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Terra Lopez Dec 2014
romance
is what keeps us
alive
love
is what keeps us
dead
Terra Lopez Dec 2014
"to be alone with you"
i hum that thought
to myself
on a nightly basis

what would i say
if you and i were alone
with hours to dwell
with words unsaid

i guess i would start with
a heavy sigh
and a head full of "why's?"
but I would keep those to myself
I would shake my head
place my hand to my heart
and like a chain to my chest
the silence would be enough
with you,
it would always be enough

i wouldn't yell
i wouldn't ask
i would simply acknowledge
and tell you "i am sorry"
and that I know how hard life is
sometimes
well, most times
it can go so slow
learning can go so slow
mistakes are hard to swallow
especially when nothing is saved
at the end of it all
we were a plan, unhatched
unmet
i n s a n e
weathered
before we started
a quiet lull from the norm
but we started
and it was full
it was fire
it was beautiful
and despite the outcome
now
looking back at it
while i'm in my bed
alone
it would be so easy to dismiss
but i'm not a liar
it was something
i could never forget
it was something
I could never forgive
it was something
that cannot
be taken
only stored
for memory lapses
and nostalgia's **** hour
you, my lull
Terra Lopez Dec 2014
our will is pure
but the past
we can't endure
and i am left guessing
which way we'll go
as the christmas tree we bought together
stands still
on your living room floor
undecorated
saying it all
Terra Lopez Dec 2014
one afternoon
in Dallas
i found wet concrete
or rather
it found me
i eased my hands
into it
and spread every word
evenly
a myriad of thoughts
of you
and loss
reign public
on those downtown sidewalks
today
Terra Lopez Dec 2014
at night
we live in a dream
where you will speak
and I will listen
finally
night hours
we are humbled by this love
by demise
by time
it is when I sleep that I never question
why
Terra Lopez Dec 2014
everything leaves me restless and yearning

but i thought that the timing was perfect

no less it could have been

but i am grateful

for such a beautiful woman

for such a forgettable sin

has brought us here

i rally my mind in a line to cross stitch time

i shrug my shoulders at the lulls

at the hours that i lost

and silently swallow in

all that you offer

all that you must
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