I Was Terrified

The Jilted Lover, Love Is Messy

I was terrified I would say the wrong thing

So I said nothing at all

I was terrified of scaring you away

So I always kept my distance

I was terrified of losing you

So I never tried to make you mine

Now I know that

It is better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all


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64 thoughts on “I Was Terrified

  1. Great poem, Pooja. It’s indeed better to have tasted the bittersweet flavor of love than to have never experienced it at all. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day!

  2. Loves gifts teach us so much painful as it is.. Love your poem Pooja and Congrats on 24,000 followers and counting.. Wow .. that is seriously amazing! 👏👏👏

  3. The poem just reminds me of how shy and scared I was when making friends. Sometimes, I regret I couldn’t walk up to them and say hi. Thanks🥰

  4. It is not easy to risk oneself, to be vulnerable with or without practice. It’s an act of self love to withhold, be reserved despite fear. Fear in my thoughts, only prolongs what we’ve decided it true, for us. What I think we hate to learn is the pain of rejection. Not knowing how long that might last or what others might think about us, if it happened. We are human and this is normal, more so for empathic people. It’s not something that requires change. Change takes place out of necessity and at its own time and pace. sometimes so subtlety, we’re surprised by it in motion as we boldly step forwardly. Or so I think! 🙂

    1. I definitely agree especially what you said about the pain of rejection. I think that is what often stops us from pursuing certain things.

      1. What if our rejections are really their code of us being too good for them? That’s my new perspective and I also avoid arguing with others. They win and I’m drama free! 😉

        1. Wow, that’s a great way of looking at it. I may steal that and use it myself. It will do wonders for my self-esteem lol!

  5. Yes, sometimes people from austere family or having narcissistic parents may think that emotional distance and not asking for much is a common thing. It takes a lot of trial and error and reflection to break out one’s upbringing.

    1. That’s just so true. I think people who grow up thT way start normalising emotional distance. It’s much harder for them to open up or express themselves.

  6. I think it happens a lot to many people. When we want to talk about it directly, we’re afraid if it would be hurtful for them. When we want to express our true feeling, we’re afraid of losing someone we love. It’s so dilematic sometimes. Well written poem ❤️👍

    1. I definitely agree. I think sometimes we’re terrified of being honest because of the consequences it may bring.
      Thanks so much 💕

  7. Reading this reminded me the full glance of myself.
    Being terrified have deprived me of many things in life.
    Though it’s still there, but always striving to free myself from that mirror of terrification 😊

    1. I feel the same way. I have lost important things and opportunities because I was too afraid. I’m trying my best to live out of the box now and not be controlled by fear. 😄

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