The feeling of obligation is something that is common in most relationships. I know that I've been through it and now that I look at it, it was because of that feeling that I was hurt the most. I gave so much that I can never get back and I regret that so much. I just didn't want to lose him. I still don't understand the feelings that I felt, as well as the reason why I did some of the things I did, but I guess some things are suppose to remain a mystery.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems

Why Do I?
Why do I smile at the sound of your voice?
Why do I let you take over me as if I had no choice?
Why do I let you touch me in places never touched?
Why do I like to have you around so much?

Why do I melt at the tenderness of your kiss?
Why do I feel like I could live forever like this?
Why do I put my heart in your hands?
Why do I answer to your every demand?

Why do I tell you leaving me is not your wrong?
Why do I let you know with out you I'm not quite as strong?
Why do I take you back even though I know it's not right?
Why do I feel like I should please you by not putting up a fight?

Why do I care about you even though you hurt me?
Why do I turn my head from what's plain reality?
Why do I try to hide from what is true?
Why do I still have these feelings for you?

126 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • Ashley
    WOW! This might be the best poem I've read in a while. I mean. I couldn't love this poem anymore if I tried. Good job!
  • Junior
    It does speak truth and very well written but remember u people who feels as if that special some1 has control still over U that: if u cannot find tranquility within urself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Truth!
  • maria
    I really like this poem. It hit me because I was in a relationship like the poem states. Why putting up wit it I don't know.
  • karen
    this poem is so touching it reminds me of this guy cuz this poem is so so true
  • PORTIA
    THI IS THE SAME QUESTION THAT I`VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF BUT THE IS ONLY ONE ASNWER &IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF LOVE THIS POEM REALLY ENCOURAGES ME A LOT &I REALLY REALLY LIKE IT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
  • KK
    Thanks so much for writing this poem it really expresses what a person does when they fall in love.
  • Shauna
    Liza, I really like your poem because I ask myself those questions everyday. -Shauna-
  • Leslie
    i can relate to your poem like you wouldnt believe. There is this one guy that always comes back into my life when i am just getting happy again and he make me question why do i everytime. Thank you for writing what i couldnt put into my own words.
  • Kate
    PERFECT. my ALL TIME favorite. i feel exactly the same way . confused. i love it good job.
  • Marty
    I absolutely love this poem it is exactly the feelings that I am going through right now. My head knows one thing would be best but my heart is still in control. How do you break this cycle. This is something I have never had to deal with before, how can anyone have that much of a hold on your emotions? Great work on capturing the pain of this situation. Keep writing!
  • Rachel
    I really loved this poem. I went thru the same thing. It took me half a yr to stop thinkin bout him. I can reli relate to what you're going/you went thru.
  • Cassie
    wow this poem so describes how i feel. but for all u girls dont let ur man do thast.
  • aileen
    0h yeah. its t00 fine. i L0ve it sweetie! it reminds me 0f my ex bf. i really like it! keep it up. (n_n)
  • jessica
    hey that was a great poem
  • angie
    this is a very good poems it remind me of a friend that my class has lost he was supposed to be here but it's not worth it I miss him alot I'm sad and sometimes in depression.
  • shaxshaxley
    This poem is realy true and I'm sure it'll touch poeples life.
  • Jamie
    This poem has given me encouragement with the decision I made to leave the kind of lifestyle it was reguarding. I hope it will help other do the same.
  • flakis
    i love this poem cuz is da same thing that is happening right now with my boyfriend is sad to be like that with someone and it hurt when they hurt you knowing that you love them alot and yoo would do anything for them, i love this poem cuz is something truth of my like, keep this poem up okay
  • yudith
    i love this poem a lot, everything dat say's is really good, it remain's me of my boyfriend cuz i knoe he knoes dat he as control over me cuz like everything dat the poems say's das like me tellin him, is bad when sum 1 as u like dat cuz they hv me like dat allready n is sad cuz u get hurt 2 much, we need 2 b strong but when we get in love we r weak n we show them dat enywayz i just wanted 2 say this poem touch inside of me n i got sad but i di love this poem .
