Jab - Hello Poetry

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

You Care

There is no romance
But I'm pretty sure you care...
You say "I love you"
But you say that all the time
To everybody. And me.

#tanka #57577 #jab

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

That You Know.

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

But It Frightens Me

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

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

Dec 2015

Mrs Ashley Somebody

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

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