Only you can evoke the painfully
beautiful emotion that string together
pretty words that never see the light of day.
Notebooks left collecting dust on the shelf,
letters neatly tucked away in a box
behind the coats and dresses, all
holding everything I've never said
spilled onto blank pages when
they should just burn instead.
❤︎
It wasn't supposed to get this far.
You weren't supposed to put
the stars in my eyes and color
my monochrome life with vivid hues.
When I close my eyes to seek
solace in dark silence, why is it
your hand that reaches out to me
to bring warmth I didn't want to know?
☾
Where does that leave me when the
distance grows with each passing day
and even though you may be my "home"
I am nothing more that a "stop" on your way?
In my heart I know you'll leave an
asteroid-sized crater that I'll be left
to fill with my single pail and shattered
hope that after isn't as bleak as before you.
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The dancing flame at the tip of the lighter
looks enticing on occasionally stormy days
yet my heart couldn't bear to bring it to
the papers' sweet edges soaked in the moon's
beauty I could never ask you about, along
with others ways to express four letters I dare
not say. So the pretty words sit with remnants
of what little hope existed as I wait for
the feeling to be returned or rightfully die off.
Until then, I'll continue to sign every new
page with a little code that hides l-o-v-e.
About the Creator
A. Nguyen
A writer at heart who wants to share my works. I want to evoke emotion in people when they read my writing but I won't ever know if I can, if I don't put anything out into the world so this is my first step :)
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