’re there in my head.

I always think about you and things you’ve done or said.

I know that we’re just friends, and that’s how it will probably stay,

But it seems that I like you more and more with each passing day.

Now I’m falling hard,

And I’m trying not to be caught off-guard.

I’m liking you, just like I did before.

I know my heart doesn’t have a chance anymore,

Because I keep falling over and over and over again.

I’m fighting a lost battle. You’re going to win.

There’s not much I can do.

I’m crazily, helplessly, falling for you.

I have since found out that charity and unselfishness, which is what I call real love, has to be present in order for a relationship of romance to last. I also believe that real love should not have to be limited to romantic relationships, but I believe it should be found in all of our best relationships, be they with God, with spouse, with our family, friends, neighbors or in other relationships that we cherish; I believe that there should be charity and unselfishness found in them all. When real love is not present, selfishness abounds and things tend to turn out poorly for everyone. However, when real love is present, especially in the relationships that we should treasure the most, I believe that we can be able to build up a foundation of peace and true, lasting happiness in our homes, among our friends, in our communities, in our nations, and even in the world.

 Some of my favorite passages of scripture that concern unselfish love are found in Ephesians in the King James Bible. The first is found in chapter 5 of Ephesians, verse 2. It says “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” The next passage is found in Ephesians 4, verse 32. It reads “And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” 

For me, the key to unselfish love and having charity, which is the pure love of Christ, is to look to Jesus Christ for our perfect example and to try to love God as He did and to try to love our neighbor as “Christ hath loved us.” I think remembering this phrase helps, because we may not be able to always understand how to perfectly love our neighbor, but we can always see how Christ loves us, and then by recognizing this, we can pattern our lives after Him and the way that He showed love for us and continues to show us love.

I believe that unselfish love is a gift and having charity for others and learning to receive true acts of love and kindness from others is a gift and it comes from God. James 1: 17 tells us that “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow turning” King James Bible. This means that even though charity does require effort on our part to develop and to receive, these are also a gift from God and will come as we seek them from God and be willing to accept His timetable for receiving these wonderful gifts. We should not be discouraged if these things do not come right away, but we should continue to press forward until we can develop true love for God and true love for our neighbor.

Part four: Unselfish love or real love 

Unselfish Love

As I look at all the marvelous creations, and I ponder over the beauty of the earth,

I can’t help but think of all that I have been blessed with,

all that I have had since my birth.

I think of my wonderful family who has blessed me through all of my days.

I think of my close friendships; my friends have helped me in so many ways.

I think about all of my teachers. I think of all the lessons they’ve shared.

I think about all of the people that ever stopped and took the time to care.

I think about all that’s been given to me,

My food, clothes, and shelter, the air that I breathe.

I think about everything that I have,

Like the freedom to choose to be happy or sad.

I think about God’s most glorious plan

That enables me to return home to Him.

I think of my Savior and His sacrifice.

For me, He came down and He gave up His life.

I think about His Atonement. Through it, I can repent and become clean.

Oh, as I think about all of these things, I realize how blessed I have been.

I am truly humbled and grateful to know that so many gifts have been given to me.

Sometimes I stop to wonder why. Then I realize that unselfish love is the key.

This love; pure, unselfish, love, has been there right from the start,

And now I pray that that same love can be found within my heart,

Because I know this kind of love has helped me and helped you.

It is just so amazing to me what unselfish love can do.

Yes, it is just so amazing to me what unselfish love can do.

In the King James Bible in Proverbs 17: 17 tells us that “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity,” which to me means that a true friend is willing to be with you in good times and also in times that are hard, which is what I know my truest friends have done for me, many of whom include my dear family members.

 My poem, Very Special Friends describes my feelings of gratitude for the kind of friends that the verse in Proverbs describes. When I wrote Very Special Friends, it was a beautiful September day in Rexburg, Idaho. The weather was so nice and wonderful. I was grateful for such a beautiful day. As I was thinking about what a wonderful day it was, I started to think of all the other things that I was grateful for. As I did this, I began to see how much I had truly been blessed with. My heart was filled with gratitude.  I realized that so many of my blessings that I had right then, were because other people have unselfishly given of themselves and took the time to help me and to show love for me. Some of the people that have shown me the greatest love kindness to me are my loving family and a group of very special friends.

           

 Very Special Friends

It is only every once in a while that I come across very special friends.

They may be in my life only briefly, but on them I have come to depend.

These wonderful friends greatly influence me.

They help make me into the person that I want to be.

They lead me. They guide me. They show me the way.

They mentor me and teach me through the lives they live each day.

These friends are great examples. They are compassionate and kind.

They always keep the thoughts of others in their hearts and minds.

They are honest and devoted people on whose trust I can rely.

They influence me for good as time goes by.

These friends give me strength and comfort. They help me become strong.

They support me and love me, even when things turn out wrong.

I can’t imagine my life without these friends, which are so dear.

They have been my angelic ministers, always they have been near.

I am so grateful for these wonderful friends, who have always been there,

And who continue to bless my life, because they really care.

Christ often taught in parables. You Looked so Lonely, is too a parable about being aware of other people and being willing to give service and love to them.

“And then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” King James Bible, Matthew 25: 37-40.

You Looked so Lonely…

You looked so lonely sitting there,

All on your own in that little, old chair.

You looked so sad there all on your own,

All by yourself in your little, old home.

I wanted to reach out and lend you a hand,

But it slipped through my fingers like grains of the sand.

I wanted to be a friend to you,

Yet I sat there confused, knowing not what to do.

Then after many thoughts had come to arise,

The idea finally came to take you a sweet like a pie.

