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Oct 2021 · 545
Is This Selfish?
Shawn Mehaffey Oct 2021
Do you write for yourself?
Maybe in the hope that someone reads it?
Or do you create because you're supposed to.

There is only a brief and fleeting moment, never to be experienced again.
Where words flow on digital paper and I think about you.

You'll probably never see this; I don't expect you to Google my name.
But I wish you didn't have to and we could share this.
But that's not meant to be.

You're remarkable.
And I still love you.

So I guess this one is for me.
Even a brief romance can still impact my dumb brain. Considering the possibilities of every action, thinking about what I could invite you to the following weekend, or even just being your friend.
I miss you.
I miss my ******* friend.

I don't know who you are.
But I don't recognize you anymore.
Dec 2018 · 231
Alcohol Haiku
Shawn Mehaffey Dec 2018
At death's door he stood,
"Release your last words, mortal."
In his last breath, "yeet."
This website is so beautiful, people can share all the pain they have and put it in words that can only be appreciated by those that understand. I love all of you soulful outliers of the world.
Hopefully this made you at least smile.
Also, yes, had a drink before writing this work of grand art.
Shawn Mehaffey Nov 2018
I wish the bad memories were easier to remember,
Because the positive ones make me miss you the most.

I wish the fights we had were the first thing I thought of,
Not the smell of your hair from the shampoo still in the shower.

I wish I could remember the hurt before I remembered the love,
Because without the ******* I still want you back.

I wish I could have found a single imperfection with you,
Because then I would understand why two people aren't meant to be together.

I wish sleepless nights of hurt and anger were the ones I remember,
Not the ones where I feel lonely and forgotten.

I wish time moved faster for us,
So I would have less of a gold standard to how someone should make me feel.

I wish I hated you,
Because I crave the way you hated me.
I think it's awesome how memories can be selective in how we remember things. I more often remember how wonderful things were. I have to force myself to remember why it ended.
Oct 2018 · 321
Happy Accidents
Shawn Mehaffey Oct 2018
When I was younger I injured myself.
From the injury I hurt the muscles in my eye,
Which occasionally allows my eye to "drift."
Late at night, sometimes I'll see two of something,
But it usually only happens when I'm very tired.
I wish I could have been more tired around you.
I wish I could have seen more of you,
Even if it was the same moment.
There could have been two of you.

But now there's none of you.
That person isn't dead, they just stopped existing.
Jul 2018 · 254
17 years
Shawn Mehaffey Jul 2018
That's a long time, 17 years.
When I met you we didn't see eye to eye,
In fact, I regret how I acted towards you.

17 years.
That's a **** long time.
Every **** say turned perfect when you meet me,
Whenever I'd come home, you'd kiss me.

17 years.
Can't believe it was that long.
My favorite memories are napping together,
Because you were always so perfect.

17 years.
How were they so fast?
Even when I returned home you feel asleep,
Right on my lap, so if course I stayed.

17 years.
Not long enough.
I miss you, best friend.
With every fiber of my being I miss you so much.
My cat died almost a year ago, and I still miss her so much.
My cat was my best friend and life is cruel.
Death comes for us all in the end, but some of us should be able to love forever.
Mar 2018 · 203
Ways
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2018
I could say "I Love You," 1000 times,
And each time it might mean something different.

I love you, for how you bring light into a room.
I love you for how you make me feel.
I love you, because you're my best friend.

Or when I say "I love you," and with every fiber of my being, as indefinable as it is, I love you, in the way you want it to be.
We should be comfortable enough to tell the people we love that we indeed do love them.
I love all of you.
Feb 2018 · 198
Only A Little
Shawn Mehaffey Feb 2018
Today I won.
The war inside me is over.
I've lost so many battles;
But the war is won.
And I celebrate.
Today I saw you. For the first time since Spring Break. Still beautiful as ever. My heart rate jumped, but only a little this time.
I felt no anguish. No anger. No destain. I only feel peace.
I feel peace.
And I've let you go.
Good luck.
Feb 2018 · 192
I Shouldn't Have
Shawn Mehaffey Feb 2018
I remember the last night with you.
Where 8 inches was too far away from me. So I pulled you closer to me and held on right.

But look at us now.
We couldn't be further apart.
If something means a lot to you, know that one day you may lose it
Jan 2018 · 163
It's not your fault
Shawn Mehaffey Jan 2018
You're a product of your surroundings.
For things that won't be mentioned.
He did things to you and now you're broken.
And I remember the night your head met my chest, even just as friends.
Can anyone save you from yourself?
Dec 2017 · 145
Mario Isn't Missing
Shawn Mehaffey Dec 2017
I came here for solace and remission, peace and reflection.
Because I've discovered the heart will point you in the right direction.
It'll make you do loads of stupid ****,
But don't give up on it.
You're just meant to learn and continue, like a green mushroom you picked up in your living room.
Because history can help make you, but your heart defines what you hold true.
So give a helping hand to a sister or brother, so you can hold your head high having done right by your mother.
I keep tabs on my past to find out if I'm on the right Trail, but I really think we're supposed to fail.
Life is meant to be hard, but keep looking out for life's mushrooms, and rise above and fly far.
You're meant for something greater and I know **** might just totally **** *** right now, but I promise you, it gets better. If this is a mushroom for you, take it. Message me and I'll do what I can from here. I love all of you.
Oct 2017 · 153
Why She's Perfect
Shawn Mehaffey Oct 2017
It's taken me so long
To see through her smile.
Don't think it's not genuine,
It's the purest of them all.

