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Chameleon Feb 2024
The sky lit up different
shades of pink and purple,
yellow and orange.
I could hear the stars singing
that every little thing
is going to be alright.

So instead of folding; I am
sitting in front of my fireplace
with a gin and coke,
listening to music I’ve been
avoiding.

Some day I won’t be sad anymore.
Right?
Chameleon Feb 2024
I know now that I will never
be fully over you.
Just a glimpse through
the windshield was enough
for my eyes to sting,
and my heart to sink.
I miss you more every second.

I can only hope you
miss me a fragment of how much
I miss you.

But I think that you’re okay.
Which I guess I should be happy for you.
That you are not carrying this weight
around.
I guess I kinda wish you did
because maybe then that would mean
you still love me too.
Chameleon Feb 2024
Life is changing as quickly
as Ohio weather.
I can feel it in the warm breeze
we have today.

Spring always brings the possibility
of a new chapter,
just depends on whether or not
I’m willing to jump.

This time I don’t have a choice,
the way back has done grown over
with thorns and fallen trees.
So it looks like I’m going to jump.
Chameleon Feb 2024
I heard someone say that
they feel excited about the potential.
The inevitable new love that
will come
instead of letting the darkness in
that heartbreak can bring.

I like that.
I’ve felt that a few times.
When the man I’m talking to
says, how’s work going lady?
And tells me he felt lucky to
have had a messy couch hookup
ten years ago.

I know it’s out there.
Love is waiting for me to be
ready again.
Chameleon Feb 2024
All I can think about are
his hands on her.
His arms around someone else
in the dark.
Devoting his time and
attention to her,
telling her he’ll always be there
like he used to say to me.
They’ll come up with nicknames
for each other,
I wonder if he’ll use the one I gave him.

I was stupid to believe that he
would actually love me forever.

It only took him 2 months
to replace me.
Chameleon Feb 2024
I wonder if he ever wakes up
in the morning
unable to shake the memory of me.
And he realizes that no matter how
much time passes,
I will always be there.
Chameleon Feb 2024
I woke up today
asking God how this is fair.
What is wrong with me
that I still love him.
I still miss him every single second.
It’s been 42 days I should be
fully moved on,
talking to someone else.
Or at least just free.
But I am trapped inside
the last 6 years of our life.
I want these memories erased.
I want to forget.
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