The body language was obvious;
It ended with a kiss.
Instead of me fleeing
Without reason—
You puckered your lips;
In, almost, a romantic way
To say, an official, Goodbye,
You said,
“Take Care”,
Which is worse,
And I inherited
Your carefree distaste for this world;
It was as if you didn’t care,
But you came to like me
In a world so damaged;
We were perfect
With one little kiss at the gate;
I learned to hate you
When you wouldn’t say a word
And words became meaningless,
Because the rest of the kisses never came,
Because
We hate the world together,
But we blame one another
For the world hating our characters
And the rest of the kisses never came
And we blamed one another.
©2025EllenFinn
Nov 13, 2025
Nov 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM UTC
The body language was obvious;
It ended with a kiss.
Instead of me fleeing
Without reason—
You puckered your lips;
In, almost, a romantic way
To say, an official, Goodbye,
You said,
“Take Care”,
Which is worse,
And I inherited
Your carefree distaste for this world;
It was as if you didn’t care,
But you came to like me
In a world so damaged;
We were perfect
With one little kiss at the gate;
I learned to hate you
When you wouldn’t say a word
And words became meaningless,
Because the rest of the kisses never came,
Because
We hate the world together,
But we blame one another
For the world hating our characters
And the rest of the kisses never came
And we blamed one another.
©2025EllenFinn
...This feels a little bit redundant; a little bit forced... ...I'll come back to this one, later...