But behind that smile is someone.
Something.
That loves you.
For who you are.
And they'll always know what to say.

She's there when you need her to be.
And I love her.
She deserves the world.

And she'll make sure she gets it.
Sep 2017 · 170
Ratios
Shawn Mehaffey Sep 2017
Done days we feel it,
The impending doom and dread.
Where we feel alone.
Where we simply feel dead.

But maybe were supposed to.
..
Feel the darkness' shadow.
Just because you can't see me,
Doesn't mean I'm not alone.

But I am and I'm not.
I'm alone, but alone with all of you.
Where the list and confused,
Can come here and feel true.

If I'm not with you, I'm with someone else,
I have to decide what's best for myself.
My mental health.

Looks like I'm here to stay.
Haven't found anyone who can pull me away
Sep 2017 · 252
You Didn't Leave
Shawn Mehaffey Sep 2017
You didn't leave because you wanted to.
You didn't even leave because you had to.
You never left, but you just aren't here.
This isn't about you, this is about my best friend who's no longer around.
I love you, kitty.
Apr 2017 · 228
Flickering
Shawn Mehaffey Apr 2017
Today is my birthday.
If I had any candles,
I'd wish for you.




To be happy.
Of course I want her, but above that, I want her to want her.
Mar 2017 · 206
Untitled
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2017
Is it out of a lack of respect?
For myself, of course.

If I let me down,
I haven't left where I started.

But if I fail you, well,
Then I walked backwards,
From where you put me.
Mar 2017 · 305
It's Permenant
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2017
Someone will always get hurt.
I just don't think it should be you.
I like this girl and I am afraid she is right or is wrong
Mar 2017 · 520
Liminal
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2017
I check to see if you see my Snapchat.
Because sometimes they were for you.

And even when they aren't,
Everything was meant for you
Mar 2017 · 435
Choices
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2017
I burden you,
I know that.

Because I give you a choice.
I'm terrified you won't choose me.
Mar 2017 · 256
I'm a Shadow
Shawn Mehaffey Mar 2017
You see, light has no mass.
Therefore it has no gravity.
It cannot push you;
In any direction.

A shadow is the absence of light;
But it has the same properties.
Massless.
It's just a little different.

I'm the shadow.
I can't pull you.
Towards me.
The only direction I want.
Light, shadows, and some physics for the mildly fearful
Jan 2017 · 253
Motivational Sticky Notes
Shawn Mehaffey Jan 2017
I wrote the goal on the wall.
Whenever I lose sight, I am reminded.

Not only of what it takes,
But what I am willing to do.
What I am doing.

I can't stand this place,
because you're here.

Early mornings. Late nights.
Because you're worth it.
I'd be lying if I said I discovered a new found motivation whenever she looked into my eyes and said, "We" and "Together."
Aug 2016 · 293
Jim Morrison's the End
Shawn Mehaffey Aug 2016
Even though it was civil,
We understood
We acknowledged
We listened
She listened.
It never makes it easier.

I'll cherish our memories.
I hope we make new ones.
I broke up with the most beautiful woman I have ever seen today. And inside it kind of killed me.
Jun 2016 · 611
Bruh, You Met on Tinder
Shawn Mehaffey Jun 2016
Having s a crush on someone is like a mosquito bite:
You don't know when exactly you got it,
It's only really annoying to you,
You pick at it so it gets worse.
May 2016 · 238
Tarnished Memories
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
It's beautiful that I know what you'd say, even when you aren't around.
Because we used to do that together.

I need to find something that is new.
Save yourself, before you drown. or you wish you did.
May 2016 · 295
Tomorrow, The
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
Every night I'd read "Text me tomorrow."
As if I had to be told.

Now there is no tomorrow.
And all I want is yesterday.

Yesterday there were fights,
But for something.
Yesterday there was bitterness,
But for something.
Yesterday I knew something,
But today I no longer.
Next week is this weekends tomorrow. Nothing ever changes and time is only how we view it. I see time differently than you.
May 2016 · 223
Night at The RB
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
Is love when you want the other person to be with someone better than you?
A few letters go a long way.
And short passages are a favorite in my opinion
May 2016 · 305
Glass Shakes, You Can Too
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
The tea kettle whistles,
but you don't.

You're boiling inside,
Screaming.
But you won't.

All the unsaid words,
All the unwritten letters.
Every memory, condensed.


Come find one of us,
We'll scream with you.
Doing this helps, and I want to help you.
No one should feel this way.
May 2016 · 256
Breakfast on the Couch
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
Just tell her she deserves to be happy.
She does.
You just need to believe it.
Even if it isn't with you.
Shawn Mehaffey May 2016
I've been here before,
Stuck between heart break
and a desire to stay calm.

I want to revel in chaos,
Find solace in a tornado.
She was my tornado.
She was my tornado.

