I Love You But I Do Not Love You - Song Of A Jilted Lover Poem by Darlington Chukwunyere

I love it but I don't love it
So a mirage seems it
For out of sight
Out of mind
The farther the distance,
The more distant the love
It's like I love you
But I do not love you.

I traveled afar
Yet another I see apart
You're a two alike
But not one of a kind
It's her honey I was to find
Even though I am in love with your kind
But I just don't love you.

You put me in a school of thoughts
And foot on foot I fought
To bring you home to my cot
And in feigned love we would court
Alas, you are more than I longed for
and for this, you are the one I will die for
Yet I don't know if I truly love you.

Oh, you see, my fears.
That you would never see my tears
Men do not cry, they suffer and smile
I never knew you could smash my heart
You, whom I have freely given my hat.
Do you now see why I loved you, but could not love you?

Yes I do love you… or so, I'm still thinking.
But only thinking cannot make a living.
My heart is a merchandise, very perishable
I have to make hay while I still have my days
to either make up my mind to love you
or make it up not to love you.


You said it was me you loved
But after him you lust
While I stayed, thinking of you a battle well fought
You should have given me another day
so that I may do more running around for your stay
I felt sick at the sight
Of you both on flight
Hand in waist; you were like a radio-drama
You can only hear my lamentation, but cannot see my dilemma
Even Romeo's case was lighter than mine
For his plight was fair and fine
I love you but I don't love.

Now, to the past it all belongs
The transition of our love to the great beyond
It was fun while it lasted though
Here, the one thing I want you to know
You have inspired me for this poetry
And for this reason I love you more
Yet I'm not sure yet if I still love you.