I wrote this poem about a girl who is my best friend. We have never had any romantic experiences, but through the years I've known her, I've fallen madly in love with her. She kind of knows this, but I don't know how she feels about it.

This poem originally was published in Love Poems - Love and Friendship Poems

Jackie
play into this heart and soul
and it seems like we've been down this road before
and I don't want to run into problems anymore

scary as it seems we are quite well
the best of friends can often be hell
when you feel much more for the other
than yourself

and at times I try to fight it away
but your touch makes it stronger day to day
frustrated, I only push you away

how many time has the topic come up
between us , how much I love you
and you get scared, then we don't talk for days

silence ain't golden for this boy
I feel alone in the world without your voice
seeing your face makes me rejoice.

don't know what I'd do if you weren't around
my heart hurts at just the thought
but you never seemed to really care

what of us will become
I hope you realize that I love you, hun,
and I'd never leave your side

if it were my time
87 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • Beloved
    I thought the poem was beautiful. It really touched my heart and spoke to me. I am in a similar situation and I could not have expressed those feelings any better.
  • Amber
    i think this peom peom is one of the best peoms i have ever read.
  • justin
    verry good and well wrote. also hit home with me =) never give up on the ones you love so true and dear and youll never have any regrets.
  • Edwin
    finger-licking good. This is the one poem i can relate to, you've earned my respect.
  • David
    I too have a friend called Jackie and felt touched by the sentiment in the poem. The poem captured the feeling of frustration that you can experience in close freindship, particularly when it is someone that perhaps you can never really be with because of other obligations in your life. I found comfort in the words
  • willy
    wow this is true love
  • Jacky
    well this poem was pretty good i liked it because it had my name on it and lot of my friends send it to me and it made me feel really special
  • erick
    itis one of the best poems i have read so far. keep it up///
  • Jon
    Jaqueline. I wrote the poem to express outloud the problems that i was having with my emotions at the time. I was at a major stage in my life and i wanted this girl to move into the next stage with me. Sadly we discussed our feelings, and we are no longer friends. I dont want that to discourage those of you out there that have read this poem and find solace in its words. Express yourself. If there's one thing that i can tell anyone who reads or has read my poem, it is that you only have one life to live. It sounds cliche and is completely over used, but there is a magical truth to it. Remember that no matter what you do in this life, enjoy it. Its better to have tried, than to look back many years from now and say, I wish that i had. Thank you all for taking the time to read my poem and i appreciate all of your comments.
  • ronni
    this poem was just the thing i needed to break the ice with my beat male freind i've always had feelings for him but i didnt know how to tell him thank you for the poem
  • Jamie
    I cant believe that I found this poem. Jon if you read this I think that it is beautiful. You always were talented, and to think that you were so young when you wrote it. I miss You, and can't find you. so I'm hoping that you will see this. If you do, know that I am thinking of you and always will. I hope to see you again some day.
  • catia
    this is cute! it is pretty and it sounds really love! i liked!=D
  • justine
    when read your poem i felt as if i was going to cry. i wish i was Jacki so i could hold close and keep you safe. When i read that poem it was unbelievable b-cus im feeling the same way about my bestfriend Raymond.
  • vince
    wow, this poem is exactly what is happening in my life. Her name is jaqueline (aka jackie) and we were best of friends, then i fell madly inlove with her, and she was scared and got mad, and ignored me for days.
  • Marissa
    This poem made alot of sence to me, mabey because I know how it feels to fall in love with a friend.
  • jackie
    I thought you poem speck from your heart. I loved it.
  • wer
    excellent
  • Marty
    I just wanted to add my praise to the others you so rightly deserve. This poem made me confront my feelings thanx.
  • Jacqueline
