LOVE Poem: Loving too hard, by Molly Dickerson

i’ve always questioned
why i can love so hard
but never be loved the same

i always felt to blame
that their eyes never lit up
like a flame
when they said my name

my heart
became scarred
by all the people
who found it too hard
to love me

i know
that the love
i feel
is stronger than gravity
but i wear it on the outside,
easy for someone to steal

and it repeatedly
gets stolen
until my eyes
are swollen
from crying
over the pain
of never being loved
in the way i love

i can never understand
why i express my love so grand
and they refuse to
even hold my hand,
why for every compliment i give
i only receive a demand,
why i give all i have
and they hurt me
to the point i can’t withstand

i love vulnerably
and am never met
with the same love;
even those who try
can’t even come
close
and it shows.

i feel so lonely
because i know
that it’s only
me
who can love
this fiercely
and i see it clearly
that i am merely
alone