#telltales
Wait don't walk away
Come back around
One last time
Try to hold your ground
I don't wanna ask any more than you can offer
I can't take anymore anyways
You're not even trying
And I've seen you trying
I've seen you determined
It lights up your eyes
Like the celestial beings binge on brilliance
Makes your aura shine a little brighter
But now You're not even trying
Should I even be devastated ?
Should I even feel damaged and broken ?
Cry you a river perhaps
You probably wouldn't even care
It kills me to say this but
I wish You were trying.
May 2, 2015
May 2, 2015 at 12:11 PM UTC
I learnt that
When you lie
You show obvious telltales
I then started to notice
That you did too
I noticed that you shuffled in your seat
When you told me
that you weren't scared that one time
we sat down to watch that horror film
I noticed that you bit your lip
When I asked you
if you were okay that night you stumbled in
at 1 o'clock in the morning
I noticed that you fiddled with your fingers
When you saw that couple walking down the street
and I asked if you knew them, you shook your head
I later found out she was your ex
And I noticed that you looked down to the floor
And the corners of your mouth twitched down
When I told you I love you
And you replied with 'I love you too'
Oct 6, 2017
Oct 6, 2017 at 7:41 PM UTC
After dinner
and a brief time
watching TV
Sheila went to bed
not in her parents good books
over her seeing
a boy at school
(her sister Ella
having told tales)
and wearing eye shadow
which she had to take off
which she did
and lay there
she waiting until her sister
came to bed
downstairs the TV
was still on
she thought of John
at school
how they sat
on the sport field and talked
and she wanted him
to hold her hand
but he didn't
she wanted to kiss him
but didn't want
to spoil things
or frighten him off
she pretended
they did kiss
(not that she has
kissed a boy before)
and he held her hand
and hoped that Loren
(the girl who always
talks of boys)
had seen her
and got jealous
and pretended she did
the door
of her bedroom opened
and her sister Ella came in
still awake then?
Ella said
fancy making
Mum's asthma bad
and Dad wasn't pleased
about that
you're lucky he didn't
smack you one
shut up telltale
go and pray to your Jesus
for forgiveness
for being a big sneak
Sheila said
I tell the truth not lie
Ella said
and began
to undress for bed
Sheila stared at her
just sat with him didn't
do nothing
how do I know
what you did
and besides
you are still too young
for boys
Ella said
at least I can get a boy
interested in me
unlike you
a boy would have to need
a white stick and a guide dog
to want you
Sheila said
Ella stood gazing
at her younger sister
then looked at the crucifix
on the wall above her bed
He is the only one I want
and when I am a nun
I shall be His bride
Sheila said nothing
and turned over in bed
and faced the wall
and carried on imagining
John was there beside her
and holding her tight
and was staying there
in her dreams
all night.
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 at 1:55 AM UTC