  • Karen
    HiWhen I read your poem 95%of is how I feel!
  • miriah
    wow i can almost relate!
  • Spaine
    I really could reflect on your poem. it happened to me when i was still in first year. keep up the good work. God Speed
  • jennifer
    This is a really good poem, Keep up the good work !
  • Sarah
    WOOW!that was so so great,i just fell in love with it,i went threw the same thing,i write poems-alot-but there not as good as your if i may say. wow,i hope theres more of your poems,cause i would really REALLY love to read them,there probly as good as this one!well keep of you fantastic work,-love your poems
  • Stacey
    I Must say that my hat goes off to the person who wrote this poem. this poem is basically my life in a nutshell. why can't i let him go? thats the question i always ask myself. i love him even more even though he'd doin me wrong
  • Muzic
    I loved this poem. Those questions I ask myself every day. Keep up the excellant work!
  • shyla
    i think this poem was awsome i have had somethin similiar to this poem happen to me my x bf cheated on me yet i still have feeling for him i feel as if i cant love agian
  • Teena
    Very nice. too many people have been there. Including myself.
  • leyla
    This poems is soo great, I loved it and I hope others too, when I read it its like its about me.
  • Destiny
    this poem is very touching and is one of the best that i have read because it describes what most girls go through when they find there first love.
  • ernestina
    you know why cuz love stinks! when you love someone you give alittle part of your soul to them and once they have that part you can never get it back. it is theirs forever. i know because i was supposed to get married recently and my fiance hurt me beyond words but no matter what even though we are not together i still love him because love stinks! any way this was a great poem and just hang in there! always smile tina
  • Bill
    you ever real something that seems like just words. but when your done those words have so much meaning. i understand your feelings in this poem
  • steff
    i love this poem to death. itssums up how i feel about this one guy that i tsill cant get over, he broke my heart but even still i'd take him back any day knowing he'd probably hurt me again.
  • Ales
    thats the best poem Its really touching you should email me sum time Im still a young writer as my mom says but your poems so bueatifull it made me cry
  • Lu
    that poem was nice. i really liked it
  • deidre
    I loved your poem! and i feel the same way you are feeling. so keep up the good poems.
  • hannah
    this poem was very good it reminds me of a relationship im in right now
  • star
    ur poem my god your really good i no how you feel in it. The love of my life is the same way i have to do everything for him. Juat to let you no i have went through this for 8 years im 28 dont be as stupid as me get out be for its to late. Well good bye
  • Monya
    I think the poem is stunning! But the question is always "why" isn't is?
  • Victoria
    This poem is a very well written and i liked it a lot.
  • Erica
    This poem touched me, because it's something we all go through time after time again.
  • Jessie
    I loved your poem! You hit the spot so hard I cried! Keep up the incredible work sweetie!
  • Kae
    I really like this poem it says a lot about the way I feel.
  • SHAROBIN
    THIS POEM IS VERY GOOD KEEP IT UP.
  • Devan
    I loved this poem and i could relate so much it felt like i wrote it
  • Samantha
    I think this poem is so sweet, so cool, I really like it, since the moment I read it I remember my own life, cause there is a boy who makes me feel just like it, and I really don't know why I still love him, just like the poem says. The thing is that I really love the poem, I think its one of the most beautifull poems I have ever read
  • Tori
    I liked your poem. I go though the samething with my man.
  • Pamela
    i hope to read more poety from you in the future. you are extreamly talented and it would be nice to read your so elloquently written thoughts.
  • kristy
    your poem is fantastic. i guess you just didn't want to lose him. you afraid to do anything that can cause you to lose him.
  • unknown
    i fell in love with your poem. it is EXACTLY how i feel for my ex-boyfriend. i think you have some talent in writing. dont ever give up on it! believe in yourself. it was very touching!
  • Michaela
    Your poem hit me like a brick. I wonder about those exact questions. I miss My ex boyfriend sooo much, but why? Why do I love him so? He hurt me, so why do I still care? I needed help and you gave it to me. Thank you.
  • angel girl
    girl you keep it real keep on writing *
  • shell
    it raely realy good i like it lots
  • lei
    this is a really sweet and touching poem! i like it.