You see a wake of destruction,
But if you're being held at her center,
The world spins around you
but she makes sure you're safe.

You move,
for her. And yourself.
You dance,
For her. And yourself.

But sometimes, she moves for her.
And herself.

I miss the swirling terror
all around me.
I haven't been on here in so long. But I feel like I can write anything, not be judged, and have someone do what everyone wants them to do; actually listen. Thank you internet friends.
Sep 2015 · 302
Back Away
Shawn Mehaffey Sep 2015
It's an invite to something toxic
The situation, not the invitation.

It's heart felt, seeds and bleeds,
It's a combination of fear and beer.
Sadness and hope.
Emotions made of thin rope.

Did I read it?
Did I feel it?
I saw you typing it.

You're on your pillow
Tears in your eyes.
Knowing I'll read it on the other side.

I want to wipe them away
I want to take you away
But I must back away
I saw your snapchat.
I wanted to text you, but we don't do that anymore. You asked if anyone was up. I'm anyone. I'm someone. But I didn't text. Didn't message. Didn't lend an ear.
I will send you that text in 5 years. Whenever we're a little older. More ready to make it work. So long as you want it to.
Sep 2015 · 343
Write an Actual Letter
Shawn Mehaffey Sep 2015
I write text messages to people in my life that don't exist.

They did exist.
And these texts would have been read.

But neither of these anomalies occur now.
Write a real letter. You guys are ******* poets, don't do it via a text message.
Aug 2015 · 472
Forward, Not Backwards
Shawn Mehaffey Aug 2015
The only place that allows you to go back in time,
Is the only place that can stop you from moving forward.
Any one else feel crazy here?
Shawn Mehaffey Aug 2015
Don't you see?
You could call.
3am love broken, heart aching, soul pouring.

I've thought of what I'd say.
I hope it comes.
Because I'm selfish.

I don't want you to feel pain.
Just to feel me.
I feel you.

Because even broken.
Even bleeding.
You're the summit.
You're the peak.
You take my ******* breath away.
Would I answer the phone and tell you to *******?
No. Because that isn't me.
I have no intentions on being anyone other than myself and even if you walk all over it, I'm happier being me than anyone else.
Jul 2015 · 639
You're Such a Gem
Shawn Mehaffey Jul 2015
All I wanted to do was prove her wrong.
I wanted to be the warm gooey center.
To convince her not to give up.
To make her see that it can happen;
It can be real.
I wanted so badly to show her someone could care.
Without limits.
Without regrets.
Without fear.

But I couldn't be that person.
It's the time. It's the place.
It's not the time
Jun 2015 · 581
George Bailey
Shawn Mehaffey Jun 2015
It's not that I don't feel I'm good enough for you,
It's just that I think you deserve the world.
I might be only one man,
And the world is too big for me to carry,
But I'll bring you the moon so you'll feel the weightlessness I feel around you.
But I'll bring you the stars, the ones you used to live amongst so you'll always shine.
It's not thay I don't feel good enough, I'm a very happy person.
I just really do believe and want so far past and beyond the absolute best for you that the pursuit of it seems like a task I fear I may not be able to accomplish. But ****** I'll try
Jun 2015 · 316
Hold On
Shawn Mehaffey Jun 2015
We are unique.
Individuals.
Snowflakes?
There is nothing wrong with you.
There is nothing wrong with being a little different.
Hold onto what makes you so perfectly you.
But if you're not happy, change.
More.
Less.
Faster.
Slower.
Adapt and overcome.
I'm not afraid.
Grab my arm.
Be fearless.
She says she needs more medications to make her normal.
She's a bit of a *****, but no meds are going to clear that up.
You're lovely, aside from the ****** part, just the way you are.
Jan 2015 · 435
No Choice
Shawn Mehaffey Jan 2015
It's strange how when we look in the mirror and hate our reflection people try to make us see differently, as if we are sick.
It's even more strange that when the mirror reflects something you find worthy of appreciation, people still try to change you, as if you are a narcissist.
Why don't they want you to be happy?
Why can't they allow you to be sad?
Nov 2014 · 218
PPFB
Shawn Mehaffey Nov 2014
She's the song you don't want to end
She's the book you're afraid to finish
She's the fantasy you make in your head,
Of what she is and what she isn't.
And she's all that and more.
To me.
I guess it's why we put songs on repeat. We hate when they end, but it's perfect for those 3 minutes or so.
Oct 2014 · 362
Old Renewed
Shawn Mehaffey Oct 2014
Upon their wings, but under their wake
Below their sight, yet about their fate

As the moments pass and I see the signs
Away it is carried in shackles and binds

There is little time left and it is known why
Because the wings were not meant to fly

Carried away beyond all that can see
Except with their eyes closed where it's 20/20

I left your wake and you plague my eye lids
Poisoned by memories I wish not to forget
Burry away this high school obsession
For the future is in my possession

No more following the blind and the feeble
I surround myself with the humble and strong.
Passed up and moved on, but you're still there.
Memories are forever, but the future's weather is fair.
I wrote this years ago and don't know the context.
Even though I can understand it now.

— The End —