October 2023

I tend to feel regret from his touch, Maybe it’s my illusion, Or my regret is immense, But His words still remain gentle. He is

Poor me, Yes, poor me, After I showed you how much I loved you, And humbled myself for you, Still, you fed me silence, Seems

Some wounds are inflicted before you arrive Before you take a lungful of Earth’s breath I found out later, much, much later That romantic love

You have been ignoring me, I don’t know if we are still together or not, But with those actions you showed me, It tells more,

I once said I did not want a display If ever someone proposed The eager hopeful stares from strangers The man on bended knee brimming

I can’t remember silent nights, All I remember are his fights, His fits, his hits, That’s all I remember, That’s all I know now, Every

In the shadows my pain reigns, Like a motor on the move, The blood in my brain untimely whirrs, My heart speaks of the forbidden,

Like a drug I was drawn to him, When you said it was the last time I thought you were joking Each goodbye meant see

When you see him tell him I miss him, tell him my heart is crying loud, Loud,so loud that when every person sees me, They

I like the quiet It is comforting I do not mind it No hastily rehearsed lines No quips that cut No cruel humor I don’t