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ohjamie Sep 2014
My heart breaks

From all the wishes I’ve made

Looking up at the stars

That never came true.

My voice shakes

I feel my knees trembling

And my hands shaking

As I look at you.

Across the room,

You sit in a table

Circled by friends

You’ve known for three days.

Across the room,

I isolate myself

Listening to music

Stuck in a daze.

Such beautiful girls,

You’re surrounded by.

They really know how to bump and grind.

Such different worlds,

We’d never collide.

A girl like me is hard to find.
I’m always so alone, I’ll never find someone like you
You’ll never find someone like me.
I like to hide in the shadows. I like to be alone.
I think of you when I get lonely.
But you’ll always be just a thought, a dream, an idea.
ohjamie Sep 2014
Cosmopolitan:

Up against the shower walls.
We were both naive.
Encounters with Temporaries:
A HAIKU SERIES
ohjamie Sep 2014
I once saw the world in your eyes;
I still think of you.

It wasn’t until I saw you in my dreams that I realized:
You’re just fiction in my mind.

You never deserved a spot in my head—
a constant string of unaware thought.

I still think of you…
and I have no idea why.
June 23, 2014
9:34am
ohjamie Sep 2014
Two
I’m sorry, I was

With you the longest, but I

Never was in love.
Encounters with Temporaries:
A HAIKU SERIES
ohjamie Sep 2014
One
And 4 years later,

I still cannot find love as

Hopeless as with you.
Encounters with Temporaries:
A HAIKU SERIES
ohjamie Sep 2014
It’s peculiar how we let people into our lives, and they go a swiftly as they come.

I am a castle with walls built high, but my knights are weak. It’s tiring to bring down my gates and close it again, and again, and again.


I’ve been home to many travelers with whom I have been very hospitable with. I’ve watched as they slowly unveil their secrets, desires, and passions. I’ve grown to appreciate and care for everyone of them, until it is again time for my weak knights to bring down the gates and let them go,

but I don’t even get to say goodbye.
ohjamie Sep 2014
Five fingers up
Are you ready to play?
Look around the room
Five strikes and you’re out.

"Never have I ever:
Fallen in love.”
Do you remember him?
It’s been years,
You don’t remember as much
As you used to,
But you remember exactly how he made you feel.
Thumb down.

"Never have I ever:
Had *** to make myself feel better.”
Well, I mean, you tried.
You thought *** with a stranger would make you feel better.
You did it not to feel better,
But to feel something.
Remember the first time it happened?
He changed the way you think about ***.
Because he treated you as if you were nothing
But to be of use.
Lust is lust.
And that was it—
The first of many.
Pointer finger down.

"Never have I ever:
Been on an airplane.”
Oh goodness, you love the clouds.
The sky…
How long has it been since you’ve been home?
Moving away isn’t easy
Especially when you’re alone,
And you’re too poor to buy
Plane tickets.
******* down.

"Never have I ever:
Had sushi.”
What?! Sushi is amazing.
That day when you were hurt
Alone, scared, and sad
Your face was stuffed with
Ice cream, chips, cookies,
And sushi.
Of course.
Ring finger down.

You’re down to your last finger,
Which one will it be?
The one last strike
That will bring more unease.

"Never have I ever:
Hurt myself.”
Destroy what destroys you;
That’s what they say.
But have they ever wondered,
What if I destroy myself?
So after I realized this
I made a plan
To avoid feeling pain,
As much as I can.

Every boy to spark a flame
Has always disappointed.
So feelings I must tame
To keep myself guarded.
Cause there’s already been so much pain
That I’ve brought upon myself.

I hope too much and this is my flaw
I keep a cold front,
But you’re just too hot.
Don’t melt me now,
Your hugs are too warm
And your kisses aren’t empty.
I’m not used to this.
It’s all in my head.

But truly, help me
I don’t like this.
Because honestly…
Never have I ever
Felt this way.

— The End —