  • Verne
    This poem is the best that I have read so far. I have been looking for poems that I can relate to. and this is the one! Thank You!
  • Becky
    i love your poem so much when i read i could totally relate to what you were sayin. i mean you wrote a really good that i think will touch a lot of peole!
  • Pam
    wow. this poem is soooo much how i feel. i mean. i cry when i think about how true this is. i have a person i feel the same way about and i dont know why i let him do this to me. you know who you are.
  • Lori
    this poem is so me it is how i feel most of the time it was a great poem.
  • bob
    Really it touched my heart. Its everyones feelings who are in love but cant be expressed as u did in the poem.
  • Ashley
    this is one of the best poems of all times. i copyed it and put it on my wall. i can't wait to read more of your poems.
  • Ashley
    this is the best poem ever
  • nikki
    good poem it reminds me of someone
  • jenny
    very very good
  • Nie
    Your poem touched my heart, it was like being me. i ask the same questions, I was hurt and now lost in life. I just can not find a way to forget it all Your poem is beautiful.
  • Sarah
    i really liked this poem its so true
  • minaz
    u have written a truly wonderful poem, yr poem has so much of pain in it. keep up the good work.
  • Chris
    This poem is the most Beautiful poem i ever read!
  • rabbi
    liza marie, do you know me? have you been spying on me? 'cause you took the words right out of my heart. i should have told someone this a long time ago but i didn't and things got messy. it's beautiful.
  • Darcy
    i reallly felt where she was coming from in this poem.
  • chuin
    this is a beautiful poem.. maybe it's true that maybe somethings are suppose to remain in mystery ..
  • Kelly
    One of the best poems I have read!
  • Stacey
    I have been reading a lot of peoms, and alls I have to say, is I love the way you rhyme, and a lot of people can relate to that poem. Keep up the great work!
  • serena
    This poem is unbelievable! i can relate to it so well! you put into words EXACTLY what i am going through!
  • Janet
    I love your poem because i was jut dumped like a week ago and i still love huim i still listen to him i still do what he tell me to and i should stop ringing him up but i still love him lots and the poem is like my life and that is why i love it!
  • puse
    is a really a good poem !
  • Sherina
    That was " d bomb ". You really blowed me away this time. That was a really,really good poem and it is also true. Words can't describe how that poem affected me when i first read it. Good luck in more writing and maybe u can give me some pointers, someday.
  • me
    yup.this one is amazing! this is just how i feel.:o)
  • Kwankamon
    I THINK IT'S SUCH A COOL POEM! AND NOW I HAVE TO STUDY ABOUT THE LITERATURE AND OF COURSE "ABOUT POEM" I THINK THAT YOU CAN USE A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN POEM ESP. END-RHYME AND REPETITION, I LOVE IT!
  • kelly
    i really liked this poem, it relates to me in soo many ways,i have been with this guy for 2 and half years on and off and i would do anything for him, if he cheats on me i would get upset but i would eventally take him back he is my first love
  • TIN2X
    Wow, this poem really got to me! If only he could read it... Great poem!
  • jennifer
    this is realy good
  • Anonymous
    Oh my gosh I love this poem sooooooooooooo much!
  • Cassy
    it does not always seem that way this kind of break up is in movies not in life its over rated by friends......sorry i wish i had the same point of veiw
  • Bree
    Omg! this poem describes what I am feeling in every way.. Your words are in my mind..
  • Arod
    I really liked your poem, it was very well written. It's one of those poems that i could relate to.
  • katie
    wow that poem was excellent it definietly had some feelings that went into it. that was a great poem that is so true in so many ways and i am sure alot of people can indentify with a situation similar to the one in your poem. good job it was an excellant poem i loved it
  • cynthia
    this is a great poem!
  • steph
    i loved it
  • crystallynn
    i really can relate to that poem. i am engaged to a man who's mother always disrespects me and he usually let's her do it cause she is deaf. this is a poem i will definitly make my fiance' read. thanks..
