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JRL May 2016
No more, "what could have been . . ." thoughts running through my head. Another mistake, and I'll kick myself for it over and over again. This is not what I wanted, not what I expected. It feels so cold to be alone. Another day and I don't care that I'm afraid, I've learned to take my fears and live each day regardless of my past. There's no "on to the next one . ." mantra with me. No, I'll embrace the past and all the mistakes that make me who I am. There's no moving on or regrets. I always told myself that word would be reserved for only one. You were the only one. I thought you meant the world, but in the end we both ended up broken. Maybe we need eachother now more than ever. Probably not.

Probably not.
VK. ******* Tinder
JRL May 2016
Such a relief to know I'm not the only kid with a ****** up past . .
No one loves baggage, especially me
But I'm never looking back
It's not about living with regret,
Now you know to be more careful!

I'm in my head again
Overthinking my life and every decision I ever made about you!
I chose you first - mistake
You were worth it, but I wasn't
Mutual respect for eachother fell apart
- My values weren't yours, all you wanted from
  me was compromise in return for temporary
  happiness -

How could I live with grief eating me away?
I love you but it's clear you don't . . .
I should've known from the start, but to think we'd end up like this?
This could never be predicted
You go work on your self esteem, And I'll stop being careful!
VK.
JRL May 2016
3%
I hate to think that it has to come to this,
Seeing you makes me wish I was never brave,
Brave enough to step out of my comfort zone
To ask you on our first date.

If it helps you to know that I still think about you,
There's a pile of letters underneath my bed addressed to you
I don't have the heart to send them
I already broke your heart once . . .

Here's to the past of broken hearts and shattered dreams
I was 97% sure we were something special, together
All I ever wanted was for you to be happy,
But in the end, misery, like a stone wall, is all I'm left with
3% changed me forever, and I'll never be the same

I didn't mean to say all I did - I'm sorry, I'll do better
I guess I was moving too fast - but you never said anything
Now all I have are memories of you
Your smile, your touch, the sound of your voice . .
Your smile, your touch, the sound of your voice!

But I'm empty and alone, without you by my side
3% uncertainty is all it takes to shatter dreams . . . all I wanted was your honesty, that's all I gave you . . . I guess I was terribly wrong about you . . . VK.
JRL Apr 2016
you* want a second chance with me!?
The first time around you told me no,
but now you want to see if "we" will work out?
I took a chance to see if "we" would work, you said no.
Now the tables have turned and you are revisiting "us"
well here's my answer. No.
Why do you let fear drive you?
You never gave me a chance, and now you'll never have the chance again.
If we were truly meant to be then should've let your guard down and given me the chance.

You said I was different, but you treated me like everyone else.
1 yr. later and I've moved on,
I'm over you, but you're trying to re-kindle the flame I once had.
"we" won't work out even though you want to give me the chance.
You'll give me the chance now,
but I don't want you.
The tables have turned,
you never trusted me enough to give me a decent chance.
To the girl who turned down the request to be my girlfriend:

You told me secrets no one else knows, about your childhood and the struggles of abuse, multiple suicide attempts, and a failed engagement. I understood you, and I wanted us to be more than just friends.
You wanted to be more than just friends with me too, you said so.
It still hurts to know you threw me away despite what we had.
All I wanted was the honesty I gave you, reciprocated. But you couldn't tell me all you truly felt, instead 1 year later I learn that you did indeed love me but I was moving too fast- why couldn't you have just told me that? Instead you couldn't even tell me to my face, but sent 4 text messages and we're through. Shallow. All-time low. I was so sure you were the one. Coincidence? We're both still single and alone full a year later, and I've never been more content to be single. Last April was a different story, we had a genuine relationship but you never gave me the chance because you let irrational fear drive us apart. There's no looking back now - I'm just a lost cause it's all I'll ever be. TM
JRL Mar 2016
It's in that moment when you realize, that what you have isn't enough, but what you need is out of reach.
It's times like these you need a savior, someone to pick you up, pull you out, but you've never been so far away.
Doing what you said you'd never do, it's a compromise, a sunken ship, mutiny to everything you ever valued.

Glass pushed to lips, the amber liquid burn, burn, burns.

It's unfortunate that tomorrow will come with no resolve
Off to find a new ship
New ships bring new horizons
JRL Mar 2016
Don't you hate it!?
When no one hears you cry out alone
No one knows why you're quiet
Quiet because No One Cares enough to ask
Maybe it's selfish to demand attention
– but is it really?
No one thrives alone
This is why you'll never thrive

There was hope, hope that you'd not be alone
But the contexts forced in-genuine emotion
– are you destined for a life of bitter solitude?

You are drowning in an ocean of envy . .
A deep dark never-satisfying ocean
Disgust
Because no one knows why,
why you will be alone
when all the voices speak
the opposite . . .

Smiles fill the faces of ignorance
Ignorant hope – never to be fulfilled
There's still a lack and it needs to be filled
TM
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