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Sul-E Jun 2019
Love is
As love was
Love will only ever be
As it only ever has been
And to be honest
I think that's pretty sad
Sul-E Jun 2019
Having a dream is like having money
More times than not your going to have to exchange it for something else
EvE
Sul-E Apr 2023
EvE
For some reason,
I feel exposed.
Like the wind is passing through all the gaps in my bones
whipping through my ribcage
in the place, my heart used to be.
I feel like I've just
realised
that I've been naked all this time,
and I was oblivious that the
warmth of the fire
was burning my skin,
and that the thorns I used
to protect me,
were pricking me
I feel like I've been walking barefoot
and I hadn't noticed the stinging
beneath my soles
and the soreness between my toes.
But
there's skin on my bones,
and clothes on my skin,
and shoes on my feet.
So why,
for some reason,
do I feel so exposed?
Sul-E May 2019
If the weather was just a little warmer that day,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me.
If the sun had come out
and scorched the tarmac.
If the leftover puddles had evaporated and condensed
Into fluffy white clouds.
If the birds had been singing atop the branches
of the old oak tree.
Yes,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me that day.

If we didn’t get stuck in traffic that day,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me.
If I had woken us up earlier
We would have been en-route before rush hour.
If we didn't almost crash into the old
couple in front of us.
If I had just  gone at the yellow light
And not wait for green.
Yes,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me that day

If I had remembered you were allergic to prawns that day,
I’m sure you wouldn't have left me.
If I hadn’t reserved us a place
At that new Chinese place.
If I had just asked you
where you wanted to go.
If I hadn’t ordered
Fried rice with king prawns.
Yes,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me that day.

If I was someone you loved,
I’m sure you wouldn’t have left me that day.
If I was someone you’d miss
when we’d been apart for hours.
If I was the only person you could look at
with hearts in your eyes.
If I wasn’t me,
and you weren’t you,
and it wasn't then.
Yes,
I’m sure you wouldn't have left me that day.
Sul-E Jun 2019
There used to be a bottle on the wall.
It was very green.
I'm sure it was the loneliest green bottle
that I had ever seen
It used to sit on the wall
all day and all night
And every day, when I looked out of the window,
it was always in my line of sight
Then one day, a cat came along.
Something was going to happen; I could tell
The cat then accidentally nudged it
and off the wall, it fell
When it had fallen off the wall
it had dropped with a very loud sound.
There were all these little pieces of the green bottle
all over the ground
Then the cat yelped
and I knew it had gotten hurt
I could quite obviously see its paws were caked in
blood and dirt
The bottle wasn't harmful in the beginning
it did not look the slightest bit treacherous
but after a nudge in the wrong direction
it became very dangerous
Now I look back at you smiling
next to me on the big armchair
Your fingers running through your soft locks of hair.
You remind me a lot
of that green bottle.
In the beginning, you were harmless
you were all sorts of fun.
Now you hurt me.
Could you tell me why
as I don't quite know what I've done
Sul-E Jan 2022
If I look forward as I fall
I might regret this soon
as the ground comes ever closer
So I turn around
to look back
and remember
why it is, I'm falling
in the first place
as I watch
the sky get further away
Sul-E Jun 2019
Sorry
That I loved you too much.
I must have been such a bore.
I must have been too clingy.
I'm sure you hated the way
I said that I loved you
with too much desperation
In my eyes
The way I kissed you
must have annoyed you so much.
My lips were always chapped.
I bite them so often.
It must have irritated you when I hugged you.
I must have held on too tight,
like I didn't want to lose you to the wind.
I didn't.
And I-
nevermind.
I'm so sorry.
Sul-E May 2019
Isn't nighttime the world with it's eyes closed?
Everything looks better.
The lights are luminous and bright.
The streets are almost empty. Nothing is as it seems.
A beautiful lie.

And when daytime comes, eyes are open.
The lights are turned off.
The show is finished.
Everybody gets up from their seats
and heads back to reality.
The ugly truth.
Sul-E May 2019
You were talking
but I wasn’t really listening.
I just sat there.
Sat there and just watched
As your lips curved and stretched
at the pronunciation of each word.
I watched the cute little wrinkles
on your face wriggle.
Become shallower.
Become deeper.
With every little movement of your face.
I watched as your bright shiny eyes
followed mine.
I stopped gazing at you and turned
back to your lips
I watched them curve and stretch again

“I don’t love you anymore”

That’s when it became clear to me
The wrinkles on your face-
They were because you were stressed.
Were tired.
In pain.
I looked up at your eyes.
They were indeed very shiny.
It was my mistake
I hadn’t realised you were crying
Sul-E Jun 2019
If I was a penny coin
Laying there,
My copper dull
And my edges chipped,
Would come and pick me up?

People have walked past me.
Some pick me up then throw me back down once they realise
I was of less worth than they thought.
I've been shoved in the dirt.
I have watched rain pool around my edges
I've been frozen over stuck way under snow.
But would you pick me up and place me deep inside your pocket?

You don't even to use me.
Can you just keep me there,
where it's warm?
Sul-E Jul 2019
You were supposed to come out to sea and save me
But I'm hanging on to the edge of your lifeboat
Killing myself
just to stay afloat
Why didn't I let go
I don't know
Maybe it's because I believed you were there to save me
Sul-E Jun 2019
Why is it that
Within the silence, I can hear
ten thousand screaming voices
but in the roar of the crowd
I can barely hear a word?

Why is it that
When I close my eyes, I can see
a world outside of here
but when I open them again
I see nothing that I haven't already seen before?
Sul-E Nov 2019
I haven't written a poem on here in a while
I have time and I don't have time,
all at the same time.
What a funny thing to say?
I don't have the words to say the words
I need to say.
Isn't that hilarious?
My hands have moved me here
and my fingers are tapping the keys
but I have no idea what I'm typing.
Sounds a lot like
life.
Sul-E Jul 2019
I can deal with the cracks
But please,
don't shatter me to pieces.
Glue's expensive.

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