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I’ll be ok
Though the earth
Had lost its weight
And I float in space
I’ll be ok

I feel a well of knowing
Waiting to be tapped
Just a spark
For now
Elusive
And untouchable
On this day

But it will grow in time
I’ll be ok
In a sudden moment
We realize that the idea
Of not knowing for just a little longer
Though causing every fiber of our being
To ache with uncertainty
Is slightly better
Than being broken by the truth
What we don’t know can’t hurt us, right?
I saw you drowning
so I came to help
but you pushed me under
and saved yourself instead
You say I’m your one
Your love
The greatest you’ve known.
Mesmerized
By your eyes
Your touch
Your warm breath on mine.
I blink
You’re gone.
I seek answers
Tracing footsteps back
To where we used to lie.
Falling to the ground
I discover the universe I once dreamt
No longer in my line of sight.

Flash forward
It’s months later,
I choose to fall victim
Once more.
Succumb to these feelings.
Believing
Maybe
This time is different.
Curious
No—
Foolish
Once more
I feel lost
Confused
Spinning unwillingly.
I bought a colouring book!
It's small
and clean
and new
and all the lines are already in!

I'll just colour
     here        and            there and here   and        here     and there and
he         re    and            there          and   here a       nd     there
here  and    here           and t         here   and her  e an     d there and
he         re    and there  and h          ere   and    there a     nd he
re         an    d there a   nd here and th   ere       and h     ere and there.
I wish she was here to colour with me.
even with oceans between us,

       I’ll swim against the tide
            to lie
               against
                 your heartbeat

once again.
Do you remember me darling?
Or am I just another past fling?
Remember how I left you wanting?
I treated you like a king.

I gave you my all
All I asked was for you to fall
Fall into a state of eternal bliss
Where only I could feel your kiss.

But no, that's not what you longed for
I gave you everything yet you wanted more
You told me you loved me
That I was all you needed to be happy.

You wanted body
You wanted ***
I was too pure
That's why you left.
“Think about that.”
Why don’t you think about the nights you’ll spend
Wishing you’d chosen different words
Me, I’ll be radiant and walking in the sun
And you’ll feel the weight of the tended soil you torched to ash
Before the roses bloomed
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