I’ve tried to forget you
(I don’t want to forget you).
My emotions lay on the table
like spilt wine;
I tried to lick them up
in a desperate alcoholic binge,
without a care for my fellow
patrons’ regard.
Why are you fading from my mind,
like an Alzheimer memory,
like the seaside whispers
of a shell, broken to
pieces.
I’ve betrayed me, so.
I’ve
let
you
go.
I should let slip the
dogs of war
to chew on my weary bones,
to remind me that I’m just a
lonely man,
that you’re just a
lonely woman
and that soon you’ll be
gone.
Swept off your feet
by some new broom,
who’ll sweep up the dust
of my passing,
and soon,
every trace of my passage
will be polished from the wood
of your floors,
as they rightly should.
A fitting end for the man with
no name,
who in the end, was purely an amateur
trying to play
in a professional’s game.
Very well written.
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Thanks, Christine 🙂
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Very nice
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Thanks, Yoly. That wasn’t the sentiment I was aiming for, but much appreciated, anyway 🙂
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I can feel the emotions through your words. I guess I should have explained. Nicely written
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Thanks. It was a hard poem to write. Not in a literate sense, but emotionally, so I’m glad that came through. Thanks for your thoughts. 🙂
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Beautiful! 💜
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Love this. Clever. heartfelt and moving.
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Thank you 🙂
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I feel this 🙁
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Thanks, Olivia. This is part 1 of 3, the other parts to be posted over the next two days 🙂
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I’m excited
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Don’t be, it’s pretty depressing lol 🙂
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Well I just got out of a relationship and these types of poems help me
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Glad I could help. I just got out of a not relationship (long story), so sort of know how you feel. Anyway, glad you’re liking the poetry. 🙂
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What happened 😢?
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Right person, wrong time
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Wrong time like you were not ready?
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He wasn’t being who he promised to be
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Did you call it off or he did?
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Me
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Reblogged this on Poetry Collection.
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Thanks! 🙂
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I’ll regurgitate what people have been saying to me lately. Plenty of fish in the sea mate!
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I hate that saying lol 🙂
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When love is no longer served on the table, we have to stand up from the table.
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