A poem
bad relashionships
The Lack of a Title II
I could write
a million words
about how you make
me feel.
But that doesn’t matter
anymore.
The time for reminiscing
and being nostalgic
has slapped me
in the face
and left me
bruised and broken
and generally fucked up
a million more times.
So it’s my choice now
and maybe
just maybe
it’s time
to choose me.
The Lack of a Title
i am a fool
for you.
i can’t blame you
for looking.
Her beautiful body
was infinitely close
to perfection.
The curve of her breasts
and that of her thick ass
were impossible
to not look at
especially in that
crop top that
showed off
a perfectly flat tummy
and those Skinny jeans
that hugged
sexy, lean legs.
i love red lipstick.
She stole it from me
when you lusted after
her red blow job lips.
i can’t blame you
for looking.
But did you have to do it
in front of me?
While I looked at you
(With the very same love
That was Tearing me apart)
and felt every insecurity
that has plagued my soul
show its ugly face.
And did you have to talk
to her?
And ask her to sit with us?
With all that hunger
in your beautiful eyes,
you tore down years of
self mitivation
and positive thinking
and learning self acceptance.
And did you have to do it
in front of everybody?
i now know humiliation:
Other women looking at me
with pity in their eyes,
and words spoken to friends
as soon as i was out of
hearing range.
When you put
your arm around her
you simultaneously summoned
all my demons
and i was quietly possessed
by all the times
i’ve been rejected
and made to feel
less than human
less than woman
by my father
my baby’s father
Men.
i am a fool
for you.
and still,
when i lay next
to you that night,
all i wanted
was for you to
hold me.
Hello
I will be reduced to hello
After I have held your hand
While grocery shopping
After I have layed on your lap
In a park full of people
After I have watched you
Gracefully eating pizza
I will be reduced to hello
After I have tasted your
Full mouth
After I have felt those lips
Kissing away the pain of a long day
After I have looked into your eyes
While sweat dripped off your brow
And onto my naked breast.
After I have felt your naked heartbeat
On my hungry chest.
I will be reduced to hello
After I have loved your eyes
In a thousand Lifetime’s
After I have felt ultimate completion
At the appearance of your smile
After I have felt my mind become
Overwhelmed
My heart full to overflow
With millions of emotions
All in the tumultuous journey
That has been us.
I will be reduced to hello
When I have been your puppet.
Hands, feet, mind
All acting upon your command.
When I have given you
Everything I have to give
And everything that I don’t.
When I have cried in many more lifetime’s
For love that was always conditional
Inhibited
Full of fairytale expectations.
Having said this
It is you who will be reduced to hello.
Not because I don’t love you.
While I do, I also despise
The selfish indulgence
Of your invisible ego
Your never ending list of excuses.
Your inability to accept flaws.
Your suffocating originality.
Your ability to deceive my heart
Intoxicate my mind.
You will be reduced to hello.
It will begin and end
With the the two syllabyl word
That is hello.
Goodbye.
Time
Life is
only what we have in this moment.
waiting is pointless,
foolish even.
But i find myself
doing just that.
waiting…
and i’ll wait
With tears drowning my soul
and salt in my stubborn wounds
and clouds in my eyes
because so much of the beauty
that i seen in life
is in your palms.
And it shames me tremendously
to admit:
I don’t want to live without you.
Rose
Like a rose
I lose a petal
Every time you
Do things
That remind me
Of who,
What
I used to be.
Maybe it’s what I am
What I wish I wasn’t.
And my petals
Fall into your coarse hands
And without even trying
You crush them
Until they are broken.
And still they think
Refuge is in your palms.
Undoing
Clothes that I can’t wear
Food that I can’t eat
TV that I can’t watch
Books that I can’t read
Stories that I can’t tell
Doors that I can’t close
Doors that I can’t open
Windows that are sealed shut
Beds that I can’t sleep in
Letter I can’t unwrite
Smiles that don’t reach the eyes
Feelings that I can’t feel
Words that I can’t unspeak
Tears that I can’t cry
Pieces that I can’t put back together.
Souvenirs
I’d like to just keep what we have,
Because we just have so much:
Sitting on a scarf in a park
With your head on my lap talking.
Walking around the zoo
Wondering why they didn’t have ostriches.
Leaving pizza on tree stumps for the birds.
Having coffee
With flowers all around.
Analysing artworks.
Late night conversations.
Debates about music.
Curt Cobain.
Blu.
Laughing.
Not talking.
I’d like to just keep what we have.
It’s probably better than what we could.
Like how what we have is better than what we had.
And things would be confused
And way to complicated
And I’m just too selfish with my time
It’s me, it’s definitely me, not you.
Let’s just keep up this bullshit façade
this touchless tango
That is a monumental mind fuck.
I keep what we had
In a box
With all the dusty souvenirs
Of things that I wanted to make me happy.
I cough when I open it.
The Difference
There is a mammoth difference between love and dependence. To be unable to live without someone is dependence.To be able to live without someone but to not want to do so is more like love. You may encounter both at the same time but do not confuse the two: dependence is toxic, love is vital.
Labyrinth
To keep loving you
Would be to agree to be
Eternally trapped in a vast labyrinth
That is lined ground to sky
With daffodils
And you , like narcissus,
sit admiring yourself
In the body of water
That lies at the very middle,
Stopping only to call my name
At irregular intervals
So you can forgive yourself
For forgetting that you are not alone.
Stop being beautiful.