"I don't think that being a strong person is about ignoring your emotions and fighting your feelings. Putting on a brave face doesn't mean you're a brave person. That's why everybody in my life knows everything that I'm going through. I can't hide anything from them. People need to realise that being open isn't the same as being weak."

- Taylor Swift

Friday, October 15, 2010

Exception.

All the love I have known,
Has hurt,
Has burned.

Will I find the exception?
Tell me they're not all one and the same.
Will I find my exception?
Because I want a partner in this game.

All the love I have known,
Has been empty,
Cold.

Will I find the exception?
I don't think it's enough to just hope and pray.
Will I find my exception?
Because I'm getting tired of this game.

All the love I have known,
Has been merely a dream,
A charade.

Will I find the exception?
Or is hate love's new name?
Will I find my exception?
Because I don't want to lose this game.

All the love I have ever known,
Has died,
Vanished.

Will I find the exception?
Why is all I have ever known so inane?
Will I find my exception?
I don't really know the rules of this game.

But,
Maybe,
I'm wrong.
Sometimes,
I like to believe,
Hope against hope,
Pray against prayer,
That all I have ever known are exceptions...

Will I find the exception?
How long do I have to wait?
Will I find my exception?

Because I refuse to believe that this is just a game.

Inspired by the song 'The Only Exception' by Paramore.


1 comment:

Adelaide Dupont said...

"The all I have ever known are exceptions" turns the poem around because it suggests that the narrator's previous experience was exceptional, rather than the people in it.