Poem by Keira van der Kolk (read by Christi Steyn)

"Just once I wanted someone to be afraid of losing me"

Absolutely gorgeous poem by Keira van der Kolk

tags: #poetry #spokenpoetry #poems #spokenword #slampoetry #poet #lovepoem #heartbreak

[TheFootballMajesty]

Scary how someone else's words almost paints a perfect picture of our emotions

[ImanMohsin-poems]

“I cannot love you into loving me” so eloquently spoken.

[DJZander]

"I can't love you into loving me."
Really resonates, i used to tell everyone that asked about someone i lost..."i loved her enough for the *both* of us."

[Trulyy-yours]

"you wouldn't even chose me in this ONE."

...
Well damn.

[I_Love_My_Bass_Clarient]

Full poem:
The very thing that distinguishes us is that I wouldn’t hesitate to choose you in every lifetime, but you wouldn’t even choose me in this one and although I gave you my flesh and bones. I know I cannot love you into loving me. So there you are overflowing with my love and here I am pleading for a droplet of yours or whatever I could salvage but there must come a time where you recognize that to grieve someone hurts a lot less than forcing them to be apart of you, and I know I should not beg for love but just once I wanted someone to be afraid of losing me.

[stacynonglangmusic]

Made me think of how blessed are those with a family who loves them..

[katharinao.]

so lovely! deep words, deep meaning 🧡

[AnnaroseParker-jd]

"and I know I should not beg for love, but just once I wanted someone to be afraid of losing me" I felt that

[svnsnt]

I now understand this poem as a self reflection. Myself instead of the typical other

[MotoAjin]

Last line cuts so deep. I love you and your work. Please keep doing it.

[RPowell]

Cuts straight to the heart of the experience of passionately loving someone who is indifferent to you and your feelings.

[MowRSA]

It is rare to randomly find splinters of yourself in the words of another. Thank you for saying what I could not. 😢

[JuniorEVasquez]

It's so real the "to grieve Someone Hurts a lot less than forcing them to be a part of you", these words give meaning to a feeling that I was holding for a long time.

[Theboysthatlovememes]

“Being close enough to you mean you telling me how much u love this person, while I’m just sitting there knowing I won’t be that person”

[William-bs]

That soulful look in her eyes at the end, poured her heart and soul into it didn’t she ❤️

[pIx-InverseIQ]

Not the attitude to keep. Life has much bigger purpose & if one dedicate to chasing love, he/she deserves none. Love will find u when u pursue ure purpose u were born for

[QueenzAndKingzIdk]

Name this poem:

Do you ever feel like no one could ever care?
It’s like your heart can break like a paper can tear
You want to run, you want to hide
You don’t want to show whatever’s inside

Sometimes life’s hard, sometimes it’s alright
Sometimes you just need someone to hold you through the night
Someone to tell you that you’ll be fine
Even though you’re not, most of the time

Sometimes the world is a really tough place
Or maybe that’s just not the case
Maybe it’s just that everyone’s too mean
Maybe it’s that no one is what they seam

Sometimes you just want to scream and shout
Sometimes you want to let everything out
Other times you’re quite, like you forgot how to speak
And you think that you’re nothing, nothing but a freak

You’re tired of picking up everyone else’s trash
You’re tired of seeing your life being swallowed in a flash
There’s barely enough tears left for you to cry
You say that you’re happy, but that is a lie

You replay scenarios in your head
To help you fall asleep in your bed
You wish that you can change your attitude
You wish that you could stand up when people were rude

Have you ever let the comments properly enter your mind?
You forget that there’s anything good in life to find
You forget that not everyone’s just trying to pull at your hair
You forget there’s actually people who care

Slowly but surely you find joy in your life
You find someone to take out the knife
They clean the wounds and piece you back together
They fix you all the way through and you no long feel poor

You get your smile and confidence back
You regain the skills you started to lack
You realise that your finally ok in the mind
You walk at the front and not from behind

Instead of being the meal for the cat
You’re now the one who helps the rat
You’re now the one who tells them it’s ok
You tell them that they shouldn’t walk away

You just needed a hug, you needed a friend
You needed someone who’ll be there until the very end
Someone you can rest your head on, while they rest theirs too
Someone who will say those three words, ‘I Love You’

[apiohellenvicky]

"someone to please be afraid of losing me" such a beautiful and touching poem

[tanmaywarke]

this poem is the most relatable poem i have heard. it really express the part of me which I realise while reading it.

[Theyluv_Nae-wg]

"But just once i wanted someone afraid of losing me" that hits very deep too me bc nobody is ever afraid like me to lose somebody to love to cherish their dreams to hold oh no matter how hard i try i will never be yours to keep.