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Kim Denise Aug 2021
Here's the thing,
I haven't written in so long.
I read my poems from years ago
and think if I could write something
out of the silly freshman year crush I had,
what more for this first real love and heartbreak.

Then I realized I couldn't.

There's nothing left to say other than we tried.
and maybe that's all we're ever gonna get
Kim Denise Aug 2021
even though you're not in my life anymore
we really should have gotten tattoos together
to reminder who we used to be-
young, in love, happy.
we can still be those, just on our own
Kim Denise Aug 2021
not sure if i want
you back. maybe i just miss
who i used to be
she was so full of love and light
im still grieving her
Kim Denise Aug 2021
maybe i dont want
a relationship, maybe
just intimacy
and none of the responsibility
Kim Denise Feb 2019
I still remember
the first time you held my hand
and how I forgot how to breathe.

I still remember
the first time you kissed me
and how that literally took my breath away.

I still remember
the first time you told me
I was the most beautiful woman in the room
and how I took your breath away.

I still remember
the our first big fight
and the difficulty of breathing in between sobs.

Now,
it's the first time we're truly apart
and I can't help but long for the days
where I'm breathing the same air as you.

All I do these days
when I'm not drowning myself in work,
away from you-
is remember all those firsts,
and my breathing pattern,
and how I felt truly alive.
Kim Denise Jan 2019
It's 11:11
and for the first time
after a very long time
I'm wishing for myself
and not for you
Kim Denise Jan 2019
I'm at an intersection with a stoplight stuck on yellow,
And it's fine since I still don't know where to go.
A right turn may lead me back to you,
A left, maybe to a somewhere, someone new.

But none of that matters now.
I'm on still yellow.
I'm still here but not really,
lingering, but not entirely.

Right now I'm asking myself if leaving is really the answer?
Asking myself is it still a worth a shot staying together?
What is it that's holding me back?
was this an unsolvable problem or just bad luck?

I don't have the answers but that's alright,
It's still yellow on the stoplight.
Giving me plenty of time alone to think,
to reflect if to sail or to sink.

It will turn green soon and I think I know,
That straight ahead is the way to go.
Down this road, looks like it will be just me,
And it's fine to just let it be.
writing again after 2 years
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