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 Feb 2018 Matt Perkins
Clary
i hate you
please don't ever say that
i still care about you
because
i can’t
tell yourself that
i have moved on
don't think that
my heart still beats for you
it was always true
because
i never had faith in us
it was absurd when you said that
i missed the memories
it hurt that
i even had the luck to meet someone like you
but i am relieved that
you were heartbroken
never have felt
my heart beats for you anyway
i just knew that
our stars are crossed
i was very upset that
you still liked me
and i didn't care whether
i did hold on to you
it's the sad truth:
i fell for you in the first place
but i can clearly remember
i got over the guilt
it would be great if
you didn’t look back
it hurts me deeply that
i really liked you
because it's pretty obvious that
i hated you
it's not true that
my own soul was scarred,
but i know
I had thought with uneasiness,
“i did this to you
i ruined you”
This is a reverse poem, please try reading it line by line, back to the top. :)
 Feb 2018 Matt Perkins
Vale Luna
(read forward, then backward, line by line)

I ran.
Not knowing what else to do
There was so much blood on my hands
It was mine
The kitchen knife
Caught in my chest
Guilt
Consumed by
Fear
I was heightened by
Adrenaline
But running on
Wasn’t enough
While trying to stay calm,
Losing control
It was me that would end up
Dead. Because
He was
In front of me
The whole time
It was too late
Trapped
I found myself
Locked in chains
My fate was
Death.
Forward: from the victims perspective.
Backward: from the murderers perspective.

This TOOK ME FOREVER TO WRITE
 Dec 2017 Matt Perkins
lauren
i broke today.
i watched my bones shatter on the ground
and fall into a million pieces onto the floor.
as i stared at my breaking body,
i came to a realization.

the pieces that were one so beautifully sculpted
were deformed and
unfamiliar.
a distorted picture of who i once was.

i cried for the person who resonated
darkness in me,
staring
standing
still.

i will conquer and fix myself
someday
but for now
im okay with not being okay
 Dec 2017 Matt Perkins
The Dybbuk
It won't stop bleeding,
This gaping red and black hole.
Useless bandages.
What do you think?
Will I give my life
for your fake love?
No, I don't think
about it, I love myself
so much. It's my love.

Now you can go away
and find someone else,
Listen, I'm not a fool.
I'm worried today
You're feeding false
love to me. It isn't cool.

I don't want to lose
my family and me,
You're a cheater
Oh, who wants to lose
time for a sea
which has no water?

That's why
I wouldn't be your lover
and I won't be with you anymore.
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