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His "I love you" came swiftly.
Like the monsoon pouring down on a leaky roof
Those three words broke through my defences.
At first they were an ambrosia;
They sustained my life and our relationship.
At least for a short time.

Then "I love you" became an excuse;
For absences, and purpose-filled accidents.
And I ignored the warning signs, the flashing lights.
I pretended like "I love you" was enough...

...But it wasn't.
His "I love you"s were like band-aids on bullet wounds;
Like using play dough to fix cracks in concrete walls.
But I rationed our good memories,
I held on as tight as I could to our love
And watched as it slipped through my fingers.

His "I love you"s became poison,
That seeped deep into my bones,
And turned blue skies grey,
And turned light into darkness,
And slowly killed whatever semblance of love
I fooled myself into thinking we had left.
Love isn't blind,
blind are those,
who never loved.
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
Jaxey
Mirror
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
Jaxey
As I stare into the mirror
Her face scrunched up
Is she disgusted
Sad
Does she know that I am
Waiting for happiness too
Does she know that I am
Trying to hide as well
I try to relate as I am
Reaching forward to comfort her
My hand
Meeting glass
My eyes
Grey
As I stare into
the mirror
I look into the mirror
(reversible poem)
wake with a wedding ring
sparkling next to you; fingerless
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
abbey
the words spilled from her mouth

here i sit,
as my best friend,
tells me
you have another.

i shouldn’t care.
but i do.

no matter how hard i try,
the poetry for you in which i write,
never ceases.
it just keeps pouring out of my soul.
it sometimes seems as if,
the poetry i write for you is what keeps my heart beating.
what keeps me breathing.

but now, what am i supposed to do?
her?
seriously?
do you think she will love you?
do you really think she will love you?
please tell me.

it’s hard to think of you with another
because we used to be so in love with each other.

it’s been a long time since we last spoke,
but it feels as if all the memories of us i have were just made yesterday.

you have another.
who will never,
ever,
love you in the way i could.

but my question for you is,
will you love her in the way you could towards me?
I look up at his face
while standing by his side
my heart starts to race
and my smile grows wide

I wrap my hand in his
and stand on my tip toes
I wonder what this says
I question if he knows

To his kiss, my lips rise
and one forms from two
As I look him in the eyes
I say "I'm in love with you"
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
yv
Runner
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
yv
Maybe,
        
           I could be an athlete
           I'd win the marathon with
           Running away
                     - from all of my problems.
(:(
I am selfish
For being selfless
When it comes to you
 Oct 2018 jules kerleen
Tylese
Look into her eyes,
what do you see?
happiness or tragedy?

If you look a little closer...
then you'll see,
that she portrays both of those things.
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