#46 Terra Incognizant

Even normal day to day things become alien when you are lost inside yourself. The struggles to regain a sense of ourselves when we have long been part of another person is a test of our ability to navigate in a strange new world.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Lost Love Poems

Terra Incognizant

by Prometheus

You would think by now, I would know my way around,
I shouldn't miss you so badly, I should be on familiar ground.
How many more lonely years, must meander by,
until I learn the lesson, it does no good to cry.
What manner of iron will, must some people possess,
to be always looking forward, to never accept regress.
Perhaps if I was willing, to let someone take me by the hand,
they could show me a happy place, in this unfamiliar land.
Perhaps I'm only homesick, for all the joys that once were mine,
I must accept that they and you, belong to another place and time.
But I know that deep within my heart, there's a place where only you reside,
and when the pain of loneliness comes, it knows that is where I hide.
So if sometimes it seems to you, I'm clinging to the past,
it's mostly because I can't yet accept, that our love didn't last.
No matter how hard I try, I've yet to get over you,
for the part of me that's still alive, believes you love me too.
Maybe there will come a day, when that part will finally die,
and feeling strong with a heart reborn, a new love I will finally try.
And what a splendid day that will be, when I awaken to discover,
I'm happily learning a great new land, with a great new friend and lover.

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amber

THIS POEM IS REALLY GOOD! it was soooooo touchy and made me feel absoulatley great and beleive that i will love more then one persom even though that same person will stay in my heart! you are a great poet and i hope i see more poems written by you! you should use your talnt more often to express your feeling and maybe people will begin feeling the same way as you and will also start expressing their feelings! i love poetry especially ones like this and you and other people might be the reason for me liking it so much BYE
Rhodon

NIce, Nice, Nice. I can relate an you kno you use almost the exact words i did wen i felt all was lost. Wen i finally decided to give it a next i found a great guy who shows me every thing i need to see.
Brandon

I really loved this poem, it almost excactly describes what i'm going through.
Michelle

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estrellita

i really like this poem because im still tring to get over my last relationship.
renee

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Amber

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carolann

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Yolanda

The piece was very well written. I could really almost feel the raw emmotions that must've been present at the time it was composed. The writer is a true talent.
michelle

beautiful and very true
Donna

loved your poem. it's me(how i used to be)all over!
Jennifer

that poem is so pretty and so true sounded like you was writing how i feel and it made me cryit is so hard to get over someone you gave your heart to no matter how long it has been it still hurts you try to let it die and move on but there is always that spot they still are strange how that isand why you hurt can't let it go and let it die but it was how i feel thanks for having it on here for me to read Jenn.
Melissa

This is so true to what I am going through right now.
Emily

It was good. sad coment i know
Virginia

I really loved reading your poem cuz when you lose someone you love so much, you do feel lost without them. And you do tend to go back to them for comfort. So yeah. this poem basically said everything I'm feelin right now. and it's nice to know that someone can understand what I feel when none of my friends can.
alicia

This was an awesome poem! I was crying when I read it! Wow! I have never read anything like this. YOu should have a poetry book published. Alicia
Love

OMG THIS IS SOOO AWESOME! ITS JUST LIKE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT MY EX BOYFRIEND! I WAS SOO IN LOVE WITH HIM AND IT TOOK ME 7 MONTHS TO GET OVER HIM. HIS NAME IS CHRISTIAN AND HE IS THE SWEETEST GEY EVER WELL YA THANX FOR THIS POEM!1
Kaylah

This poem, touched me. It was very uniqley written. The thing I liked most about this poem was that this is the exact way I feel, trying to overcome my past and never wanting to move onto the future. I can't explain it exactly, you know some things can't be explained in words, but this poem was beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
andrea

awesome poem!
Vallini

this poem has impacted me bcuz its been over a year & i still can't get over my ex who had played me for a fool. i broke it off with him but i was still in love with him then and still now. i can't open my heart to others yet but i hope one "splendid day" i will. just like the poem says!

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