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I had a dream about her last night. We were different but the same. Gray hairs, gray eyes, New scars, Old memories. Weaving through a foreign castle, crumbling. Rollerskating on cobblestone floors. Rough surfaces yet smooth sailing. She was wearing cherrywood lipstick. Every single tattoo, concealed and forgotten. When she smiled the gap was bridged. Requiem for flaws that never existed. An orange friend with white pants and golden eyes hovering. Laughing together, smiling together, making trouble. How it used to be. Yes. She was there too. She wasn’t me. I was okay with that. I saw how they slow danced. How they cared and loved. A perfect human in my eyes had changed in someone else’s arms. I didn’t mind. Yet, I couldn’t tell you if she was happy. I want her to be. Did she know happiness with me? Is it a game of following the leader? I won the race, and I still got the **** beaten out of me. Too fast, too slow, just right? **** prize money, I just want peace. Poreless skin hitting stone harder than cayendo and I was not the one coming to the rescue. Standing by nevertheless. Watching new lovers roll around in the grass from a window in a tower. Sill cracking yet intact. Being strong on my own despite the pain. Making love to other women, and not loving other women. Moving at the pace of the sun. Emotions stitched into the moon. Are we deceiving each other? Am I deceiving her? When the foundation caved the walls stood tall. Sturdy and ruined. Holding both, destruction and tolerance. A playground for the curious, hopeless, and romantic. I’ll dance here for a while. This is still my home. Diminuendo into the darkness. I’ll rise again tomorrow.
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Feb 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022 at 2:15 PM UTC
Fever dream
I had a dream about her last night. We were different but the same. Gray hairs, gray eyes, New scars, Old memories. Weaving through a foreign castle, crumbling. Rollerskating on cobblestone floors. Rough surfaces yet smooth sailing. She was wearing cherrywood lipstick. Every single tattoo, concealed and forgotten. When she smiled the gap was bridged. Requiem for flaws that never existed. An orange friend with white pants and golden eyes hovering. Laughing together, smiling together, making trouble. How it used to be. Yes. She was there too. She wasn’t me. I was okay with that. I saw how they slow danced. How they cared and loved. A perfect human in my eyes had changed in someone else’s arms. I didn’t mind. Yet, I couldn’t tell you if she was happy. I want her to be. Did she know happiness with me? Is it a game of following the leader? I won the race, and I still got the **** beaten out of me. Too fast, too slow, just right? **** prize money, I just want peace. Poreless skin hitting stone harder than cayendo and I was not the one coming to the rescue. Standing by nevertheless. Watching new lovers roll around in the grass from a window in a tower. Sill cracking yet intact. Being strong on my own despite the pain. Making love to other women, and not loving other women. Moving at the pace of the sun. Emotions stitched into the moon. Are we deceiving each other? Am I deceiving her? When the foundation caved the walls stood tall. Sturdy and ruined. Holding both, destruction and tolerance. A playground for the curious, hopeless, and romantic. I’ll dance here for a while. This is still my home. Diminuendo into the darkness. I’ll rise again tomorrow.
devon-lane
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Feb 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022 at 2:15 PM UTC
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