inthewater

inthewater Apr 2018

i'll let you just ignore me,
if that's what you want to do;
you can sit there and abhor me
if it makes it easier for you

your kindness turned to anger,
your words no longer sweet;
so, please, tell me how you hate me,
if that makes you feel complete

your stares no longer caring,
your touch no longer warm;
so, tell me how i'm terrible
for ringing the alarm

but there's one request,
to which i cannot comply:
to hate you, i must protest -
i still don't think you're that bad a guy

.

#heartbreak #hopeful #caring #love

inthewater Apr 2018

unspoken words

there's so many words
i wish i could say
but i know, even if i found the courage,
you'd just throw them away
-
so, i beg the question:
is it better to speak and be heartbroken?
or to be silent and never know?

which would you prefer?

#unspoken #words

inthewater Apr 2018

not heartbroken, just heart-sprained

i'm not heartbroken
just a little heart-sprained

i'm not sad
just don't have the happiness i once claimed

i'm not angry
just not as understanding anymore

i'm not bitter
just not as sweet as i was before

i know that with bones, a clean break
is usually better than a sprain

so i just hope

that a heartbreak
isn't better

than a heart-sprain

time will tell

#heartbreak #heartsprain #better #love #relationship

inthewater Apr 2018

i fell for a mirage

you once were my sun -
even on the clearest of the days,
i would use the lowest SPF
just to soak up all your rays

i once was your shade -
to cool you when you got too heated
i welcome you with a place of rest
for when you felt defeated

you once were my mirror -
anything i wore, said, or did i do
was with the intent of showing
that i truly cared for you

but it's on the clearest days
to our eyes, the heat does sabotage
you knew, gladly acting as the sun,
but it took me longer to figure out -

that i had fallen for a mirage

#sun #deception #heartbreak #mirage

Apr 2018

Rohan P

a stellar colossus

stellar masses collide
beyond you; they silhouette
your ethos, slip loose your
hair—
they pattern your fingertips
and colour your
sigh

their flame:
a colossus
in your eyes.

#universe

inthewater Apr 2018

no 0 sum game

i'm wholesome and you're incomplete
and that's why we've come undone

you needed what you took from me
more than i needed not be taken from

but may i just remind you -
dear, this game is not 0 sum

so the next time that i give to you,
just know it's me who's won

kindness, even in the most undeserving situations, makes nothing less of you, but gives others the chance to make more of themselves.

#kindness #heartbreak #done #0sum #games