#8 Can I Love You?

This Poem is about a guy friend of mine by the name of Brian. We have been friends for a while, but there were some things that had gotten into the way of our friendship and I wrote this poem after we were not friends anymore.

I know now that the reason why I have missed him so much is the fact that I love him and I have feelings for him. So this is just my way of telling him that I love him more then life.

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

Can I Love You?

by Retina Yazzie

I gave my heart to you
I set my standards high
I laid my eyes on you,
I laughed and cried with you,
I told you my hopes and dreams,
My Love and Fears.

My tears I shed all over your shoulder.
In the end,
I came to see that you were
the only guy I could ever trust.
When I see you,
my face lights up with aspiration, and happiness.
When we talk, I can feel the load unload
with soothing words from you.

I have the feeling of love in my heart.
In my mind, I say "You don't mean a thing. "
In my words, I say "You are just a friend. "
But in the deep end of my heart,
I think of only you

When I tell you my expectations of a guy,
You tell me never to fall short of what I want.
But only one thing stands in the way -
You are a friend.

Can I still love you the way that I do?

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Angie

I love this poem. its beautiful :-)). hope things turned out okay wit Brian??
gabriel

love it
Muhammad

It's so cool. It reminds me of my friend who left . Good work!
chiku

heyy very nice poem. it really touches ur heart and makes u think twice b4 u say somethin to tht special person. it has all the feelings that i had b4 and to tell u the truth dont fall for it so easily cuz some time results are not wt u expected. so just think 10 times b4 saying somethin
brianna

Wow! well this poem is truly wonderful. trust me i have been in that situation several times already and it is amazing how you could put in words how i feel because i know i couldnt do that even if my life depended on it. Well thanks. and keep up the great work.
Saima

I really liked the peom it was soooooooooooooo sweet thanks for writting this peom for us.
Liz

Your poem it great! it took the words right off of my lips! its good to know that someone can turn a feeling so strange into something beatiful!
Devon

i am a girl!this is such a good poem, i wish i would have seen this poem before i made the choose of going out with i guy when we were really good friends, but now since i went out with him i think our friendship has changed. i hope it works out for you! :)
Darlene

you can love a friend. your poem is very good. but like i said you can love a friend i am in love with my friend who is now my boyfriend and we will always be together and we will always be friends trust is the most important part of a relationship. i wish you good luck with your writing and your friend. sincerely, another poem writer
jasmine

this was a good poem
ei

this is really the same as mi feelings rite now.
sarah

this poem expresses the way i feel about my so called"best friend" he's so wonderful, and everything i want, but he wants another girl. HE is too blind to see the way i feel about him bc we are just, "best friends" in his eyes
katie

Love this poem I know how you feel. i have the same feelings like that towards someone! Lovin the poem so much great choice of words K. K
Angie

This poem really touched my heart. It made me express how I feel about someone and when you are in Love the words are hard to put together.
toby

omg this is my situation, im in love with my best friend (girl lol) but she has a bf :'( im 14 and ive proposed 2 her and she said YES! IM SOOOO HAPPY!
NATALIE

OOOOOOOOOOOOO GOSH I LOVE THIS POEM,THE POEM GOT IN MY HEART AND IM GOING 2 READ THE POEM 2 MY BOYFRIEND AND I HOPE HE LIKE IT,HE BETTER BC I LOVE THE POEM AND HE HAVE 2 LOVE THE POEM 2,WELL THE PERSOND THE MAKE THE POEM IS REALLY GOOD AT IT
mary

it touched me lots it was the best ever . i love justin
Jon

this is a good poem i like it
natz

i thought this was so touching bcos it related to exactly hw me and my well ex boyfriend felt. we were gr8 friends b4 then went out then brke up and both love each otha and he lost trust in me doesnt want me back bt still loves me! CONFUSED I GIVE THIS POEM 100/100
Ria

nice poem !

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