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 Dec 2024 Jack Groundhog
Caits
I guess

I’ve made myself into the woman
I thought I would never have to be
 Dec 2024 Jack Groundhog
Parker
and tonight i’ll ache.
for no particular reason or amount of time.
i’ll stare at the tree, clad in the soft yellow glow of christmas lights, and i’ll ache.
i’ll ache for a time i was filled with childish wishes.
for a time i would wake up earlier than dawn to open up colorfully wrapped boxes and bags.
i’ll ache for the christmas spirit of times past.
i’ll ache for me.
for a version so far gone, i can barely remember her face.
 Dec 2024 Jack Groundhog
jonathan
I do not understand;

those simple words
spoken by you

leaving your lips
only a few

but my heart
broke in two

and the love
outgrew

any bounds
I knew

forever
with you
I am about to rock the boat.
I am about to say things
That you don’t want to hear.
And I’m about to get answers
That might rip me up,
That might take the entire sun
Out of the sky
that is me.
I don’t have a choice about this.
It’s the way I am.
I can’t stay quiet.
I can’t pretend
To be okay.
It is what it is,
And I need to know what it is
As soon as possible,
Or maybe sooner.
I cannot breathe
With a question in my throat.
So I’m about to roll the dice.
I’m about to take a stand.
I’m about to find out
What we are really made of.
Some still consider
a lack of attraction as
the burden of love
It really is, all about personality.
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