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Ochre Jun 2011
No one dares
say anymore
that yes -
it starts with one look -

and from there,
I'll get somewhere.

Maybe lost in you.
Maybe lost with you.

and from there,
We'll get somewhere.

Maybe where we began,
just to get to where we are
over and over again.
Ochre Jun 2011
This is me writing a poem -
or a prose ...
Whatever it seems to be to you-
you know I don't know meters--
I didn't attend lit class like you did.

This is my pen
making love to the paper
with words that won't do as much
if spoken--
I know you don't want to "hear" from me.

This is my paper
having enough space
to write on
probably everything
you wouldn't have time
to spend on
reading.

This is my paper
having a huge space
to write on -
probably as huge as the space
that's been emptied
since you told me
"I miss you,"
and I answered
"No, you don't."

I know I'm making you puke right now.

If I wasn't here, I'd be there
handing you a plastic bag.

If I wasn't here,
it could only mean
I was there --- because if I wasn't here,
it means
I could be with you
as long as I promised...

as long as you wanted.

And as much as you hate cliches,
this is one of them --
because I am just a guy who can't say
to your face
how sorry I am for not being good
at keeping promises.
Ochre Jun 2011
she looks at you
and you feel like melting
right in front
of her eyes

it is a feeling - or more than which - I know too well

it is
as right
as it is
so wrong

you show restraint
by
looking away
although it *****
to know no other way

because you want her eyes -

and you want them more
when they are on you -

because they won't be on you
for long.
Ochre Jul 2010
believe me I don't care
but if I do
I just do because
I want to know
how miserable you've been
since I left
and since you
let me leave

believe me I don't care
but if I do
I just do because
I want to know
how things work out between
You and
Your life
when I'm not around

I think things got better...
but I could be wrong
because if
I am right
it's gonna **** me


believe me I don't care
but If I do
I just do because
it's better than
smoking a pack
a day

my eyes
hurt
either way
Ochre Jul 2010
all these are cliches
like
should've,
could've,
would've,
might
have beens,
would rathers...


can't you just say 'regrets'?


because everything you chose to happen
happened for a reason
and the reason
was you chose it
and it was indeed a stupid
choice


and you'll never admit it was


because you'll never learn from
your mistakes
you'll just repeat them
until they become right


because everything changes,
everything bends,
except for you,

except for me,
who'll forever melt in your
alibis
Ochre Jul 2010
My first passion was the arts,
My first weapon was a brush,
My first move was a stroke,

Up
down
left
right
round
and
round

My first masterpiece was an image
of a boy and
a girl,
sitting on a bench,
under a tree.

The girl was leaning on the boy's
shoulder, the boy was whispering
something in her ear.

My mother asked me, "Are they in love?"

I said

"No, they are just
Young,
Happy,
and
Innocent."

Years have gone by.
I ditched arts for writing,
I ditched brushes for pens,
I ditched strokes for words,

'I'
'love'
You'

And got my first broken heart.
All I saw was myself, in my room
sitting on the floor, leaning on my bedside,
whispering, "I shouldn't have wrote that."

My mother asked me, "Are you alright?"

I said, "No. I am in love."
Ochre Jul 2010
I didn't know I wanted you
until I tasted you through his lips,
and saw your soul through his eyes.
I felt his chest thumped to a beat,
and every beat said your name;
I liked what I heard,
more than the chill I got
when he whisphered on my ear
words that he might have said
to you before.
I never believed what he said.
But I believe he loved you.
And I believe I love him;
every part of him that
has traces of you.
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