Circle of tears
22 July 2012
AGNES ARE | The Crocodile Prize
I know you can never understand the way I feel for you
It’s harder for me to forget the times we shared
The way you find so easy to do.
Logically it’s wrong to lie without a doubt but this feeling
within my heart can never be denied even though you’ve
locked me out.
To you, I’m just a friend but that’s what I’ve led you to believe
and nothing more.
I know that if to love you were a crime, I’d have broken every
law. Maybe I’m misguided or just unwise but I find
something special when I look into your eyes.
something that tells me that you too hide behind the curtain
of lies.
I’ve witnessed as you gave your heart away to a different person
It hurts so much to know that you care for someone else the
way I care for you but I know it’s just a symbol to prove
we’re through.
Sometimes, I’m certain you do like me no matter what you say
But your love is just an image
I cannot find the key, like a wild animal you were born to be free.
Even though I may be walking against the wind
the price so far from my reach, I’m not willing to give in
If you think your friendship brings less pain than for your
sake I’ll carry on the game though you make me hide from
the truth, I know the charade is not in van.
I know you have friends you wish to keep
I don’t want to take them away from you.
I only want to be a part of your life.
Is that too much to ask, am I prying too deep?
I don’t want to worry,
I’ve hurt so much trying to deny I care
I just want you to know that I still love you
If you ever need someone, I’ll always be there for you.
Maybe things could be better
Maybe as time goes by you’ll see
Maybe the circle of tears will end and you’ll understand how
Special we could be.
Agnes Are (23) was born in Mumeng in Morobe Province. She is in her first year of teaching at Kundiawa Lutheran Day High School. She enjoys writing poems, especially ‘love poems’. She started writing poems as therapy after a broken relationship
I read a copy of this poem back in Bugandi Secondary School, I can't remember when exactly, maybe sometime between 2003 and 2006. I'm not sure who the author is but what I do remember is copying the poem, word for word into my journal back in high school so that I can read over and over again. Ah, young love! A good poem though!
Posted by: Leonnie Wayang | 20 July 2015 at 02:27 PM
@Stephanie Tapungu, the compilation of that poem was by a couple of students from the literature club I think, and was not by an individual, if Im right.
I agree with you that it is a beautiful heart wrenching poem.
I was a student in Aiyura 901, when I first read that, and I had a copy with me for years, so I can still recall the lines from memory!
Posted by: Steven Gimbo | 05 July 2013 at 02:10 PM
Yes, I agree with Steven Gimbo that this poem is not original. I have a copy of this poem from when I was a student at Aiyura National High School.
I thought it was a beautiful heart wrenching poem and my gratitude to the original composer of Circle of Tears.
Posted by: Stephanie Tapungu | 24 June 2013 at 04:22 PM
I do not believe this poem is original. I should like to know where the author got this piece from.
I believe the original was a composition put together in 1990-91 by students of Aiyura National High School.
Posted by: Steven Gimbo | 14 January 2013 at 12:38 PM
The metaphors and similes vividly conveyed the persona in the poem. A good example is in the first line of stanza four; it says that “I’ve watched as you gave your heart away to a different person”.
Just by reading that line, an imagery of a couple is already in my mind with a third party watching from afar.
The poem was written in a way that expresses the feeling of heartache in a very vivid imagery that I could almost picture the characters in the poem.
Thanks to the author and I look forward to more of your writings.
Posted by: Dinnierose Raiko | 26 September 2012 at 12:16 PM