Why do you beat yourself up?
When you had the courage to love,
gave all of yourself in hopes that he was the one?
Why do you beat yourself up?
When it was his choice to be unfaithful,
his choice to hurt you?
Why do you beat yourself up?
Knowing that you had done everything for him,
supported him, comforted him,
loved him more than you loved yourself?
Why? After all his lies and deceit,
do you still love him and want him to love you?
Why? After the repeat of hurt and trust being lost,
Do you think.
That he deserves a love as pure as yours?
Why do you beat yourself up?
For the fact that he failed to realize, that a woman with a beautiful body like hers,
is only good for a night.
But a woman with a beautiful soul like yours,
is good for a lifetime.
Why do you beat yourself up?
Over the thought of what you could have done better
when you know, deep down that there was nothing?
What makes you search for answers as to why?
When you know that they will not change the past
nor mend your broken heart?
Why? When a man decides to cheat, do we blame ourselves?
Why does it make us question every little detail about who we are,
make us think that we are not worthy of love?
Why? When a man cheats, do we still long for him to change,
to realize how wrong he was, and fall in love with us again?
Why do you beat yourself up?
When you know you deserve more,
when all that you have done was love someone completely?
Give yourself time, and the pain will subside
and the mourning will cease.
You will see that you are still you,
still wonderful, and beautiful.
Nothing has changed except your experience in love.
Your determination to share love with another,
and realizing you want to be with someone that:
……you want to build with.
……you want to grow with.
Someone who you still want to see even if you’re fighting
……someone who is kind
……someone who is patient.
One who will make sacrifices for you.
……someone who gives you hope.
…… someone who makes you feel that you can truly be yourself.
As you can never truly love someone
until you learn to love yourself.
My inspiration for this poem was based on a couple of personal experiences and personal thoughts on the topic of cheating. there are so many who go through the experience of cheating and its not fun, and its just not fair. Not only women but men as well go through the experience of cheating so as wrote this poem i wrote in the voice of a women but i really kept in mind the fact of both sexes. Men can relate and so can women. One day i really truly do hope that men can change.. that one day i will be able to find myself a man where its me and me only for him. As i hope for every man and women in this world.