So please understand
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I hope you burn
Like Hamilton’s letters
A vain buried reference
Lost on your ignorance
Like any thoughts of us
Dug down six feet under
Where your only company
Is the ghost of you
Or of me
Of some chiseled empty corpse
You found hollow solace in
I don’t care.
I’d call this closure
If I thought it was deserved
Instead, it’s a swift kick
to a black coffin lid
So please understand,
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I can’t stand you.
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A/N
Italics lines sampled from +44's No, it isn't, an all time favorite of mine.
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Comments (20)
This is excellent really well written, you can feel the anger.
I loved this really felt the anger in it.
I found this darkly amusing (I hope that’s alright) and impactful! Great job! 😊👏
I read this a couple of didn't have the words. Stll don't really. But beautifully written and so much gritty emotion. Captures so much 🤍
SO much to love here, Matthew. My favorite part is the following lines: "I’d call this closure If I thought it was deserved Instead, it’s a swift kick to a black coffin lid" Something about the sound of it is so fricking satisfying: "kick" and "lid" perhaps. Or the assonance of the short 'i' in "swift" "kick" "coffin" and "lid." The content is of course, rife with emotion; super relatable, and also, extremely evocative for the reader. I love that you included song lyrics, too. What a clever idea! Bravo on this!
You whipped them at the end!!! Powerful poem!!!
Damning Anger, great words
Having experienced that kind of anger over someone for years, I can tell you this: Once you let go of the negative emotions, it's as if a ton of bricks were lifted off your shoulders. With that said, it's a powerful poem!
This was so sad and extremely relatable! I wanna hand out this poem to all those people who have wronged me! Lol!
How to politely say F*** you and the horse you rose in on. Love it! Very succinct. (watch my read all your damn stuff now)
Oh my. Tell it like it is. This is powerful. Well done.
this genuinely hurt my heart to read, making it one powerful poem… ! The meanness.. The coldness…. Ouch ouch ouch. It probably didn’t help much that the reference is indeed lost on my ignorance 🙈😂🙏🤍✨
Sooo, I guess this means you really didn't like this person, right?
Very strong and powerful... Excellent work Matthew!!!
I love the fact that this is "Untitled", which connotates the disregard to the deceased. Great song choice too! 😉
A very cutting and stark in memoriam. Excellent work!
wow, dark, sad
BAM! Not a lot of holding back on this one! Great job, Matthew!
Whoa....that about sums it up, for sure! Loved the blunt, full-blown imagery of your point.
Beautiful poem!