Like pulling thread from a pool of yarn,
you found a million ways to call me stupid.
When my confidence was too high,
you knocked it down like Jenga blocks.
And when you didn't want to play with me anymore,
you carved slits on my body,
and pointed at all my faults.
You drilled the voices of society into my head
and critiscized me, nitpicking,
judging me for things you do.
You told me before you were a liar.
You told me before you were a hypocrite.
You told me before you were a manipulator.
But what did I care?
I was in love with a boy
who had a way with his words.
So you can tell me that you're a criminal,
but I'd still hand you the gun.
Because I was in love.
In fact, I loved how you spoke,
leaned in on every word,
And took everything you said as an absolute truth.
A fishing hook in my heart,
you, unknowingly, ripped me to shreds.
You ripped my soul out of my body
hook, line, and sinker,
and let me drown in my despair.
Or, rather,
burn, like a body drowned in gasoline,
and set a flame.
Or rot,
like dead meat
lying in plain sight.
A zombie,
forever gazing,
in your wicked direction.
Every insult you threw at me had a loophole.
Every attack had a riddle.
And I saw the hidden lines behind your sentences,
but you gaslit me horrendously.
Ah yes! The gaslighting, how could I forget?
"We never dated."
"I never loved you."
"I didn't call you a monkey."
"I just blah blah blah. . ."
"*******, *******, and more *******!"
I can recall some of the good,
just as I can the bad.
Simmer down,
into softness,
Like a flower petal,
all I've ever wanted
was for you to love me.
When you told me I was beautiful,
when you missed me,
when you listened to everything I said,
when you told me you loved me
when you wrapped all your lies
in a sweet, silky cloth
and blinded me in bliss.
I imagined you rowing me
merily, merily, in this dream,
this fantasy I had.
I imagined our kiss,
and our passionate love making
I felt the heat
of all your ****** stories
you tantalized me,
and awakened my senses,
you gave me chills
in all the right places.
You made my depressing,
suicidal, miserable life,
feel like heaven,
for just a split second
real ecstasy,
in human form
you, my Greek god,
my twin flame.
I merged with you
skin to skin contact.
Bone to bone
mouth to mouth
blood, vessels, veins
and we became
one organism.
I held that
"I love you."
so tight
and could not let it go.
Because everything you've ever said
was just what I needed to hear.
And yes, now I am akin,
to a roaring beast that breathes fire,
but you can easily calm me
when you carry me off
back to eden
where we once were.
And all though my emotions waver
back and forth throughout me
and my memories are choppy and frail,
I could never forget
the person who I fell in love with
and the person who destroyed my life.
Even I forget that I was 14.
I feel like the poem moved a bit fast although I didn't mean to write it that way