#hesitation poems on Hello Poetry

bk May 2019

"I love you," he said.
"Yes, I know that," I said, "but are you in love with me?"
He paused for a second.
I didn't need him to say anything else.
In his hesitation, I found my answer.

B.K.
~ An excerpt from a book I will never write.

#love #you #him #me #pause #second #say #hesitation #answer

Sanch May 2019

Unwritten lines

i hate myself for not writing those lines that went through my head
sometimes, a tickle of regret makes me pause for a moment
a helpless try to recover those lines
like trying to grab dunes of sand;
not letting a single drop
but it's just a memory—
words that don't even rhyme

if not for hesitation
who else is to blame for not writing them?
these ones barely survived

it's like wanting to scratch a wound for no good reason

#hesitation #unwrittenlines

Miss Luna May 2019

Her

Apathy.
Wrangle.
Rudeness.

His words
full of insolence
dispersed
in the room.

Reverence.
Hesitation.
Tears.

Her tears
full of pain
started streaming
down her face.

Empty.
Sad.
Inadequate.

This is how
she felt
when he left.

#apathy #sad #pain #tears #love #mother #evil #empty #rudeness #hesitation

Saint Audrey Feb 2019

For a split second

It's in obscure recollection
I wonder if it's falsified
Hesitant about the path I can't abandon now
Finding new ways to survive

Bathed in the rays of the sun
Fraught with uncertainty
I wasn't prepared for the atmosphere
Losing my chance to speak

I never had a key
It fell in place
Though I still sleep
I hold to grace
Hoping to recover what's around me

I guess It's still on me
I don't feel the same
Lost in this sleep
I hold to grace
With the colors all around me

But your words
They always bleed through

I'm aware
You think the ways I do

And your words
They always ring true

And your words
They'll always bleed through

#hazy #memories #death #life #cycle #rebirth #fear #hesitation #hopeless #inevitability

DG Jan 2019

Boys and the Birds

They make you think they love you
With their soft kind words
They hug you as if you’re treasure
And then leave you for the birds
They come into your life
With their cowboy boots and ***** blond hair
And leave you crying
And thinking . . .
And thinking . . .
On what you did wrong
If he really loved you all along
And then you begin to hate your favorite songs
Because suddenly they're all about him
And they haunt you
And the next thing you know
Another boy is there
With green eyes and messy brown hair
And he beckons you into his trap
And he’s texting you!
But you don’t want to answer because you’re still CRYING
But! you answer anyways
Because you’re stupid
And vulnerable
And maybe this boy will be kinder
And will be gentler
When he kills me
And leaves me
For the birds

#love #highschool #college #pining #grief #crying #depression #hesitation #confusion #sad

Thomas P Owens Sr Dec 2018

what's in a smile?

oh, the damage to be done to this soul
should the smile be evasive
elusive
feigned
why so unwilling to risk
if the smile not be immediate and sure
and without doubt
i have lost so many
to doubt
i am unwise in the ways of love
convinced that the connection i feel
is a false sign
that you are just being kind
to a lonely soul
what can i do when i fear my words will push you away
rather than pull you in
short of a whispered 'i love you' from your lips
i remain as lost as a glance in the dark

#love #smiles #loss #true #unsure #hesitation

Amy Duckworth Sep 2018

Hesitation

We hesitate because
We are afraid
Take the leap
Count to three if you need to
But it helps you to leap
Then not leap at all

#leap #hesitation #afraid #three