Mrs Ashley Somebody

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

Forgive

I chose to forgive
And my hatred and anger
Dissipated, slow,
And mellowed out into this:
Apathy and honest care.

#anger #hate #apathy #care #tanka #forgive #57577 #mellow #jab

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

Pathetic

I try to be kind
But sometimes it's difficult;
You wouldn't believe,
But I can hold a mean grudge
Over something pathetic.

#pathetic #grudge #kind #difficult #tanka #57577 #jab

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

Distress

It distresses me:
I just can't think straight these days.
But one thing I know—
I am alright without you,
And that comforts me.

#think #comfort #distress #tanka #57577 #jab #absentminded

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

I thought I could hide:
You seemed unassuming then;
But now, you see me,
And I know you look through me—
That you know, reassures me.

I lie to you, but it frightens me that you know.

#hide #mask #see #tanka #57577 #jab #guises

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

I am no longer
This version of me has changed
Who I was has gone;
I didn't like who I was,
But it frightens me, changing.

I lie to you, but it frightens me that you know.

#change #changing #tanka #57577 #version #jab #frightens

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

To You

Again, I am found
In that familiar place
Where I hope for much
Expect little, and am shocked
When I am neither to you.

I lie to you, but it frightens me that you know.

#unsure #surprise #place #again #tanka #57577 #jab

Mrs Ashley Somebody Dec 2015

I Lie

Too often I lie
When I smile at you and laugh
Because deep inside,
Knowing you has made me drown
In this, my pit of self-doubt.

I lie to you, but it frightens me that you know.

#doubt #hard #help #lie #inside #respect #drown #tanka #57577 #jab