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Nothing haunts us
Like the words we didn't say.
                                                       (K R W)
Today in English class we read Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
And Hamlet tells his lover
"I loved you once"
And it reminded me of you,
Except I still love you.

Or maybe I don't,
I'm not sure.
All I know is everything reminds me of you,
And you're still the last thing on my mind before I fall asleep at night.

I've written you so many poems and letters
That you'll never read
And even if you did, you wouldn't care.

I've been in a lot of fights with a lot of people
But none of them have ended better than "and even after everything I just want you in my arms right now"
And I remember staying up till 4AM with you that night,
Gasping for air and begging you to stay.
It was the first time you expressed any emotions for me- besides lust
But you still wouldn't say you loved me
And you still wouldn't say it after you left me
For my best friend and then came crawling back,
And you wouldn't say it after I told you how broken my heart was,
But I bet you said it to her when she was your homecoming date,
And I bet you scream it at the top of your lungs for her little sister now, don't you?

I've written this poem a million times but this one is the messiest, and my mind is messier.

I'd ask why you never said you love me but I know you didn't,
And I'm just glad I never told you I did.
“The restaurant is a surprise.”
My heart skips a beat.
I had always seen this done for others,
but never for me.
He looks at me like I’m magic.
My face deepens to crimson red.
After years of my reflection being filled with hatred,
eyes filled with love feel different.
“You deserve it,” he says.
Thank you Joe.
Rich, dark soil after rain
Fresh brewed coffee with just a drop of cream
They want sky blue, aquamarine,
Or deep forest green,
But all I can give is brown.

Smooth, chocolate truffles
Hot cocoa on a bitter, snowy day
A ten-year-old boy's mudslide onto home plate
A freshly washed teddy bear

The world tells me these are not beautiful.
Instead they want a polluted, grey sky,
Or littered grass.

My eyes are strong bark,
And sturdy oak.
They are ancient roots reaching into fertile soil,
Out of which sprouts life.
Brown is all I can give to you.
I want somebody and I have no one.
I'm not doing this because of you.
It's actually the opposite.
You're the thing holding me back.
I don't want to ***** up your life.
But if the inevitable does happen,
Please, just don't blame yourself.
Just listen to everyone else;
I was sick.
Simple as that.
*But aren't you the ones that are sick for wanting to stay?
I'm on sangria
Elastic hearts screaming into my me
Slowly I ebb into the altered state
The blinding lights of bright imagery
Makes me want to close my eyes

No! alas it'll be tomorrow.
Trickery you vile wine
Let me soak in this funk with your sweetness
Werewolves howling to the moon on which my iris and pupil rest.

I'm drunk
this is greatly influenced by Sia's Elatic Heart video and Sangria
from strangers, we became friends,
from friends, we became lovers,

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and from there, we are once again *strangers.
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