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EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
I still see things, smell things, hear things-
although they are not still
in immediate existence

There are pieces of time
swept in between the fabric
of space separating
knowing and forgetting

They exist in a place all their own
separate from reality
in implicit duality
clawing and scabbing me

But they have lost their naivety,
and have had their creativity
swapped with rationality

the colors that once blared vibrantly,
fade & drip into the obscurity

that has poisoned my mentality

but they are still very much there
hallowed and impaired,
yet so very much there

Fall has
indeed

befallen
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
He wrote,
"I don't think I'm going
to go through with this
blind date thing"

"I heard the envy
in yor voice
& I don't like that I
made you feel that way"

"I've longed for you so long
& I thought it was only
in my head
but for once I feel
like you are longing too"

"I want to lay down with you,
only you"

She wrote back,
"Haha, okay."
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
Pretty regularly now
I pass by that house

It was my first feelings of security
It was my true home away from home

Always there
Always happy
I've truly grown since I've known
What that household
Set in stone

I outgrew my shell

I fraternized for the first time

I experienced my first feelings
of gratification
of wanting
of being longed for

I expanded my mind
broadened my horizons

I've stayed up all night
I've broken the law

I've formed bonds
so strong
so strong

I met my second mom
I became the prodigal son

I owe everything to that place
everything to you & her

It all comes back to me now

He in an instant ruined it all
he ripped the carpet from underneath

The times are lost in obscurity

He's all that's left there now

You and her have far moved on for better

The trees die and the character with it

But I will always have my memories
He cannot, WILL not take those away

Driving by now it all flashes by, just like that
Every time I pass it

And every time I see his car in the driveway
I roll down my windows and yell
*******

and keep driving on
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
the lights on the horizon
are a taunting reminder

their beauty glares
in pairs they stare

the barren streets
in solidarity meet

your lonely mind
as the moon shines

as the room spins
bitter thoughts win

as your reminisce
on the times missed

everybody
has someone

Or everybody
thinks they do

at some point
they'll need company

but it'll usually
never be you
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
you smile
you flaunt

and he's driving me insane

two dimensional
two sided
one of his heads leading
his game

but that's how it goes
it's one in the same

I'm just another face
in a drab sea of names

money lines his pockets
empty words
to keep warm

and on the other side
of the room

reality rocks
to sleep

the dreamer
the realist
the sadist
lost in wanting

a familiar scenario
not so long gone

a familiar feeling
emptiness in arms

soon enough, though
you'll be here

soon enough, I feel,
dreams will breach reality
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
she's out there, somewhere
but you can't be sure

in your arms
while you daydream

in the air you breathe;
intoxicating and elating

at your bedside,
keeping you up at night

it'll become too much

& you'll reach out
but you spend even more
time in your head
and you can't be too sure
of anything in this world

but you can be sure
she's out there

more than just a thing of dreams

she's out there, somewhere
alive with laughter

with a thirst for attention,
desperation in her demeanor

& a mouth full of midnight
In the end it's really all just black & white.
EJ Aghassi Oct 2013
You got what you wanted

all that I could not be

but I still remember
the night we danced

& how my feet missed every beat
I've yet to meet your equal.
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