“I will say it as many times as it takes for you to believe it: You are not a burden.”Tagged: Poetry, Burden, Reaffirmation
“And I am sorry to say, I tied my forevers to someone who didn’t know how to stay.”Tagged: Poetry, Staying, Loss, Forever
“That’s the thing about pushing people away; you don’t get to be surprised when it works.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, Pushing People Away
“Maybe I’m not what you want; I’m just what distracts you until you get it. But I hope you still want me when you aren’t lonely.”Tagged: Poetry, Distraction, Desire, Lonely
“I think I might always be jealous of the way sunlight touches your skin.”Tagged: Poetry, Jealousy, Sunlight, skin
“we touch, with no idea of holding and I say it is okay but there is forever on my breath; there is always on my hands and I know you are just a moment.”Tagged: Poetry, touching, Forever, moment
“Today I forgive myself for wanting what never wanted me. Today I let you go.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, forgiveness
“And we are all just fighting to survive a world where I miss you doesn’t mean I’m coming back and I love you doesn’t mean I’ll stay.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, I Love You, I Miss You, Fear Of Commitment
“You don’t get to say you miss me if you could have had me this whole time but chose not to.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, Missing You
“and I add your name to the list of things I survived this year. note it: barely.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, Survival
“you only really wanted me when your life felt empty. and I wanted you in rush hour traffic. a room full of people. even through all the noise.”Tagged: Poetry, Desire, Loss
“I thought of all the things I wanted to say to you and I swallowed a sea.”Tagged: Poetry, Loss, Hindsight, Regret, resentment
“I think it would be almost disrespectful to myself if I let you stay.”Tagged: Poetry, disrespectful, Staying, Self-Esteem