1.
There was a time
In my life when
Sunlight fell in
Patterns around me
Like confetti at a concert
It was the time of my life
When I was best friends with
A brown haired girl who
Handed me hope for
Every time I passed her
Reassurances
❀
(A time when I was
Best friends with you)
❀
People said we looked
Like sisters and you soon
Grew into one (or so I thought)
Sharing each other’s presence
Like a bag of popcorn
One conversation lasted
Two whole years because
We never came up for air
❀
We were constant
And unwavering
And unbreakable
(Like the Titanic)
❀
Now I balance
On the horizon
Looking for you
As a blind man
Searches for sight
❀
But you are nowhere
To be found
(At least not for me)
❀
2.
There is a girl
Who I stumble across
In grocery stores and
Movie theatre car parks
When I search for dark hair
And my eyes land on
Dyed blonde instead
❀
Her hair is the
Gradient of grass
Where yours was
The spiral of tower shells
❀
She avoids meeting
My eyes in a kind of way
You never did
Running away for
Every time you stayed
❀
My walls used to be
Tattooed with memories
Of good times shared
(With you)
Now every corner
Is spiderwebbed with ‘why’s
Every window covered with
Curtains of abandonment
❀
When my phone screen
Lights up I always think
It is the past calling
Apologising for the blood
Still staining my carpet
My clothes, my skin
My every thought
But it is never her
Offering an explanation
And that’s how I know
You are completely
And utterly different
From your blonde look-a-like
❀
You would never
Leave me to pick up
The pieces of this friendship
All on my own
You would never let me
Pick up my own pieces
By myself
❀
She’s turned her back
In a way you never would
And every time I search for you
All I find is someone who
Has your face but lacks
Your kindness
❀
They tell me you
Share the same name
The same eyes
The same voice
But what you don’t share
Is the same best friend
❀
You don’t share the
Ability to save me
(Or at least not
The desire to)
❀❀❀❀❀
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Comments (10)
(Like the Titanic) - was like a punch in the gut. Wow. Mother Combs said it perfectly when she said painfully beautiful.
painfully beautiful
What an absolutely brilliant poem! I could feel the loss.
This was so relatable and sadly this happens wayyyyy too many times!
This was absolutely beautiful and painful. You captured the feelings of a lost friend, this is the perfect example of show don't tell. Really well done.
I really like the way all the feeling is here, but none of the fact, I think it help the reader identify with the piece.
Wow. I feel this. Similar experience over here; and you captured it so well. So so well. 👏👏👏💗 “You would never Leave me to pick up The pieces of this friendship All on my own You would never let me Pick up my own pieces By myself” Damn that is so poignant. I absolutely loved this, Poppy!
The feeling I get whenever I catch more than a few moments of any "Real Housewives of...," wherever they might be. We were friends once upon a time & I do not know what happened.
Poppy, this was so moving, and really brave to write. I went through a similar transition in a friendship once, and I know how painful it is. I applaud you for turning that agony into this raw, beautiful poem.
This is excellent! I love the way you used hair color in this… thanks for sharing ❤️