I Love Poem Analysis

It is often that we find ourselves so deeply attracted to someone or something that we decide to call it love. Love is an emotion felt by all people to some degree. We love things, animals, people; each of us has experienced love in some form. What do we do when the thing we love is no longer ours? We shut the world out, act like we don’t care, yet, these are all just faces we wear to hide the pain. While there are many ways to combat heartbreak, Lang Leav does a remarkable job connecting to the reader through her poems. She can relate to the reader, they understand what she writes about, she helps them get through breakups and puts words to our emotions. “A bruise is tender but does not last; it leaves me as I always was.
But a wound I take
Everyone has had a bruise, some of them last longer than others, but they always disappear. Scars, just as Leav writes, leave marks. Both are painful, but one leaves you with the reminder that you were once hurt. When you truly love someone and things don’t work out, you are left with hurt, and pain, confusion, and frustration. “We had no ending, no said goodbye. For all my life, I'll wonder why.” It’s a different type of pain to feel confusion; to never really know why you can’t have the one person you want, to never feel closure. For those who have dealt with never knowing why things ended, they will always have a scar. “What was it like to lose him?" Asked Sorrow. There was a long pause before I responded: It was like hearing every goodbye ever said to me—said all at once.” If you think about all of the times you’ve had to say goodbye to someone you love, you realize that goodbyes are hard and they can be emotionally draining. Imagine all the emotion you feel from all the goodbyes ever experienced, hearing them all at once could wreck a soul. The scars heal, the reminder is there but “Over time she will learn, not to miss them.” It’s not easy missing someone you can’t have, anyone that has experienced this knows and can relate to her writing. It goes hand in hand with the old saying, “time heals all wounds.” With time the pain subsides, and eventually you