Try to Put Yourself in My Place

Mary  E. Coe

Try to put yourself in my place, try it now
Then you'll realize, I can't stop loving you, hard as I've try
Now, you say, my tears anger you when I cry
Try to remember, I've always loved you as I do now

Try to put yourself in my place, try it now
When you tell me to forget about you, please tell me how
Try to put yourself in my place, for just one hour
Try to realize, how much I love you, I just can't stop now

And now, you beg of me to forget you
because you've met, you've met someone new
And you tell me, that your love for her
is much stronger than the love we once knew

Try to put yourself in my place, try it now
Do you think, I 'll forget about you, with a blink of an eye?
You stand before me, and you say, don't cry, be strong!
Could be I'm hurting because I've loved you, much too long

You surprised me with the news to end things now
Need more time to contemplate, just what went wrong

I need time, a little more time, I'm not that strong
I have loved you, much too long, I'm not that strong

But, if you insist, you don't want me anymore
I guess I'll say goodbye, I'll hold my head up high
As you walk out that door. Don't look back, just go!

Published by Mary E. Coe

I write articles, songs, poetry, short stories and stageplays. Some of my writings are fictitious and some are fact based. In the Spring of 1993, some of my poems were published in the library at Citrus Col...  View profile

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  • Mary E. Coe7/1/2008

    Hi Alyce, no it's not expressing new pain. Actually, it's from a play I was working on. I never finished it but I kept all the songs from that play. Thanks for your concern and comment. Thanks to everyone else for your comments.

  • Alyce Rocco6/26/2008

    Hope this is a poem from yesteryear's memories and not expressing any new pain for you!

  • Herstory6/13/2008

    I hear a song in there too! (concurring with Elena H.)

  • Genie Walker5/11/2008

    Very moving poem!

  • robritt5/8/2008

    Wonderful. No one can bring you down but yourself and if you belive in yourself even that won't cappen. As my father used to say, "Can't never did do anything" You go girl

  • Baconator5/5/2008

    Just checking in on you. :-)

  • Elena H.4/30/2008

    Would make a great song!

  • Bridgitte Williams4/29/2008

    Thanks for sharing this...it is very moving. :-)

  • SummerIsComing4/29/2008

    Awe, how heartfelt. You captured raw emotion here...

  • Aly Adair4/29/2008

    Awe - Mary: I just don't have any words to describe the sentiment from this one. Unbelievably moving.

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