    Dear Mr Macomber Your poem is very interesting and it has got a good end to it. May I ask you why this question which is why did you named that poem Jackie. Myself was very touched by your poem but I think you did it for someone your perhaps had some kind of love for. It is very nice to have a poem that name just has my name. Myself came across it by mistake and I was very surprise to found your poem on the internet. May I ask you why did you choose to write such poem. The words you have used is very excellent. Yours sincerely Jacqueline
  • Jon
    Thank you all for the great comments you have made toward my poem. thank you all once again
  • Elizabeth
    This poem reminds of how much I am in Love with one of my best friends.
  • Amanda
    Great poem. It says a lot, and many things I wish I could say to that someone, but just can not. Top poem for me.
  • Claudia
    If there were more poems like this, the world would be a better place. Jon if you read these know that your poem touched me and that i love you madly
  • Jamie
    this is the most beautiful poem that ive ever read. i once knew a jon with the same name. i loved him much. i hope he loved me as much as this jon loved this girl.
  • snow
    that's so beautiful, i wish that my boyfriend now would of wrote that to me way back when. but now it's a happy ending.
  • vicky
    IT'S A FANTASTIC POEM WRITTEN WITH HEART. BY READING THIS POEM I REMEMBER MY OWN STORY. KEEP IT UP.
  • crave
    Your poem really touched me so beautiful.
  • jay
    i think it was a rad poem, i was hoping to maybe turn it into a song,but i wanted to ask for your permission first. anyway, i think it is a great poem and to remember on valentines day
  • Angel
    It is an abosolotly beautifull poem. I feel that I understand the way the poet feels I have been touched by the sweetness that the poet has felt for the subject. his was treuely wirtten thinking of the personit is about.
  • Jackie
    i liked this poem a lot. My name is also Jackie and I think that this is a great poem and I would like someone I like to write me something as pretty so that.
  • Mark
    Its a very nice poem
  • jamie
    I thouht this was a beautiful poem. I can really relate and im sure that a lot of people can. You really have a gift and i hope to see more poems like this.
  • Chetana
    A fabulous poem.Truly written from the heart.Every word in the poem sounded so very real and personal to me having been through the same.
  • Kevin
    Jon, dude. Same deal here man. My friends name is Christa. I took it a step farther, after telling her, we're still best friends, but it just isn't the same. I'm not saying don't tell her, but watch your step. All the luck to you, man!
  • Tanisha
    Your poem is so beautiful.
  • Alex
    Awesome poem! I'm in the same situation, only I made the mistake of telling her without thinking. We still talk, and see her almost every day (her husband is my business partner), but I think the closseness we once had is for ever gone. I'm so sorry S!
  • ducky
    well done yeah it's hard. and know it all to well going an a 16 year best friend relationship..been by her side through thick in thin ..never stop!..one question? did you ever give her the poem? and are you guys still just friends?
  • Jackie
    Well, my name is Jackie so that was kinda unique.but I can totally relate to your poem except towards a guy of course..I wish some day to have a sweet guy write a poem about me.great poem!
  • emmy
    this poem is really wonderful..as my very best friend is called jackie..and i really love her so much..and i wish she would enter the site and recognize how much i love her..
  • Damian
    I think this poem is very sweet.It totally describes how i feel about my best friend. It gets me thinkin.
  • charlotte
    I really liked your poem. I just thought i would let you know.
  • Angel
    whe i read this poem it felt like this person really had strong feeling for this friend of his but he didn't know what to say, or do. this poem really touched my heart.
  • Jacqueline
    I believe the poem Jackie to be very nice and wonderful abouta guy who feels that He is in love with his best friend and He shows his feelings wounderfuly.
  • Jackie
    It's a beautiful poem and I think you should let your Jackie read it.
  • Stephanie
    I really enjoyed reading this poem. It's wonderful. I am just a teenager, but i have already completed a few poems I am quite fond of. I love poetry, and i read a lot of it, and this was on of the best poems i have read!
  • Kathy
    I loved yer poem. It seems to say it all. I have a friend right now that is in love with me but I don't have the same feelins. I am married n he isn't. What can one say to someone that loves u n u can't return that love? One may never know!! I do love yer poem!! :o)
  • lakwan
    this poem is great it seems as though Macomber has felt the feeling in which i'm in torment right now. great poem.
