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Laura Brittain Jul 2018
I don't remember when it stopped
But I know there was a moment.

One day the curls framing your face
And your demanding nature
Appealed to me and made me glow with adoration

Another day the way you wore your glasses
How you whispered promises
(That meant nothing now)
Nothing but a guarantee that I would stay,
Made my eyes drift downward, away from yours
Because there was nothing left of you to see.

You spent so long convincing me
That I could count on a forever with you
That it was almost tangible
My fingers brushing against a vision

There was a time when I would have bet my life on it
when you were naked on the bathroom floor
Begging me to stay

“But you promised you would never leave”

We ate some fishes and laid in bed all night
Staring at the ceiling and each other
Talking about the life we wanted.

I realized that they had stopped being the same

I don’t remember when it stopped
But I know there was a moment

A moment when our life together became too difficult for you,
When you wanted different things,
Different partners,
Different lips whispering good night.

But at the end,
When I thought id never live again
All I felt was the relief.


I’d like to say it was all because you loved me
But you told me once that you're not sure how to love.

I finally believe you.
Laura Brittain Jan 2014
Young Disaster.
Compassionate Hook-up.
Mr. Intangible
Reasonable Indifference.
Whiskey Lullaby.
Blind Hipster.
**** Shamer.
Dime Broker.
Laura Brittain Apr 2013
You promised to never care;
In the tone of your absence,
And your quick dismissal
Of my nurturing hands.

But you changed the rules.
And I'm Lost.
For words,
For new ways to say goodbye.

Because a word that exudes finality
Means something different to us now.
And I miss your stupid smile,
Before you win again.



I thought I won once,
But it was just imagination.
A way to make you seem humane.


But how can you expect me
To maintain this yearning,
This want for a simple "goodnight"

When we were just a game;
Too young to know better
And too old to pretend not to.
Laura Brittain Mar 2013
They say Invaders
come in UFOS,
and beams of light.

But from what I know of the universe,
they slip into our hearts silently,
breathing descriptions of places our minds have yet to wander,
placing hushed kisses against blushing skin.

Eyes directed towards the stars,
lips numb with words unsaid,
I fell in love with you that night.

Safe below in our understanding of the meant to be's,
and the what ifs,
we managed to escape the invasion.
Hands wrapped tightly together,
clinging to the hope,
that we'll all be saved.
Laura Brittain Feb 2013
You remind me of forgotten promises,
and unrelenting insecurities.

Wrapped in the warmth of your words,
your lips mouth gentle reassurance.

I wonder when you'll be the same.

You gave me things,
I only wanted at a time,
when I needed something more.

I hope you'll be the happy ending I've been waiting for.
Laura Brittain Jan 2013
I understand what a turn of a back,
and lack of touch,
means to a broken girl.

I know that look,
the one you give,
when there's nothing left to lose.

I wonder why
when your lips ghost my back,
have you chosen
to impress false hope,
against a broken heart.

I think that
your intentions are like those,
of children.
Making breakfast for their mothers.

But I wish I could believe your gentle promises
when they fall from those cold lips.
Laura Brittain Dec 2012
You found me dangling by a breath,
on the edge of some unknown redemption.

I swore that I would never let my something old,
affect our something new.

And I know;
through those gentle brushes,
of strong hands against weak arms,

That you promise to hold me together,
when all signs pointed,
to me falling apart.
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