M Clement

M Clement Jun 2013

I deleted a picture of us
I think it's really over

You once said getting a picture with the guy you're seeing
Is the death knell of a relationship in your life

It looks like you weren't wrong.

M Clement Jun 2013

Breakups

I thought I'd write something about breakups
But then I gave up

And that made me happier.

M Clement Jun 2013

Nighttime

Ghosts are peeling from the wallpaper
And skeletons are rattling in the walls
The fireplace is burning bright
And we can hear it all

As cats call to the night fellows
And dogs cry to the moon
The forest speaks its nonsense
And I can't help but swoon

Through the ghosts
The skeletons
And the creatures of the dark
Night time is here, my dear
Let's wallow
For a start

M Clement Jun 2013

Space

I think it's time I gave you yours.
I'll be off elsewhere.

M Clement Jun 2013

I call this one "Untitled"

I keep staring at the screen
I know we said we'd wait
And I know how many times I've failed that
Fallen well short of what we agreed

But every freakin' text
Every time I see you online
I just hope, secretly wish
That you'd break the agreement this time

And I'll check you tumbling
And I'll sit there mumbling
"I hope this is about me."

I wonder how much I'm on your mind
How much you think of my kisses
What you think of most in regards to us
What most reminds you of me?

This time away's been good, sure
But time together would feel better

If you knew how badly I long for you
If you knew how much you're truly on my mind
And how every time I see a picture of you
I about nearly lose my cool

I miss you
Romantically and otherwise
And if we see each other soon, and decide
Maybe the romantic side needs to end
I know I'll still love you, and miss you just as much
As a wonderful, beautiful friend

M Clement Jun 2013

Candle lights and later nights

Baby,
I'm drunk of of emotion and
peculiar situations
John Mayer's additions may not be helping
but
There's something in me that craves you

Don't get me wrong,
I love physicality,
But that's not what I'm getting at
And I'd be satisfied if it were never
Part of the equation
(though I'd miss it terribly)
I miss you
Like the plants in the shade miss the sun
Like the dry dirt misses the rain

You give me a sense of wholeness
And I wouldn't be where I am right now without you

So whether we spend the rest of our lives
(and our nights) together
Or we go our separate ways
Know that I love you
I always will
And you will always have a piece of me
And I am, and forever will be, more than ok with that.

M Clement Jun 2013

Confession(s)

I read something yesterday
Call it a confession
And all I could think was,
"I hope this isn't you."

I hope that love is true
And I hope that we can work

I hope we haven't gotten this far
For you to feel the way the confession felt
To say that you only said you loved me
Because I treated you decent
And that now, you're in too deep.

I hope this is all real.
And I like to think that I know it is

But day by day, I miss you more
and I grow more unsure
Because I can't be reminded by your touch
your kiss
your affection
or your words

I'm drowning in an hourglass
As time slowly crushes me

Terrible, terrible prose