Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

4/15/2017

4/15/17

 

I look around at what totems I've collected

Paper Fair bracelets and movie tickets

Trash standing in for memories.

Some with pen on the back to remind me what they mean.

Others blank, reminders of how much i've lost.

I keep meeting men twice my age with the life i wanted who have done half as much as me

Who are impressed at how much I've done

But I just tell everyone I've completed everything I've started.

Like I'm fast forwarding until my body catvhes up.

By the time they realize it's a lie It will be true

And the only thing stopping it from being real

Is time.

but I keep forgetting what I say will happen

Unless i write it down

become a prophet of my own story.

Ink spilling like reminders

Papertrails in lockboxes

Request permission to use this poem
Written by
GeekElement
25 / M
Published
Apr 15, 2017
Lines·Words
18·138
Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell GeekElement how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

AboutBlogFAQPrivacyTermsContact
© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write