After much preparation that was rather quite fun,

I walked to your house in the glistening of the sun.

I knocked on the door. You let me in,

And I knew the great happiness that must have been

As I saw the smile on your face,

And you thanked the Lord for his great grace.

We talked for a while. You asked me to stay.

I told you I’d be back soon another day.

After that, we became great friends.

I thought this friendship would never end,

But this earthly friendship could no longer be,

Since you had got taken away from me.

I should have done so much more,

But yet, even the little things I did, you were so grateful for.

I’m glad I got to be a friend to you,

And that I didn’t miss the second chance that I had to show kindness to you.

We can learn through the scriptures that we are all children of God.  In 2 Corinthians 2: 17-18 it states “…And I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” Isaiah 43: 1 & 6-7 also tells us to “…Fear not: for I (the Lord) have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.  I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him” King James Bible. 

            Christ himself also taught that “…whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother” Matthew 12: 50, King James Bible. When I wrote What I See in Me and You I was thinking about how all people on earth are spiritually are brothers and sisters and how we are all children of God, our Heavenly Father.

What I See in Me and You

I used to look around and see strangers near me,

But now when I look, it’s just family I see.

If I take some time to listen to what is in their hearts,

And I find some common ground, that’s where the friendship starts.

We may be very different in many different ways,

But if I look deep enough, I see the same.

I see brothers. I see sisters. I see neighbors. I see friends.

I see hopes and dreams and wishes. I see hands that extend.

I see a longing for truth, for peace, and for home.

I see a yearning to know that life has purpose, that we are not alone.

I see trials. I see struggles. I see worries and sometimes fear.

I see a great need for comfort and for love to dry the crying tears.

I see that we’re all human. We all make mistakes,

But I see that most are willing to do all it takes

To make it through this life,

To endure all the trouble and sometimes the strife.

I see that most are strong. They desire to belong.

They want to make a difference in this world that they live on.

To be truly happy is what people want to do.

This is what I see in people, what I see in me and you.

I think that the greatest love of all comes from Heavenly Father and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. They love us perfectly and so much more than we can comprehend.  The apostle John tells us “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” 1 John 4: 9&10, King James Bible.

 I believe that this is true. God has always loved us. His love for us is constant and unchanging, without end. In the poems Thy Holy Son and His Love Will Always Be Enough, I talk about the love that our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ have for us.

I wrote the poem Thy Holy Son shortly after Christmas. My thoughts during this time had been a lot on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how aside from our very lives, the gift of Jesus Christ was the greatest act of charity that the world had ever known, because Jesus Christ atoned for our sins. He died for us, and now He lives again!

My thoughts were focused on the perspective of God, the Father in all of this. I thought about how Heavenly Father had given His only Begotten and perfect Son to the world because of His great love for all of us, His children. Heavenly Father had so much charity for us, that even though I am sure it caused Him great pain, He gave His only Begotten and perfect Son to an imperfect world and to imperfect people, because of the great love that He had for all of us. I also thought about how Christ loved us so much that He was willing to go through all that He did, because He loves us all much more than we can ever comprehend, and because of this, deep gratitude filled my heart and I know I shed tears of joy as the words came to me for this poem.

 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” King James Bible, John 3:16.

Thy Holy Son

This world had all sinned and You knew we would walk imperfectly.

We had fallen from thy presence and could no more be with thee.

We were lost. We were hopeless and afraid,

So to the world, the unclean world, Your most precious gift you gave.

Thy Son, thy holy Son, You gave to the world,

A little baby boy, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Your holy child took on flesh

And through His life the world was blessed.

He grew in wisdom and waxed strong. He gained favor before man and with thee,

And when others saw Him grow, they glimpsed divinity.

Then Jesus called and He taught. By example, He did lead.

He gave light unto the world, and the hungry He did feed.

He showed us how to love, how to serve, and how to live.

He taught us how to pray and how to freely forgive.

Hated by some for declaring He was Thine,

Thy son, thy holy Son, was accused, betrayed, and tried.

Then He took upon our sins and in agony he cried

“Father, take this cup, let it pass from me I pray.

Nevertheless, if it be thy will, for them, I will stay.”

How grateful I am that in our time of need,

You let thy perfect Son, for us, intercede.

I thank thee Father, that you showed forth your merciful hand.

You gave your Son for a sacrifice and He became the Lamb!

He hung upon the cross. Then He gave up His life,

But after three dark days, He triumphed over pain and strife.

He had conquered pain and sin, and gained victory over death;

Through His mighty power, He rose once more with living breath,

And now because Him, we can repent and be made whole!

We have the chance to be with thee again and find rest for our souls!

Words cannot express the gratitude in my heart 

For thy holy Son, and the blessings He imparts,

I thank thee for thy gift of Him to this undeserving world of ours.

 “And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up” Doctrine and Covenants 84: 88.

His Love Will Always Be Enough

Isn’t it wonderful to know

That I can live and learn and grow

In this world at this time

In a home that I call mine?

It’s so wonderful to be surrounded by the people that care so much for me.

The Lord has blessed me with a few good friends and a loving family.

He knows I can make it through anything, any pain, any hardship or trial

If I have someone there to lift me up, I can go that extra mile.

If someone is there to lend me a listening ear or if I can see a friendly face,

I can have the strength I need to endure well life’s taxing race.

If someone is there to reach out and to try to understand,

I know I can fulfill all of life’s demands,

Because life was never meant to be taken and done all on our own,

And when we place our trust in God, we need never be alone.

He will always place angels round about us to bear us up,

And whether it’s the Lord’s own arms or others, His love will always be enough.