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  Apr 2014 peurdelavie
vail joven
ONE:
i miss the
way your
body sinks
into my
mattress
marking your
beauty finitely

TWO:
and I also
miss how
your tired
kisses came
with soft
promises of
forever

THREE:
i wonder
about who
stains your
cheeks now
with red
praise and
scarlet i love yous

THREE&aHALF:
she would
never love you
as much as
i do

FOUR:
and i miss
you so much
i fall asleep
to the monotone
of myself
counting the days
of how long it has
been since
your departure

FIVE:
and to pass
my time
i count the
times you
told me you
loved me
with absent
ghost eyes

SIX:
i'm trying
to live with
the ribs you
broke and
the air
you left

SIX&aHALF:
but how can
i go on
with the bones
you left me?

SEVEN:
i'll keep trying
but it's hard
when my
memories
of you litter
my head like
the dust in
my attic

EIGHT:
and how can i
go on when
you emptied me
and left me
wondering why?

NINE:
i have
watched you
leave over
and over
and my zenith
sadness is
quite enough
to make
a collapsing
supernova feel
shame

TEN:
and sometimes
I blame
love itself for
handing me
right into
your hands

ELEVEN:
but when
it's darkest
please know
that my
moon still
chases after you

ELEVEN&aHALF:
and that
i don't
hate love
for giving
you

MIDNIGHT:
i hate love
for residing
in my heart
infinitely when
it knew you
weren't staying
forever
  Apr 2014 peurdelavie
Emily
I. The first time I found the bag of needles and powder in her backpack I left and said I would never come back but she found me sleeping in the cemetery that night just like I always did when things were bad especially at home. I said a lot of times that I would never come back and I always did. She said a lot of times that she would stop and she never did. I still remember every plane of her face from feeling it in the dark. I wonder if she's okay but I can't care anymore.

II. I liked how she felt in bed and I liked how I felt in bed with her.

III. She called me at 4am a few times and talked to me so quickly I only caught half the words she was speaking and I couldn't stop smiling but when we hung up the room felt much emptier than before.

IV. The gun looks absolutely nothing like a toy in her hand despite what I always read. I wonder where she got it but my mind is more focused on other things like the slick chill of the metal against my face and her carefully painted lips very close to mine. I'm torn between staying perfectly still and trying to kiss her and while I try to decide she takes off the safety. It is at this exact moment that I realize how unstable she is and I know I've never been able to predict her actions, only her lies. I have no idea what she might do next and I love her.
peurdelavie Apr 2014
i read a poem once

"My mother tells me
that when I meet someone I like,
I have to ask them three questions:

1. what are you afraid of?
2. do you like dogs?
3. what do you do when it rains?"

1. you're afraid of being alone. of dying alone. of your life never being enough. and of ships.

2. you have two. you once told me a story about a dog you had when you were a child. i'm quite certain you love them.

3. i'm afraid i'll never know. you left before i had the chance to find out and that scares me more than any other fear i've ever had.
peurdelavie Apr 2014
i haven't written in 3 days
and i guess i've lost my muse
cause lately, you remind me
of blank walls
and empty spaces
but maybe that defines
exactly what's become of us
peurdelavie Apr 2014
i didn't think you cared,
but you told me at 6am
that you hoped
you don't wake me up
and it's strange
because two months ago
you were pleading
to my silent phone
for me to wake
but i guess this is your way
of saying you still care
even though we hadn't spoken
in 23 days
i still love you
peurdelavie Apr 2014
IF I WAS A BUTTERFLY
YOU WOULD BE THE ONE
THAT HOLDS ME BY MY WINGS
AND DROPS ME TO THE GROUND
JUST TO SEE ME SUFFER
AND YOU'D CRACK A SMIRK
BECAUSE YOU HELD POWER
OVER AN INNOCENT
AND QUITE FRANKLY
IN THE HUMAN FORM
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO
YOU PICK ME UP
YOU DROP ME
AND WATCH ME BREAK
AND YOU SMIRK
BECAUSE THAT POWER
TURNS YOU ON
MORE THAN I EVER COULD
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