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Avery Greensmith May 2014
sometimes I regret that I didn't know you
I just cried over your death and my tears quickly formed an ocean
imagine how someone who loved you felt?
but it doesn't mean that I was any less sad at the dead of night
when that comment I made was brought back up again and again and again until it broke into my biggest nightmares
and it was the only one left burning a hole in my mind
it started to consume my every breath and my every thought
so
let's not talk about that night on the bridge when I'm not quite sure what happened but I know
that I would never really jump since you were standing there like a guardian angel
(god, that sounds so cheesy, but what else would you be?)
I smelled the old gasoline from the trucks rambling along the road
a bird sang a sad tune as it watched me go but then, I didn't go.
because at the last moment
a cloud passed over that beautiful moon and now,
rest assured love, the sight of that pushed me far away and
I doubt I will ever climb up and make that journey to the bridge again.
why would I take my life if you had fought every second for precious breathes? and you never knew when it was going to be your last?
you had us make things for you to never forget you
but sometimes I forget you,
and that makes me feel like I am not allowed to be happy
when you are floating somewhere else where
you can't breathe oxygen in anymore.
that cloud over the moon reminds me though,
why should I do it? why would I do it?
I owe that much to you, at least, if I owe anything
(even though we both know I owe more than that. I owe you more than I owe the grass beneath my feet and the music in my ears)
I'm not suicidal, not even close
but now that I've know you I don't think I could ever get to that point anymore where I want to leave
no matter how hard it gets or how much that bridge calls to me,
because you didn't live, so I must live for you.
and sometimes ( alot of times, to be honest)
i try to push it all out my mind. I don't push you away.
I never want the memory of you to fade, it must always be bold and bright and colorful at the front of my thoughts
i only want the memory of the pain to fade i want it to be a stale ******* in my deepest thoughts.
not fresh in the front of my mind causing my heart to jar open every time I think of you.
but how is it possible to let all of that pain, all of the tears that I cried? all the blood I shed?
that whenever I turn on the radio
and all I hear is that one line again and again sung by your (our) favorite band
that reminds me so much of you and all I can think of is when you died and the date you were supposed to die.
sorry I tried
Enigmuse Apr 2014
You are above me, for the simple fact that you are not me.
I am but a lonely piano player, who resides in the corners
of restaurants and blackened old hearts. You, with

glimmering eyes, and mischievous lips, dance barefoot
against the earth, the arches of your feet covered in free-verse.
I do not approach you; you are above me.

And here is something you may have overlooked
One room’s floor is another room’s
ceiling, and while you sway and dance and live and wander

you are inevitably doing so on my dreams. Burdened and breathless,
I sit and watch you move, up in the stars and the night and the
glow of the moon.

I look up and i see Heaven, you look down and you
see Hell. And as you bow your head to pray, just remember,
you are above me.
If I had a lover, this would be theirs
Enigmuse Apr 2014
I lost my mind whilst
trying to find my heart
trash
believe me
I may smile
but I can't sleep
my eyes burning
And I don't want tomorrow to arrive
so I'm just sitting here waiting
and as time passes by
I feel my stomach getting crushed
I feel my head getting crushed
I feel static noises
static noises
Penetrating my ears
and all my fears
coming down on me
whispering

Sitting here
waiting
wishing
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes

pitch black
heart attack
night covers my face in shadow
and im hallucinating
seeing my body flow
in the river of blood
river nile
it's been a while
since I dreamt
I never dream

because I'm always sitting here waiting
hoping that tomorrow never comes
but it always does
it always does
Enigmuse Apr 2014
I remember the little men
in big boots. The ones who sat
at the edge of roof tops in a city called
Loneliness, and cut their teeth while chewing jagged glass and angry truths.
They parachuted down to earth
and hit their heads on desperation.
Hollowed out hearts with tree trunks
serving as legs, they marched
across the stratosphere until their existences neared zero. Nothing
more to disappearing than popping
some pills, falling asleep, and dreaming
that the whole world had gone mad.
The interesting part is when you wake up
and you can still hear the echo of
unfilled boots.
Bleh
Enigmuse Apr 2014
In the event I drink liquids fit for automobiles and devour
the taught warm light of a match, I hope you know that
I won't say sorry for all the hardships I put you through.

I won't say sorry for the way I stormed through doors
and plowed through hearts. I won't say sorry for the way
I told you yes when I really meant no. I won't say sorry

for the time I cried over spilled milk and shrieked over
stained sheets. I won't say sorry for leaving you without
even so much as a formal goodbye, other than this one

which was scrawled on the back of an unused napkin in
the middle of a crowded Starbucks down in the city, this
being the first time I've been in either place. I won't say

sorry. Not to you, not to anyone. As for now, I bid thee
fairwell, from one poetry lover to another. I won't say sorry.
For I've already managed to blurt it out seven times.
yeah, not my best
Enigmuse Apr 2014
Swords!
I believe I own one. It's small in size
but great in strength. And harm? That may be
the only thing it has granted me. As it grazes
against the backs of my teeth and cuts
at the necks of old lovers, I am not sure
whether I am grateful for this tool.
Wielding all this power, is it a blessing or a curse?
But what am I saying? What do I know?
All I've got is a tongue.
I'm a day late for NaPoWriMo...oh well, #3
Enigmuse Apr 2014
I turned back every clock in this stupid house,
but that didn't help. You were still there, with every
second that passed. I realized, now, that I've forgotten

one. The one that takes refuge behind lines of bloodied,
bruised ribs, as well as the one that kills me. Not to mention,
the one that's responsible for my being alive. It doesn't keep

the right time, for it still thinks you're slipping secrets into my drinks
and spreading me across sheets like rose pedals. I turned back every
clock except the one in my chest, and it just won't stop ticking.
not my best, but it was last minute
Enigmuse Apr 2014
I tried to explain the concept of stars
to a three-year-old, who couldn’t quite fathom
why we loved what we did.

He held onto his stuffed rabbit and asked
‘what are those lights in the sky’, with wide eyes
and a genuine interest in human nature.

I explained to him that they were stars, and
when he asked what that meant, I said
‘they’re just ***** of gas, light, and hope’

and these vast spheres of gas and light
and hope, govern us. Tyrannize our tiny
existence with their somewhat larger indulgence.

How we worship supernovas and eclipses, how
we wish on things that merely embellish the moon;
that glow. How we loved to watch things, and pretend

that they were of some sort of importance. We could
spend whole nights lying on our backs with lovers
watching still shots of the void. Figments of imagination.

I tried to explain the concept of stars
to a three-year-old, who couldn’t quite fathom
why we loved what we did.

And unfortunately, neither could I.
NaPoWriMo #2
Weird, but I'm trying something new
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