  • aleen
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  • JENNIFER
    I LOVE YOUR POEM IT IS THE BEST POEM I HAVE EVER HEARD. YOUR POEM MAKES YOU THINK A LOT ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
  • Nurrashidah
    It's totally related to me. I feel like crying.
  • KAK
    This Poem was really good. I can really relate to it. I have this friend that I really like and it is like he is always doing something to hurt me. But everytime he hurts me he always knows what to do to make everything back to normal. I have no clue why I do it, I don't think I could leave with out him tho! VERY GOOD POEM!
  • Otto
    this is a very beautiful poem and so true, it is a question we should all ask ourselves when heartbroke, even if we find no answer.
  • ender
    this poem echos all the questions i have so recently asked myself
  • NALIYA
    i waslistening to the music of SORRY SEAMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD..this poem made me feel this nice pain in my heart..it is true but i still ask WHY? this poem is true
  • Nicole
    This poem is so true, each and every word of it.
  • crystal
    i really like this poem because i can relate to what the author is saying. i have been in the exacy same spot.
  • sanjay
    It's a mirror, I can see myself through it.
  • Aby
    it moved me..it's so true in may ways...
  • Becca
    wow.
  • Cheryl
    This poem was wounderful. I have someone that I love and I was looking for a poem so send him that said exactly what I wanted to say to him and this poem is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
  • Kristine
    Woohoo... Two thumbs up!!!
  • Raindrops
    WOw, I loved the way that was put together! excellent stuff! keep it coming!
  • alicia
    I really thought that this poem was a true and toughing thing. This has happened to me before and i just wanted to say keep it up you are a good writer.
  • sharyn
    it touche my heart.
  • Johanna
    I really loved your poem! It describes every feeling I have for my boyfriend! I was so amazed how the poem seemed to read my mind.It said everything that I wanted to say but didn't know how! keep up with the beautiful writing!
  • Diamondnette
    It is a wonderful poem that really hits the people in the heart.
  • Natasha
    That poem was soooo great! And it was true! You did a good job at expressing those feelings that so many of us feel or have gone through.
  • kia
    I love the poem and I understand completely
  • minka
    HEY DARL!!! I THINK MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS POEM INCLUDING ME. LOVE IS JUST A GAME TO SOME AND LOVE IS EVERYTHING TO OTHERS, WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN TO DO WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE US HAPPY AND SAFE. THIS POEM IS AMAZING AND WELL DONE. lOVE ALWAYS AND FOREVER.
  • Rosa
    I loved this poem. It says it all.I would give this poem an easy 10. Thanks for sharing.
  • krystal
    I love this pome so much!!!!
  • Tara
    Please vote this high! Its soo good! It also happened to me. Please give it the best you can to let this poem win
  • Jenna
    Your poem was great. Me and my husbend are having a hard time now. And I loved your poem
  • c.
    i like your poem. it is very touching. its so real.
  • Emily
    I think that this poem is so totally true about relationships in general, also it could be about someone that you like a lot and they don't like you, they're basically using you. I really enjoy this poem and i can relate to it very much.
  • Adam
    This poem is just like the feelings I have for my current girlfriend. She tends to have me head over heels for her and she realizes this. She takes advantage of it and treats me wrong yet I still love her. I cant help the feeling and I believe this poem with credit to Liza Marie will be sent to my girlfriend! Thanks!
  • LaRinda
    I really enjoyed reading this poem.
  • April
    such breath taking poetry.i love how emotions are expressed.full fledged feelings were put into this.gosh, what love am i with such work as this!
  • Ryan
    If anyone has ever been in love with someone who toyed with there emotions this is the perfect poem
  • Diona
    This is a really good poem
  • Candice
    OMGOSH! this is a very very cool poem!
  • Shauna
    this poem was magnificent! To someone who has also been in a similar situation this touched the heart! Thanks for sharing it!
  • Angel
    this is sooo sad. you know, the answer is: because we love to be loved. that's why, cause we're human, and we have the need to be loved, that's why sometimes we do things we wouldn't just to hold on to that love. you're talented, i wish i had your talent! keep up the good work, and I'M SO USING THIS POEM. it's just perfect!
  • jennie
    I love this poem i can really understand you

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