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Amelia of Ames Jun 2022
I'm turning you
In my mind
In my writing
Into a figure of longing
A trope of star-crossed lover
Losing sight of who you are
Amelia of Ames Jun 2022
You aren't unique
In the way that I love you
I'm not unique
In the way that you do

It is still bitter
To leave one another
We want different lives
We want each other

We don't dare to change
The other or me
I support your dream
That leaves me lonely

We will find lovers
At our destination
But though I'll find him
You set me in motion
We knew early on we wanted too different things from life, so we've kept our distance. Instead, we've supported each other in the best thing for the other person in reaching their dreams, even though it will keep us from being together.

You gave me the confidence to take what I desire. You've been my confidante. You provided greatest pleasure. Your value of me has shown me the value I should give myself. My friend, my lover, my never-love.
Amelia of Ames Jun 2022
I don't find
Your line of friend and lover
Until you trip
My feet with its wire

My face and hopes crushed on the ground again
Amelia of Ames Jun 2022
He is taking care of me,
making me dinner or picking it up,
buying me groceries,
massaging me with ice cubes.

He comes into the room with a mask,
to ask me if he can hang out,
and we cuddle in bed watching Better Call Saul,
a mask over each of us.

I’m realizing I can’t kiss him with a clear conscience
for seven more days.
Somehow he keeps testing negative.
I'm glad he's not sick, but I'm annoyed too that we can't be together

This is part of why I love him
This is part of why I know he loves me
Amelia of Ames May 2022
Get on the trolley!
Oo at the statues!
Let's be tourists
For this city
Again
Amelia of Ames May 2022
I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner

The truth is, I save your texts
Like chocolate at end of day

My sweetest escape
A stash for stomach butterflies
Amelia of Ames May 2022
She hates men
Because I spend time
with them instead of her

'Women are better'
She promises unaware
Of the jealousy in her voice

My darling man-hater
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