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Oskar Erikson Aug 2018
i cried three times
in your bathroom.
once because you told me i'd never be first in your heart,
second because you knew i'd still try,
third because you told me to go,
but i didn't know how to say goodbye.
Oskar Erikson Aug 2018
take rest
beside my tongue
and i can tell you stories
only heartbroken lovers can tell.
Oskar Erikson Jul 2018
"you know, being able to grow with someone, or just being there watching someone grow is probably the closest explanation to love i've found during my very short time on earth."

"is it because it's a need? or a want?"

"it's neither i think. think of it like this, have you ever day dreamt about holding someones hand?"

"yes of course."

"what was that feeling, what made you prefer the dream to the day?"

"it's because i knew that it'd happen."

"there we go. because 'you knew'. all the love i've felt comes from the not knowing, or the knowing it'd never come, and to keep loving, even after the realisation, after the heartbreak, the pleading, bartering, sometimes there's just nothing you can do, but love without reciprocation."

"doesn't it hurt?"
"yeah. but love takes many forms. even if its not the one you want."
"i'm sorry."
"but i am not."
For anyone who feels like their love isn't meant to be,
its not to say you will never be loved.
maybe its because your type of love isn't meant to be.
but never stop growing.
Oskar Erikson Jul 2018
i breathe in the night sky while you linger elsewhere
in the murky mixture of white and red,
of black and blue.
my eyes transfixed upwards
and heart-tethered to you.
Oskar Erikson Jun 2018
i didn't expect to fall
as far as this.
landing feet first
into stifling silence
i never thought to learn how to swim by myself.
i will never know how to heal with you by my side.
i will stand at the precipice of my staircase
and watch the waves lap at the cliff edge.
Oskar Erikson Jun 2018
"i fell in love with the
person i deluded you into."
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