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It's bittersweet,
whatever this is that I'm tasting
as I wave goodbye to the good times
and the bad, and the lies;
I say goodbye to the tears I've cried,
and let go.
And I struggle to release
because I've been holding on so tight that my hands are cramping
and it's like
I lost the muscle memory,
like I've been grasping on to the idea of us for so long
that no part of me knows how to forget the lyrics of our songs,
that every inch of me just wants to keep holding on.
But I'll keep forcing myself to let go
because I know
it's better for both of us if I go...
 Jul 2015 Kelly Hogan
celey
in the process of trying to fall in love with you
because i believed i needed to
i fell for someone else instead
i fell so effortlessly
i didn't even notice it
until you pointed out
that i've been smiling
more so than i ever had around you
no, not until
i had to chide myself
every time
i compared you two
 Jul 2015 Kelly Hogan
NV
YEAR 3085*

TALK IS EXPENSIVE;
THE RICH HAVE BOUGHT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
OPINIONS ARE CRIMES,
*MIDDLE CLASS FOLK CAN'T AFFORD
4 LETTER WORDS.
 Jul 2015 Kelly Hogan
Asim Javid
i wanted to write
exactly what i felt
but somehow
the paper stayed empty


and i could not have described
it any better
.dnuos a gnikam tuohtiw
rettulf traeh ym ekam ouy
.nwod edispu em pilf dna
tuo edisni em nrut uoY
For those who don't like to read backwards:
You turn me inside out
And flip me upside down.
You make my heart flutter
Without making a sound.

I periodically send backwards messages to friends, so I thought it'd be fun to send a backwards poem to y'all. :)
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