v - Hello Poetry

v May 2

too soon

whenever someone leaves us

we always say, ”they were so young,

their life shouldn’t have ended so soon.”

and it doesn’t matter whether they were young or old

but maybe when they do leave us

maybe what we mean is that they waited too long

that all they worked for for themselves was lost too soon

that they waited too long to be able to reap the rewards

that the tragedy of life is not that it ends soon, but that we’ve waited so long for it to begin

v Sep 2023

box

should i be given a box

filled with all the items that i have lost

i would look to see if you were present

not so that i could see you again

but to make sure you weren’t there

only box she gets is gonna have a ring in it

v Sep 2023

notes

read a note that was written to me

of someone whom i hold close

yet now they feel distant

their words felt desperate as if grasping for help

yet their words were of encouragement

hoping the best for me

i remember them feeling alone

feeling like i was all they had

they wanted to be saved

they knew i couldn’t

so all i could do was write a note for future me

v Dec 2022

not every house

they say that not every house is a home

that not every house provides you safety and comfort

but what happens when your home is a person

what happens when they leave and never return

v Dec 2022

her love

should she visit my grave after i pass

let her be

let her walk up to where i was buried

and watch how her presence would bring me life

v Nov 2022

love

people say, ”you can’t love someone before you love yourself”

and i feel like that advice comes from a very broken place

perhaps those who give this advice would either not have gone through trauma

or not have fully healed from it

not all of us are strong enough to have loved ourselves first

we might not have found our own worth

but maybe in loving and being loved back

would help us realise the value within

the values that those who love us see that we have yet to ourselves

it’s okay if you find it hard to be kind to yourself. but it doesn’t mean you can’t find and love someone who can be.

v Nov 2022

our universe

we are our own galaxy in the universe that is life

hurtling through space in an endless race

and in this universe sometimes galaxies may intersect trajectories

the explosive chaos that ensues when we find someone new is exciting and full of both pain and wonder

but not all galaxies end after they meet

sometimes they pass through each other after losing countless stars and systems

never truly a whole galaxy again

because when you lose someone, they take away their stars with them