just like this

by e. h. - Libra

these words my hell
my only solace...

staring at your
backpack
half empty

as a train blares
in the background

i can only say
that i have never 
lied to you

choosing words
careful maybe
leaving out a few

never wanting 
you to suffer
the truth in the
torrents of my
thoughts

i only wanted to protect
                       you

madness and faith
so easily confused

but you have
somehow managed
to infiltrate

                  your aftershave
                  still lingering
                     in my hair

   your bottles
 still sitting on
   the counter

                            your bear beside
                                 the bed
              
               your pillows
              still upon it

i hardly know
know what it was like
without you

before now

before we thought
that all was lost...

before forever
was ever a possibility...

but my love,
it is in this madness
this infiltration of you
to me

that i realize it
is you here
and i am not

and that is the
only way i know
to explain...

so i give you this

these words my hell
my only solace...

hoping you
can understand.
 











Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2005-08-16 02:10:47
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:52
Poem ID: 70873

You need to log in to edit this poem if it is yours.

View more poems by e. h..