This poem is from 1987, age 19. It describes the intense grief and pain of unrequited love. If you like this poem, you will enjoy my first book, Pain. Compare this poem to A Message to the Unknown Beloved (1984).
Disappointment
Soul on Knees
I wrote Soul on Knees in 1982, when I was 13 years old. It captures the nature of despair, when all seems hopeless and one is lost in darkness. Compare this poem to Contemplation (1984), with its similar theme of
Youth
I wrote this poem in 1986, 18 years old. Youth is celebrated, but young hearts can wither, too. Pain, grief, loneliness and unrequited love know no age. Compare this poem to Death of a Girl, written two years earlier in