  • priyan
    it's lovely my fren feels the same for me
  • IVELISSE
    WELL, I WHEN THRU THE SAME THING BUT WE DID TRY IT BUT IT DID NOT WORK AND IT ALMOST RUIN OUR RELATIONSHIP OF FRIENDS, BUT THANK GOD IT DID'T AND WE ARE STILL FRIENDS AND HE'S GETTING MARRIED AND I'M HIS BRIDESMAID
  • franky
    i just would like to say that this poem describes the same thing i'm going trough with my girl.I just give it a 10 b/c it's great
  • bridget
    i am in the same situation and it hurts it realy hurts
  • Tillie
    This poem is often true and I hope it will reach out to lots of people before it's too late.
  • Jennifer
    I just wanted to say how much I loved that poem. It describes the way I feel about my best friend and it's amazing. I just wanted to say you're an amazing and wonderful poet.
  • amber
    this is a very nice poem.
  • penn
    this is a touching poem. I had the same experience b4. any way good luck to u I hope this friend of yours will be touched by your sincerity.
  • benmerica
    I am haveing a personal crisis nearly identical to this, so because I can identify with this so well this poem earned my vote.
  • Crystal
    this is SOOOOO strange. I was just surfing, and came across this poem. Jackie is my younger sister. Great poem!
  • fernando
    this poems really resmbles the feeling i have towards this girl and i think this poem has shows great expression
  • Nikki
    This is so true, I am going through this exact thing. It is kind of a relief to know that it isn't just me!
  • Michael
    Your Poem is a perfect description of myself and a very special lady. I just don't know how to come out and really tell her how I feel.
  • Charlie
    to bad Jon wasnt born centuries ago; i'd like to quote him like Shakespeare.
  • Sonia
    I just cannot explain how I felt when I read this poem but it is so true It is exactly what I am experiencing at the moment The poem is just so lovely
  • bobby
    i love this poem
  • Nele
    Waw. I can really recognize myself! COngratulations.
  • Jackie
    My name is jackie and i wish my best friend felt this way about me. Thank you for just showing me a little bit of what his love could be like. I wish you the best. Your Jackie is lucky.
  • mariel
    it's really good...it shows the depth of the love felt by the author
  • rick
    it was awesome
  • noah
    it was the best poem i have ever read
  • stefanya
    I do know how u feel, because i'm in the same situation. Its been ten years since i loved this persona and he never returned my love, but i'm not giving up, maybe one day
  • jackie
    this poem was very nice i like it very much
  • Johnny
    I love it. It describes exactly what I feel (even if my best friend is now living several hundreds of miles away from me, so that I can only meet her every 3 to 5 weeks *missing her*).
  • anthony
    This is a good poem and it is how a lot of people feel trust me on this one
  • Albert
    Its cool
  • dy'er
    This poem expresses some things that I have often felt but never shared.
  • Wico
    The poem really expresses my feelings. Its really beautiful.
  • vix
    i loved your poem. i started crying, it was almost how i felt.
  • jackie
    I found this poem to be esquisit because of the title of it. It is also my name that's why I love it
  • Brett
    I feel the same way about a friend and have the same experience you have. The only problem is I don't have the courage to tell her as I am afraid I would loose her forever.
  • Katie
    This poem is so truthful in real life situations!
  • Cassandra
    that was a very sweet poem I wish I were the one to be with you cause you got a terffic heart and I hope it will work out with you and her!
  • Jennifer
    This poem has touched me like none other could. If poems like this one did not exist then things would be severely wrong in the world. It makes me more than happy to write these comments for this person is not only a great author he has a wonderful and inspiring soul
  • Christina
    I am 16 and I love your poems about friendship and of course LOVE. Happy Valentine's Day Jon!
  • D
    Great ! I love it
  • peter
    most good, does sum up how i feel
  • Jackie
    It was a very beutiful poem and I enjoyed reading it. You are very talented. I like to write poems to. I think it is fun and enjoying, how poeple can express their feeling in poems
  • Brandy
    that's a very heart warming charming poem.
  • nicole
    wow..Thanks so much.I too have fallen for my best friend(though it's a little more complicated cuz we're both female)but I haven't told her..Maybe your poem'll be it..thanks again:)

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