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Anonymous Mar 2018
I hate my codependency.
I wish I could throw my world into the ocean.
And let the sand warm me, let my own heat warm me.
These figures of my life,
I trick my mind into thinking they are the air, the water,
The reasoning.
I wish my maturity would complete.
So I could be content with myself as the sun and the land.
I want to conquer my own terrains and build my own ships.
Not sit waiting at the dock for a crew that will never come.
Anonymous Mar 2018
You can have the town,
I’ll call the mayor and get you the deed.
You can have the have the roads,
I’ll arrange for the potholes to be filled.
You can keep the job,
I never intended to stay that long.
You can keep the friends,
I can make more.
You can keep my records,
I can find more music.
You can have my watch,
I won’t miss the time.
You can take my shoes,
To have one last stomp on my heart.
You can keep the jokes,
I don’t laugh at them anymore.
You can have my jacket,
So something can keep you warm.
You can stay with her,
I can promise, it’s no longer a concern of mine.
And in return?

You can let me go.
Anonymous Mar 2018
Stop coming into my life if you have no intention of staying.
I’ve ended us so many times,
But you push us back together.
No matter how many times I tell you,
Enough is enough.
Enough isn’t good enough for you.

Sneaking around was never part of a friendship that I wanted.
Lying about where I go, was never something I signed up for.
Being the other woman, was never in the description.
But being my friend isn’t all you want.
But yet you have no desire to be more than that.

You can’t keep coming in and rearranging my house,
Especially when I’m still putting it back after the last time you left.
I want you to visit, I’ve wished for you to stay.
But you can’t keep pushing in with no intention of paying rent.
Either sign a lease with me or keep your apartment.
Because soon, you will lose any place you ever had in mine.
Anonymous Nov 2017
One day you'll wake up from the scream of your alarm clock.
You'll rise, despising every minute of it as you dress and brush your teeth.
You'll kiss her goodbye and head out for the 30 minute commute to a job you hate.
You'll sit at your desk, watching the clock while your boss breathes down your neck about numbers for an annual report.
Five o'clock will hit and you'll sigh because the drive back is always a *****.
You'll come home to her waiting for you, tell the kids to listen to their mother.
Dinner is meatloaf, her parents want to come visit next month.
You can't watch the game because The Voice is still on and, you promised the kids you'd let them play video games for half an hour before bed.
By the time ten rolls around and you've finally gotten to see the last inning of the game, you'll be called to bed because she's got an early morning and doesn't want to wait for you.
It's Wednesday so you have mediocre *** and when you finish, you still feel incomplete.
She'll clean up and come back to bed, only to fall asleep within minutes.
You'll stare at the ceiling.
You'll wonder why you felt off today as you drift off into sleep.

But you'll wake up at 2am.

You'll jolt into consciousness and know why today just wasn't right.
You'll still know the touch of my face, the warmth of my arms, and the heat in my glare.
You'll know I was the one that got away.
And I swear, you will regret it.
Anonymous Nov 2017
Accept.
Own what happened.
Nothing happened without purpose.
Every action you thought about with exceptional care.

Accept.
Someone got hurt and it was your fault.
Understand that what happened,
may have been best for you but not for them.

Accept.
That you can't change the past.
That you may mourn your choice.
That you may feel guilty.
That you will wish that they felt okay.

Accept.
That its okay for you to move on

Accept the truth.
Anonymous Nov 2016
T** The way he makes me laugh and howl till my stomach aches and my face is red.
H He took me to my favorite museum on my birthday.
E Every time we’re together, the energy is so alive I swear you can see the electrons flying between us.
P Perhaps one day we’ll finally save enough money to go on that camping trip we always talk about.
H He got promoted so we bought the expensive wine that night, our regular box brand is tastes better.
O Outside it rained and we made dinner together, laughing about the past and my day at work.
T Today when he came home he wouldn’t talk to me.
O Our days have stretched into a 24 hour year, maybe a guy’s night will help.
G Getting used to this new routine of not saying goodbye when he leaves helps him I guess.
R “Rebecca,” he said in his sleep last night when I grabbed more of the blanket.
A Alison, my mom thought it was a good name, but I’ve always hated it.
P Partly cloudy with a chance of dinner plans being cancelled again.
H “How long have I been blind?” I asked the optometrist
Anonymous Nov 2016
Young one,
don't run with me
Young child,
don't play adult games
Young boy,
don't talking with a stranger
Young man,
don't touch this fire

Fire always burns
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