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dust Sep 2021
You left me to fend off the intruders alone
Quietly left while I fought back
Telling them it wasn't right, I'm yours
Showing them the song and dance
The slowest waltz to explain the beat
Only to realize I was explaining alone
I was fighting by myself
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They carry no fear of it
No impulse to pull you back in
They just loosen your grip
Slowly undoing your fingers
Each time you quickly replace one
A constant battle to hold on
Never let go of the cliff
Stay on the mountain and breathe it in
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And so suddenly I don't exist
As if all those moments never happened
only for you
I'll carry them around
Life a weight fighting to drown me
The face you held in your hands
Struggling to stay above water
Trying to catch one more gasp of fresh air
Begging for some semblance of hope
The deepest of blue begging for a hand
Begging for a glimpse of what should be
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I built a home in you
Furniture made of secrets
moments and memories
Spent within that home
Made of our love
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It's not about the hurting
about the grief
It's about being left alone in it
alone in that pain
Alone to exist in the grief
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It's as if my skin has been rubbed raw
My care feels helpless
Stopped in its tracks by heat
A burning push
Forgotten eventually
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Constantly apologizing
for who I am to others
Ashamed of the place
I wish so deeply to be
Yell to the clouds
"Oh to be unique!"
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