Me To You

 

What am I to you now?

 

Just a blip in your spotless record?

A haphazard mistake, scribbled out?

A first draft screwed (up), and trashed?

A dull detour from your crazy-paved path?

 

Perhaps I am The One who got away?

The erasure that left a gap in your fairytale?

A glimmer of inspiration too hastily discarded?

The U-turn that drove you to disorientation?

 

Do you avoid thought of me,

Or am I scrubbed clean from your memory?

Do you regret me…

Or rejecting me?

 

Emma H, age 26, 15/03/2017

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This poem is somewhat intended as a “sequel” to my previous poem Questions for the First – click to read!

 

Sugar

I reached for salt

But I picked up sugar,

At first bite both

Can make life taste better,

But such sickly sweetness

Causes rot and decay,

And slowly my life

Was eroded away.

 

Emma H, age 26, 16/03/2017

A Good Girlfriend

“Look after him,” his best mate said,

“He’s been through hell this year.”

But none were there to care for me

Each time I shed a tear.

Emma H, age 26, 24/02/2017

Unspoken

After the goodbye

You were unfaltering in your silence,

Unswerving, unwavering,

Whilst I clawed at my heart

In frantic desperation,

Searching for answers unspoken,

Apologies unoffered,

Wondering if you cared,

If you spared

A single thought for me,

But I was left unknowing.

I had always imagined

That you would find it torturous,

Unbearable,

But instead you were

Uncommitted, unrestricted,

Revelling in your new-found space.

So your deathly silence

Was unrepented unlove,

And I wept emerald tears,

Devastated and envious,

At your unhindered happiness

Without me.

 

Emma H, age 26, 20/03/2017

Candy

I took too deep a bite

Of your poisoned toffee apple;

Sweet on the surface,

But venom in my veins.

Emma H, age 26, 01/03/2017

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This poem is intended as a follow-up to my previous poem Appetite – click here to read! 🙂

Trace – A Haiku

With your restless hands,

Trace my curvaceous outline:

An abstract portrait.

Emma H, age 26, 31/05/2017

 

via Daily Prompt: Trace

Burning – A Haiku

Burning attraction,

Ardent, potent, fiery love,

Singeing tinder hearts.

Emma H, age 26, 23/02/2017