Barbara Writes

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When Love is Not Enough

When Love is Not Enough

To love is not enough
When I know not who you are
To love is not enough
When your touches only hurt
To love is not enough
When you say you love, and
Your actions tells me different
To love is not enough
When there is love on your face, and
The passion is not there
To love is not enough
When love is not in you, and
I have not reached your heart

— Barbara Writes, Nov 04, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Billy Collins, Shakespeare, , Emily Dickinson, , , Whitman, Jess Tapper

Critiques

zarul

17 years 7 months ago

barbara

Surprisingly, i just discovered that i am touched by a love poem. i used to think that love poem is not my 'matter', but after reading your poem, i change my perspective. I really love the flow. I am captivated by this poem. Is that mean that the time has come for me to love someone? ONly time will tell SMILE, my friend GREAT DAY ZARUL

Barbara Writes

17 years 7 months ago

Zarul

thanks for reading glad you like it. i have a son your age, you may not want to know what i think. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

DarkinAZ

17 years 7 months ago

I m touched...

very well....written. -DarkinAZ-

Barbara Writes

17 years 7 months ago

Mark

i am glad it touched you. glad you like it. glad to hear from you again. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Barbara Writes

17 years 7 months ago

Mark

I am glad it touched you. Glad you like it. Glad to hear from you again. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

easylife_2

17 years 6 months ago

This is beautiful barbara

I really liked reading and also the message you passed across.Thank you for this one.

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Easylife

Glad the reading and message was enjoyable. Thanks for visiting my poem. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Wafi

17 years 6 months ago

Barbara I Just Love It

Its really a great piece. Reminded me of somebody special and bygone. Thanks for such touching words. Really love it. Wafi

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Wafi

Glad it touched you in a special way. thanks for reading and commenting. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Lonnie

17 years 6 months ago

Bravely-written, Barbara!

A hard undertaking, I'm sure, but you pulled it off magnificently! Kudos!

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

hard undertaking

How did you know. lol Glad it came off nicely. Thanks for commenting and reading it. really appreciate your comments/ Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Mohammad Yamin Iraqi

17 years 6 months ago

When Love is Not Enough

Barbara, Your poem distinguishes between pretentions and true love. A superb write. Paints a picture of excellent features of Love. The poem is awe-inspiring.

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

distinguishes between pretentions and true love

Glad the distinctions came through. I worked hard editing and revising to get all the feactures of love in. glad it came off a hit. Thanks, you are always appreciated. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Janice Pearce

17 years 6 months ago

When Love Is Not Enough

Barbara, A nicely written piece here, filled with your love. _____________________________ To write a touching poem, you must gently stir the soul, if it brings forth tears or smiles, then the story was beautifully told. ________Janice Pearce_________

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

filled with your love

Glad you noticed that. my love is so different it seems that I have been told don't know how to love or except love. Go figure. Thanks for seeing the real me and commenting. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

chica2008

17 years 6 months ago

hi

your poem seems nice but somehow i can't help feeeling like its too plain, it doesn't sound like there is any emotion, it's about love but it's jst plain, you could try and spice it up a little bit.

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Hi Chica

Thanks for those suggestions I really appreciate your honest truthful input on how it makes you feel. I totally disaggreed with you, so I ask my nineteen year old daughter and she agree with you a 100% So when I read it with what you said in mind it comfirm what my family say I look like, a non geniune phony with no emotions. I actually see that in this piece. It is far from the truth about me, but I must write how I feel. I am happy it distinguishes the difference between true love and pretension, which is what I was aimimg for. I have some other poem you might find more to your liking. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

weirdelf

17 years 6 months ago

this touched me deeply

I thought I was in love, then a slap in the face brought me back during sex, how does it happen? I still don't know but I am sure it is why I am still single at 50. I am clever at lots of things but it is perhaps why I will never be a great poet. A deeply insightful poem. You get better and bettter all the time. cheers, Jess

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Jess

I think you are a great poet I especially like your poems *A poem of love* and *The gibbous moon*. I cannot say I love you to any one without feeling suffocated, but I can show it. Which most see as phony. Then I say, oh well and then I find my own inner peace without them. (Philippians 4:6, 7) Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Eduardo Cruz

17 years 6 months ago

Barbara,

beautiful is what I say this is. You express the two sides of love here. the side that is unconditional, that I assume is your side. then you show the side of your partner who loves, but only for his own ends. To say I love you, and it does not come from the true deep place, can always be seen by the one who has said I love you from their very soul. That is where you feel it is not enough, show me by your actions not by words. I truly understand that! Your poetry is becoming deep, meaning that something inside of you has awoken. You are tapping into something beautiful! thanks, Eddie "do like the once barren tree: flourish and like the planted seed: rise" Jose De Diego

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Thanks Eddie

You have said correctly what this poem is about. You found the main point in what I am trying to express. Not many people can find that in my many babbles. Is there ever such a thing as unconditional love from any one. Everybody wants or needs something in return. Thanks so much for you comment it is refreshing. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Eduardo Cruz

17 years 6 months ago

My sweet Barbara,

there is unconditional love, but like the Bird of Paradise it is hard to find. I can honestly say that I have found it in my lovely wife. She has been with me through thick and thin, that's how I know for sure that it exist! thanks, just keep writing for we love you! Eddie "do like the once barren tree: flourish and like the planted seed: rise" Jose De Diego

Rett

17 years 6 months ago

Ah, my friend

I could have sworn I commented on this one! Now I can add no more because Eddie said it all. *sigh* and I so would have loved to have said what he did and you did in your lovely poem. Well said, well done. Respectfully, Rett: "Did you ever notice that the politicians who want to ban gun ownership are the very ones that should be shot anyway?" Rett: 2008

Barbara Writes

17 years 6 months ago

Thanks Rett

Thanks you are most appreciated and a welcoming friend Respectfully Yours, Barbara