Love is a crazy thing. It can make us feel joy, sadness, betrayal, confusion and just about any other possible emotion. When I am experiencing relationship problems, I have always found solace in poetry. Lang Leav is the poet I turn to when love is on my mind. Her works are always so relatable!
1. For when you are watching the one you love, love someone else.
"Just Friends" by Lang Leav
I know that I don't own you,
and perhaps I never will,
so my anger when you're with her,
I have no right to feel.
I know that you don't own me,
and i shouldn't ask for more;
I shouldn't feel so let down
all the times when you don't call
What I feel-I shouldn't show you,
so when you're around I won't;
I know I've no right to feel it--
but it doesn't mean I don't.
2. When you are feeling cautious towards the one you love.
"A Dangerous Recipe" by Lang Leav
To love him
is something,
I hold highly
suspicious.
Like having something,
so very delicious-then being told,
to do the dishes.
3. When you are trying to let go of love.
"Letting Him Go" by Lang Leav
There is a particular kind of suffering to be experienced when
you love something greater than yourself. A tender sacrifice.
Like the pained silence felt in the lost song of a mermaid; or
the bent and broken feet of a banking ballerina. It is in every
considered step I am taking in the opposite direction of you.
4. When you have loved them in a past life.
"Soul Mates" by Lang Leav
I don't know how you are so familiar to me--or why it feels
less like I am getting to know you and more as though I am
remembering who your are. How every smile, every whisper
brings me closer to the impossible conclusion that I have known
you before, I have loved your before--in another time, a different
place--some other existence.
5. When it hurts to love someone but, you just can't leave them.
"Golden Cage" by Lang Leav
A bird who hurt her wing,
now forgotten how to fly.
A song she used to sing,
but can't remember why.
A breath she caught and kept--
that left her in a sigh.
It hurts her so to love you,
but she won't say good bye.
These five selections are my favorite poems by Leav and I hope you will be able to find them as enjoyable to read as I do.
