#38 A Heart

I'm 14 and in love. I wrote this poem for a friend but realized how much of what I had said was about how I felt for the same guy as her.

This poem originally was published in Love Poems - Teenage Love Poems

A Heart

by Erin Young

A heart is not a play thing
A heart is not a toy
But if you want it broken,
Just give it to a boy.

Boys never give their hearts
They play you for a fool
They wait until you give your heart
And then they play it cool

You think that when he whispers
That special someone is you
In his heart he means it
And every word is true

But you had better think
Don't believe his words just yet
For if you do my dearest
Heartbreaks all you'll get.

Don't ever fall in love my friend
You see it doesn't pay
Love it causes broken hearts
It happens every day

Love is beautiful, but it can hurt, it's true.
You'll think you're dying before its through
I can tell you all of this I know
Because I fell for the same guy as you!

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LaShawn

this is a great poem and it is true
Brittany

Your poem is absolutely awesome! I love it! Your poem helped me get over my heartbreak thank you for your awesome advice and poem! GREAT JOB!
Marion

it was good
teesa

that is very true to cuz i fell in love with a guy then he turn around and said he like my sister after i told him i loved him and that is all i got was a broken heart so all yall people that has not fallen in love yet dont tell he tells u or pooves it
whitney

This is a great poem! im going threw trhe same thing at the verry moment!
Nota

The night is young. Don't give up on your dreams of finding that special someone who can work for you, so you don't have to. Oh cool I just rhymed. I'm a poet too. Well there I go again blabbering on about how I could be something. I just need to find that man so I don't have to worry about it. Do you think I can? YES RHYME NUMBER 2! GO ME GO ME. Oh and don't forget to fly high into the blueberry sky. Bloodwake the hospitable signing off.
David

I think its a great poem, although, not every guy is like that. Granted, most of them are, but i mean, im a femminist, and i know that i could never hurt someone i loved. My girlfriend and love each other, and i would never ever hurt her.
KaTrina

Hey i realy understand every word you have said in this poem because me and this guy had been dating for a very long time since i was 12 and i am now 15 and we have broke up and went back out so many times that i have lost count but i am pretty sure it is almost 50. but we have recently broke up and he is seeing other people but we still talk on the phone and it hurts me so bad because he talks about them in front of me and i try and i try not to let him think that it dont hurt me but the other day i lost it and we stoped talking for a little while. but now we are talking again i need help getting over him but i just cant. but yes to some it all up love is stupid as hell! please everyone that has not fallin in love dont because it will hurt you each and every day of your life until you find someone else and then it will happen again and again but you just have to live through it day by day. thanx for listening every one love always katrina:(
Sandi

hey gurl i know what ur talkind about b/c i'm been turn it and that is all a boy does. i like ur poem. Keep it up.
claudia

I think this is very true and i right love poems to so i know what you mean.
bethany

this poem has helped me thanks x
Minchonne

this was so good i vote for it good job!
Vicky

I really like this poem because I'm kinda going through a break up myself. I may be heartbroken but I will heal. one day. This poem put things into perspective for me.
ashley

i had a boy that i was in love with for about 6 months and he was my first for everything. he pretended to love me for about 2 months when really he didnt anymore. he didnt know how to tell me it was over but when he found out he got me pregnant then he up and left me. so he did play with my heart a whole bunch. he finally dropped it and broke it.
rea

I can't believe a great poem such as this can be written by someone so young. Beautifully written and a lot can be learned from reading this.
Brittany Le Anne

OMG GIRL! I absolutly love it! Keep writting, and don't give up on boys just yet!
autumn

i really liked that poem becuase i had my heart broken by a boy that i thought he loved me but he didnt he just played with my heart but now i am over him but he tell's his friend that he is srroy and he didn't mean what he did to me at all
amanda

grl you know what you r talking about i know what you r saying i am going threw that right now
Sara

I really like this poem, but i have liked it since the first time i heard it which was when i was in the fith grade.
Morgan

I am voteing for this poem because I have given my heart away several times to a boy and got it played every time. SO I know exactly where you are coming from.

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#38 A Heart

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