Tag: poetry

hey girl
you are doing just fine and
you are gonna be all right

hey love
hey hot stuff
hey sunflower
the different men who come
into your life
the different lessons
you are supposed to learn
in the end
you’ll grow
and change
but hopefully
for the better

grande Starbucks
cat-eye glasses
poetry book
pink joggers
flip flops
gold glitter nails
“like a boss” shirt

sweet boys
I will be your light
and your guide
I will show you the love of a mother
I never truly had
I will protect you and
teach you
two halves of my heart

my heart bled out inside me
yet I found a way to survive

my heart
soft, smooth, and giving
turned sharp, bitter, and rough

my heart
broken and smashed
still found a way to heal

my heart
mine
me

there is no shame here
take your judgments and
fuck right off
I made my choices
as you did yours
I will not be responsible
or burdened
for what you feel
or what you think
your truth is not my truth
I am not them and
they are not me

it’s hard when we let the past
affect our present
and our future
to move passed our insecurities
and frustrations
to not let ego
and misunderstandings
get in our own way
it is so easy to lose the path
but there must be a way
forward

my heart is numb
my mind is tired
just tell me
straight to my face
what is it you want?

when I told him I couldn’t do it
he said he felt it coming
and that he understood
he has seen the face of a liar
knows the pain of their knife in your back
he has danced the “pick me” dance
and had to start his life over again

our romance moved so fast
I didn’t have to explain
we took some time apart
and we didn’t play these games

maybe one has to have been there
and experienced it for themselves
maybe after your life gets fucked up like that
only someone who’s been fucked too
can ever truly understand

I have been lied to
betrayed
ghosted
used
fucked
over and over
shamed
misunderstood
judged
taken
for granted

by the very same men who
respect me
love me
understand me
admire me

all these dicks who
manipulate me
gaslight me
betray me
use me

I know now what you are doing
fucking try me now