Tag: blackpoet
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Always Second Place
No matter how much I seem to try,How slow or fast I take it,How much I protect or throw my heart at someone,The fact of the matter still remains,I am always in second place,Left behind and forgotten like a bad memory,Thought of when the dust settles and other options don’t pan out,Second place as if…
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Good Enough
I need to know why I wasn’t good enough,Why I wasn’t worth fighting for? Crossing oceans, losing sleep over and grandiose romantic gestures, Why wasn’t I good enough to merit your heart? What was missing for you? I keep tripping over thoughts of you, Circling my mind like hungry sharks, Pangs of emotions I want…
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You Chose Fear
You said what we had was special,But instead, you chose fear,At the first hurdle,You imploded and didn’t take my outstretched hand,You chose fear,Over all of the endless possibilities which awaited us,You chose fear,At the sight of my fragile heart in my outstretched hand,You recoiled and chose fear,A connection I had never felt before,Yet, you chose…
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Relish
I am that person, I never want to slow down and relish the feeling of something new,I want to drink it all up,Get to the very last drop of it before something ruins the moment,When given a sweet, I do not let it melt on my tongue, I immediately take a bite and finish it…