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Break

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Please turn around
Just look at me
For a minute
Nothing more than that
Can you tell me
With all honesty
The past we've spent
Isn't worth the time
I know that's a lie
Just look

Here I stand
This person
Hand in hand
Once upon a time
We stood together
Never left the other
Side by side
Now all I see
Is fragments of our love
A broken lie
That's all that's left
All I was to you
You know it's true

But it's okay
I'll tell you why
The damage done
Yes we tried
You said once
That you loved me
More than I loved you
And now you can't
Bring yourself to look at me
Why turn away
When this is your choice
And I've done nothing
Even you admit that
I haven't destroyed us
That prize
Belongs to you

It doesn't matter now
You made your bed
Said you'd come back
That's a joke
I knew before you did
This wasn't a phase
Wasn't a craze you'd pass to
Me and you are through
And yes my heart aches
Maybe even breaks
But you know
I'm not going to lie
You took me by surprise
The day you said goodbye
But this is just an end

I will tear myself apart
Cry into my soggy pillow
Mourn over a broken heart
But only for so long
Because I am strong
Hurting after all we've done
It's just a bitter song
And it won't last
I know one day I'll see
That you weren't good for me
Even today as I watch
You walk away
I know in my heart it's true
But I don't feel it now
I won't tomorrow
But someday I'll get over you
And I'll tell you why

Because I gave my heart to you
But I never gave my soul
A heart can be shattered
But my soul is unbreakable
100 Themes Challenge 5 - Unbreakable

Dedicated to an ex partner of mine. Four years on from "I love you more, lets move in together, oh wait, you know what, we should have stayed friends" and I've been told he's still living with his parents, changed his career from something he wanted to do to working in call centres, and he got in touch last year just to tell me he and his fiancée broke up...

Know what? I don't care if he sees this, reads the description, and knows I mean him. What he did to me wasn't abusive. But it was wrong. And it took me years to get over it. But, on the plus side, fuel for poetry's never a bad thing.

And he's a jerk. Rant over!
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YinUkume's avatar
It's a beautiful poem :) especially the last part. I hope he reads it :P