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May 2021 · 89
Strangers
Veta May 2021
Thick as thieves.
Two peas in a pod.
You couldn’t catch me without her.
Isn’t it funny how much people can change?
I used to know you a year ago, but now I don’t know you at all.
A room that was filled with friendship is now stagnant. The stench of anxiety perspirates through our pores and the strangers gaze plants seeds of anxiety into my chest. The tightening of the roots around my lungs makes the room seem heavy
I haven’t seen you in so long!
We embrace a touch we used to know. Two old bodies that we’ve shed long ago that We’ve sewn back together to facade this idea we are still the same. That we are still friends, thick as thieves.
It’s ok to grow distanced, but to pretend we’re the same is a lie. Shoving a plant into its previous *** does not remind it how to grow but only wilts it
Jan 2021 · 100
Silly little memories
Veta Jan 2021
Memories that don’t feel real
You’re not here for me to confirm them
It’s all a distant feeling
Bubbly feelings in the past now they’re just a pang of reminiscing
simpler times.
I do not miss you, but I do miss feeling with you.
Oct 2019 · 140
I am growing
Veta Oct 2019
I am growing
I am a flower
I live in a concrete jungle
I’ve been to alleyways and sidewalk cracks
Just to soak in a little bit of sunshine
I am a concrete jungle flower
I’ve been stepped on and I’ve been shoved to the side
I’ve been packaged up saying “ I’ve had enough!” And thrown into a box on the road to faux growth only to be put indoors to wilt and be tossed aside
thrown into the concrete jungle again
I am a concrete flower  
And I will survive
Jun 2019 · 264
Unkind
Veta Jun 2019
Where has my self respect gone? I had it mere moments ago and in the presence of a boy it melted
through the cracks of desperation. Silly girl, he doesn’t care about your feelings.
Arches upon arches I seem to make leaning this way and that to make one **** date
But I ask myself
is it worth it?
Is it worth the self hate?
Is it worth the self loathing
And the eyes that bear no mercy
The unforgiving judgement I feel when I look into the mirror where I see myself looking back with disgust and a far off distant look in her eyes
a different body maybe and he’d pay more attention?
Is it worth tossing in my sleep unable to stop the train of thought racing through my mind, filling my head with thick black smoke of self pity?
Is it worth not being able to love myself in order to love him?
Jun 2019 · 172
Under appreciated
Veta Jun 2019
I lack self respect because I allow people to walk all over me because I’m afraid to be mean in fear of being alone. I lack confidence in myself because I cannot stand on my own with worrying about blocking the view of others even though they are in my window
Apr 2019 · 137
My love
Veta Apr 2019
My love, my honey, the center of my earth.
You go about your day so carefree and happy. My love, is it because of me?
My honey you bring a smile to my face.
My center of the earth, you keep me from far off daydreaming because there is no need when you’re here with me.
My love, I quite adore you.
Apr 2019 · 170
Moved on
Veta Apr 2019
I’ve moved on to the next warm body because yours no longer kept me warm
I’ve gone on to the next adventure because you became weary and tiresome of our quests to find happiness together
I’ve moved on from waking up next to you and your arm around my back
I’ve left behind the part of me that missed you when we said our goodbyes
I’ve moved on with my life and maybe one day my mind will move on too
Apr 2019 · 148
Selfish
Veta Apr 2019
I see a child who has been dealt the wrong cards in life and blames others for the hand he picked
Apr 2019 · 135
Stuck
Veta Apr 2019
I miss you
I miss your touch
I miss your eyes
I miss the way you look at me
I miss your goofiness
I miss you
But I can’t because im stuck
I’m stuck in a cave where my thought bounce off the walls and I have no clarity of what I think
    And the cave is dark and I’m alone and I’m scared my heart hurts from the anxious beating it does
my screams are drowned out by inconsistent thought
How do I fix this ?
How do I get out?
Apr 2019 · 140
Angry
Veta Apr 2019
I felt angry when I heard your name it’s so stupid that you have that power over me
I felt sad when I saw you in the halls and you couldn’t even look me in the face
I felt confusion when I laid in bed at night wondering what I could’ve done to fix this what could’ve gone better
I sit wondering if it was supposed to end like this were we supposed to just go our own ways?
I feel gloom when I think about how I hurt you
I feel myself slowly moving on but you’ll always have a piece of my heart because during that short time I let you in,
you grabbed as much as **** possible and now my heart is missing a piece and I wouldn’t ask for it back because it’s rightfully yours.
Apr 2019 · 860
Past love
Veta Apr 2019
I am choking on silence as we sit.
   We used to be so close
and now we’re miles apart but in the same room?
You say “ I’ve missed you” and I copy. We are falsely brought together by materialistic objects and drawn apart when there is nothing to give. Yet we claw for each other, yearning for the past love that we once had and now is gone, somewhere else, occupying someone else.
Mar 2019 · 109
Afterward
Veta Mar 2019
I feel myself slowly crack again like I first did but this time it’s different the crack isn’t as deep and it doesn’t delve into sadness
The wound oozes anger and regret
I cut myself wide open and now I’m bleeding the consequences
Mar 2019 · 174
Syrup
Veta Mar 2019
I feel slick
Like I am traveling through dimensions
slipping
into one
and
onto another
I am with you
You are with me
We are together
And you make me feel like I’m slipping from reality
I feel as if I’m drowning in syrup
So sweet I don’t mind
I can’t breathe when I see you,
you take my breath
Heavy.
my eyes feel heavy as my head rests on your chest as I slip into a syrupy sweet dream where I am in layers of sugary coated words
Where I smile
Where I can’t breathe
Mar 2019 · 141
Mistress
Veta Mar 2019
You trace shapes onto a hollow rib cage
Where my heart should be
Where it is
But feels empty
My brain is fuzzy with thoughts
Why don’t you love me?

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