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Mariah May 9
I get so nervous when I love something
And I put it down
And I leave it
Thinking that I must be leaving for good
Instead of merely
enjoying something else

I worry that I will never have anything forever
And I wonder
If that is why I love things so deeply
When I have them

I love them so hard
I tear them apart
So they don't do it to me first

But they do
We do
We tear each other apart

So yes
I leave them after
With regret and remorseful
But satisfied

But if it's special enough
I find myself back at it's door
Knocking
Hat in hand

Wondering if it's been worried I
Also wouldn't return

I worry when it opens the door
They will slam it
Before I can say I am sorry I left
And how much I missed it

I worry I am the only one
Who thinks about the death of love
While in the middle of it

But it does too
It always does too

And in my fear
Its so loud that
I can never hear
It whispering to me
I'll miss you
And I'll see you when you get back
I am worried. I am rusty. I am nervous. I return.
Why I never heard music so tasteful,
With a woman so graceful.
Falling to sleep in her arms,
As the choirs gently serenade us.
Lip to lip as the lights dim,
Hand on her thigh, just how she likes it.
I'll never be able to love you the same,
Not after feeling you like this.
Someday she's going to make the butterflies fly out of my stomach.
If I move my feet just right
You'll think I know how to dance
Hit the right note, at the right time
And you'll claim I can sing
And on occasion I'll be so sincere
That you'll think I know how to love
When it's all just a desperate attempt
To hide my ineptitude
A short and light poem
duck Aug 2024
i have a nervous habit
of peeling the skin on my lips
like a jumpy little rabbit
and sometimes blood drips
and my fingernails are reddened
then i stare at my hands in fear
but my mind slowly deadened
and i won't be able to quite hear
the pounding of my hearbeat
or notice my bloodied hands
(this poem isn't for everyone, pls skip if ur rather sensitive ;-;)
Lucas Grant Aug 2024
95% ocean 5% land
How is it something so unlikely found its way to my hand
Fingertips aged by waiting
Mind in a trance
The gun that aimed to **** landed in my hands
To aim, to shoot, to ****, to cry
The trigger trembles desperately
The question lies waiting,
To **** or to die
To hand it in and be considered a fraud,
To another pair of hands who would just stand and take aim,
Or place it back in the water to find another pair of waiting fingertips,
The blood was spilt but not on my hands,
95% ocean 5% land
Ruheen Aug 2024
if i get closer
i get scared
that i don't mean
what i say
instead
i pick on the skin
around
my nails.
Jeremy Betts May 2024
My flow of motion knows one path
Confronted only by mostly wrath
Homegrown turmoil hath
A distinct flavor of aftermath
Can't solve the problem with broken math
The simple's simply to slippery to grasp
Daily attempts lead to a nervous laugh
It's never the last
If it was, would it matter?
Perhaps,
Though I'd have to ask

©2024
Malia Mar 2024
I think I actually
Hate this feeling.
You’re not supposed to
Make me nervous.
You’re not supposed to
Plant seeds in my mind,
Strange seeds that grow strange fruit.
Or, at least you didn’t used to.

I don’t know why I bother at all.

I never did say
That it was a good idea
Did I?
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