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johnmbertao
johnmbertao
35/M I write poems sometimes as a hobby. I have a wide variety of interests, such as running, psychology and computer programming.
It was so long ago Six years can come and go I wonder if I can still say, “Hate to say I told you so.” Now I’ve fallen so low I wonder if it still applies How evil you were in my eyes... The wickedness of your lies... You had made promises, but they weren’t kept Yet you maintained all your self-respect When forgave all the wrong you had done You never offered any real apology You replied instead, “Girls just want to have fun.” ...Shallow you were ...Shameless you remain And I can't live my life that way This aged memory Serves to remind me That people we really love Should not be enjoyed selfishly You didn't comfort me during my sorrows Didn't help keep our relationship stable Like a sponge, you laid passively Absorbing the good I offered selflessly Others may squeeze to get something from you But that is just something I cannot do. You chose to live a loveless life How could you have made a good wife? But a life of holding yourself dear Is the kind which I must always fear
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May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 at 10:22 PM UTC
Memories of Her
I'm a man of a thousand hardships Experiencing pain is nothing new Often due to the hands of others All the **** they've put me through But I've made good some goals despite it Dodged the paths of unchanging misery Even now things are looking brighter And yet I still feel something obstructing It was mostly you before But now, maybe it's me And my recent refusal To take responsibility Maybe it's just me Causing my own agony Problems won't solve themselves I need to get up I could spend a thousand hours judging you And the pointless pain you put me through But I have legs that can still move And I can walk out of I'm willing to choose So maybe it's mainly me I haven't taken responsibility Unwittingly added to my agony And shaped my own dark destiny So if it's now just on me If I can admit to my faults And say to my old ways, "No". Some of my problems may just go
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Apr 28, 2020
Apr 28, 2020 at 10:16 PM UTC
Maybe it's Me
When I needed your help You left me here, alone And I was left to wither In sickly wretchedness The body’s not working Yet the mind keeps racing So sleep’s not coming And you won’t, either So I lie on my bed Just me and a bible While I’m left to wonder How much I can endure I'm stuck here alone In a forced freedom Shut in and forlorn I thought I would have you If I really needed it But today you couldn’t (Your own **** to go through) And in such helplessness It makes me wonder If I’ve become a child Without a mother Very late in the night I prayed to that father, "Just let me fall asleep!" (And to be just, I did) I embraced a dark dream A past and present lust And soon woke in fatigue With my life in the dust During our toughest days Don’t we need someone To keep us from Hades? But all I have is a God (And all my fleshly pain) Yet that's my only means To keep this mind sane I’m left to wonder In a tired, troubled state If I’ll get through it (Don't want it to be too late) I lift up my head And prop it on a pillow While staring at my bible On a half-empty bed
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Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 6:57 PM UTC
Left to Wonder
As I was walking outside Wrapped in a thick, black jacket I was beckoned by the park It was shining a sparkling white Despite the darkness of the night I stepped in and I could feel Powder-soft snow under my feet I reached down to grip its gentleness But as I held it in my hand It burned my skin like hot sand From above, a few flakes fell Brightening the sky like little lamps And soon, they lit everywhere Until its delightful density Formed a bright-bounded screen As the snow crept inside me I shook uncomfortably And longed for my lone home “In there it's clear and dry Out here I shouldn't roam.” Soon after I arrived at home The snowfall ceased Its veil fell to the ground No light was around me Just a white monotony I shook and felt the cold Inside me
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Mar 26, 2020
Mar 26, 2020 at 1:41 AM UTC
Snow White