There were no thorns upon the stems
\nThat she held in her hand there
\nBeing as false as the love that did not exist
\nThough I loved: her: she did not care…<\/p>\n
I, heartbroken, shed silent tears
\nHidden to the world behind dry eyes
\nBitterest sobs are the silent ones
\nUnshed, unknown, by he who never cries<\/p>\n
Who the world sees always smiling
\nWhere passions and pains will always miss
\nRoses without thorns, and love unrequited
\nAs distant as a smile is from a kiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There were no thorns upon the stems That she held in her hand there Being as false as the love that did not exist Though I loved: her: she did not care… I, heartbroken, shed silent tears Hidden to the world behind dry eyes Bitterest sobs are the silent ones …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[724,145],"tags":[199,2039],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heartbreak-poems","category-love-poems","tag-poem-on-unrequited-love","tag-unrequited","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-u5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snowflakes-in-another-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":0},"title":"Snowflakes in Another Land","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"2nd December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Her heart beats for another, Life goes on, he who has her hand, And her heart, makes it beat faster, Under snowflakes in another land. I have no love to give her, For Christmas all I can give is a silent prayer... As she looks up at snow laden skies,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Christmas Poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Christmas Poetry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/christmas-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A Christmas romantic poem of unrequited love...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Falling-Snowflakes-at-Christmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Falling-Snowflakes-at-Christmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Falling-Snowflakes-at-Christmas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":477,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lady-of-the-sweetest-smile\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":1},"title":"Lady of the Sweetest Smile","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th February 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pSu4D22mUyk I Lady of the sweetest smile In this town and round for many a mile Laughter, fun, and all with grace, The Mona Lisa should have had your face. II Now gone, to a better tomorrow In Dublin: where future is present Not for you the life of struggle\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.celtichosting.com\/writingsinrhyme\/back_catalogue\/images\/MonaLisa.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":513,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-aged-who-will-hold-her-hand\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":2},"title":"When Aged, Who Will Hold Her Hand?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When aged, who will hold her hand, Remember joys and woes, And who will hold mine when aged am I, As life draws to a close? Once I dreamed a foolish dream, I'd hold hers, and she mine, When aged, but that is not to be As ticks on each\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sweetest Smile Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Sweetest Smile Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/sweetest-smile-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1542,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/to-one-side-i-must-cast-my-pen\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":3},"title":"To One Side I Must Cast My Pen","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Verses written win all hearts bar hers She is a slave to life, passion and chance: I am a walker of safe paths, writer of verses of adventure Shall have to cast aside the pen to live this romance Should I in a time to come of her love have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1555,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/never-mind-the-heartache-always-get-the-verse\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":4},"title":"Never Mind the Heartache, Always Get the Verse","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A friend of mine and fellow Tullamore Rhymer Anthony Sullivan has a quotation that goes something along the lines of \"Never mind the heartache, always get the song\". As a writer I have to agree... and in my latest outbreak of unrequited love... I have got the poem if nothing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Heartbreak Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Heartbreak Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/heartbreak-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":375,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/butterfly-she-flitted-and-settled-on-another-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":5},"title":"Butterfly – She Flitted And Settled On Another Plant","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th August 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Butterfly long flown, now settled Tears I fight, happy her flight Brought her to this - tears of loss That is my own, blame also! He who stays silent of his love Shall live to see another win hers And rue his silence. But it is a day to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Butterfly - she has flown...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acelebrationofwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Butterfly-love.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1866,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}