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A Broken Poet Feb 2020
If my heart was a book
it'd be burnt around the edges
It'd have a knife through the cover
It'd be damaged beyond repair
but if you take the time and look beyond the hurt
You will find words of love and bravery
You will see how I became my own knight in shining armor
You will see my scars and bruises
You will see the hate that I have seen
You will see the thousands of time I have thought about leaving the book in the street
And through it all, you will wonder
"How are you able to smile?"
  Feb 2020 A Broken Poet
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We are the ones who are hard to understand
We'll be the last ones in the movie theatre
because the ending scene made us cry
We'll stop to smell the roses
because they deserve to be appreciated
We are the ones who will take the time
to learn what keeps you up at night
We are the ones who will imagine
an entire future of adventures
with the people who show us love

We are the ones who will love you more
than we love ourselves
We will give you our strongest parts
in hopes that we can make things better
We desire to see you become the best you
to make sure that you always feel our love
We crave affection and appreciation
We give a piece of ourselves away every day
sometimes to people who don't deserve it
Our love is easy to take advantage of
and sometimes we don't get back
the love that we give away

When we hurt, we crumble and fall apart
We constantly have to put ourselves back together
We are more fragile than we like to give off
We carry our emotions on our sleeves
Our flaws have the ability to consume us
We aren't afraid to give you the world
but we are afraid to feel unloved
We want you to see what we see
We want you to understand where we're coming from

We are good people with good intentions
We are stronger than we believe
Not everyone can feel the way we feel
We feel too much, too often
We are not hard to love
We are something not everyone knows how to love
But you need to remember that
your worth does not change just because
no one is there to appreciate you, to remind you

You are not any less lovable
You are the most lovable person in the world
You are a light that the world needs
Your kindness is not your weakness
You do not need to change for anyone's acceptance
You do not need to stop giving love
just because you don't get any back
Your heart is the best thing about you

And one day when you least expect it
someone will notice you from across the room
and know exactly how to love you
They will think all of these things are beautiful
They will deserve the love you can give
They will fill the empty space in your heart
But for now, don't stop feeling
We are the ones who feel everything so deeply
We are the ones who can't give up because
We are the ones who will teach the world
how to love
We are exactly who we are supposed to be
A Broken Poet Feb 2020
I wish I was enough for you
You left when I was 6 first
I still remember that heartbreak
I felt like I was dying
like you had killed me
I'm sorry I wasn't what you wanted

Then you left when I was 10
I had been molested 5 months before
I needed you
I still remember that heartbreak
I felt like my heart was being ripped out
I'm sorry I was too broken for you

Then you left when I was 15
You said it was for a girl
I needed my daddy
I still remember that heartbreak
It was dull and I was used to the pain
I'm sorry I wasn't enough for you
A Broken Poet Feb 2020
I have lost my words
I have lost my voice

The moment you stopped caring is the moment I started writing
You made me a poet
because you made me broken

The moment I stopped caring is the moment I stopped writing
I have nothing to write about now

What is a poet without any words?
A Broken Poet Feb 2020
I walk this road
Feeling so alone
But why, when I look up are you right next to me?

We walk hand in hand
But I don't feel your touch
You wipe away my tears
And you listen to my screams
But what am I screaming about?

My life is pretty good
but my mind is a battlefield that has left me on the ground near death
I watch the people around me and wonder...
What would they think of me if they saw the inside of my malicious mind?
A Broken Poet Nov 2019
I lose myself in love
I lose myself in the blade in my wrist
I lose myself in the nicotine
I lose myself in the alcohol

But for once
Just once
I want to
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                    i
                        n
                             d
myself
A Broken Poet Sep 2019
I want what every girl wants
Love that consumes me
Love that devours me

But I want what only I want
I want you
I want you to want me
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