You’re slipping through my fingers
Tiptoeing out the door
Over clumsy feet I trip
Grip tighter than before
Faking your own feelings
Like a snake fakes their own death
It’s not enough to have your cake
You must bake and eat it in one breath
The feeling of being abandoned
Is the worse half of the deal
Seal your broken parts inside
As you use your haste to heal
Of drowning you’ll not speak one word
While out of brown eyes tears leak
Weak was never in your vocabulary
Hope your baby blues find what they seek
But I don’t think you will discover
The missing link you’re searching for
Though you might be on the brink
You’ll blink and end up on the floor
If I mattered to you at all
You wouldn’t leave me tattered
Pitter-pattering across the globe
Uncaring that my world has shattered
If ever there were a time for reflection
It would surely be this rhyme
Prime method of analysis
Verses that dip low and then climb
Never attaining solid answers
A conclusion I long to obtain
Abstaining from the obvious truth
Until I’m driven insane
And I crave the strength I hopelessly lack
To ***** my way out of denial
With no easy means to cope
Mope like a juvenile
Deeper into myself I withdraw
Surrounded by memories I keep
Yet reality creeps in like the tide
Reminding me these illusions are cheap
Darker and darker the days and nights grow
Light vanished from my universe
It would appear that you’re doing alright
Which makes the bite even worse
Sadder and scorned than I have ever been
The loss of you not properly mourned
Adorned with shades of gray and black
Delusions finally adjourned
Losing air as the epiphany hits
As I finally process old news
I wonder if you are amused by my reaction
How long it took my heart to bruise
You were quicker to let go
Owing me another chance
How dare you simply throw it away
With no mercy or a second glance?
Faster than a river rushing
You moved past the place I was stuck
I was foolish to believe we would last
Lines were cast in thick muck
Always ended sooner than promised
You wanted to go separate ways
Now I wander a maze of agony
Aimlessly meandering in a daze
So miserable it makes me sick
From the moment I awake
Quaking with uneasiness
Each bone and muscle aches
Yet I remain longing for your touch
Your face I will never forget
Somehow I let you get away
Life haunted by regret
Oct 24, 2020
Oct 24, 2020 at 11:52 AM UTC
You’re slipping through my fingers
Tiptoeing out the door
Over clumsy feet I trip
Grip tighter than before
Faking your own feelings
Like a snake fakes their own death
It’s not enough to have your cake
You must bake and eat it in one breath
The feeling of being abandoned
Is the worse half of the deal
Seal your broken parts inside
As you use your haste to heal
Of drowning you’ll not speak one word
While out of brown eyes tears leak
Weak was never in your vocabulary
Hope your baby blues find what they seek
But I don’t think you will discover
The missing link you’re searching for
Though you might be on the brink
You’ll blink and end up on the floor
If I mattered to you at all
You wouldn’t leave me tattered
Pitter-pattering across the globe
Uncaring that my world has shattered
If ever there were a time for reflection
It would surely be this rhyme
Prime method of analysis
Verses that dip low and then climb
Never attaining solid answers
A conclusion I long to obtain
Abstaining from the obvious truth
Until I’m driven insane
And I crave the strength I hopelessly lack
To ***** my way out of denial
With no easy means to cope
Mope like a juvenile
Deeper into myself I withdraw
Surrounded by memories I keep
Yet reality creeps in like the tide
Reminding me these illusions are cheap
Darker and darker the days and nights grow
Light vanished from my universe
It would appear that you’re doing alright
Which makes the bite even worse
Sadder and scorned than I have ever been
The loss of you not properly mourned
Adorned with shades of gray and black
Delusions finally adjourned
Losing air as the epiphany hits
As I finally process old news
I wonder if you are amused by my reaction
How long it took my heart to bruise
You were quicker to let go
Owing me another chance
How dare you simply throw it away
With no mercy or a second glance?
Faster than a river rushing
You moved past the place I was stuck
I was foolish to believe we would last
Lines were cast in thick muck
Always ended sooner than promised
You wanted to go separate ways
Now I wander a maze of agony
Aimlessly meandering in a daze
So miserable it makes me sick
From the moment I awake
Quaking with uneasiness
Each bone and muscle aches
Yet I remain longing for your touch
Your face I will never forget
Somehow I let you get away
Life haunted by regret
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