The Cliché Continues

Still here

Still pretending

Still living

With grief unending


Sick & Tired

And
so
begins
another
day

Where
I pretend
every
thing
is ok

If
only
there
was
another
way

As I
hate
being
such a
fucking
cliché

(Originally Posted 14.04.2020)

Caring Even Less Now Than I Did Then

I just want you to know

She said

I haven’t missed you one bit

My life has improved dramatically

She said

Without your presence in it


Couldn’t Give A Fuck, Mate

I just
want
you to
know

He
said

That
I don’t
like you
anymore

Please,
join
the
queue

She
said

After
all, I’ve
been here
before

(Originally Posted 14.04.2020)

Thesaurus Required

Two cunts so far this week

Is perhaps a bit of a worry

I really don’t see me

Winning prizes for poetry

In any kind of a fucking hurry


Disdain

It would have been quite easy

Had you wanted to commit

To just imagine for a second

What it’s like to go through with it

But in the end you chose not to

Which leads me to be blunt

Because of the things you did not do

You really are a cunt

(Originally Posted 13.04.2020)

*Cringes*

It only took seconds

To write this one

And really, I should have binned it

Now it’s a lesson

That it’s not all progression

And sometimes, it’s better to edit


Success

Live, laugh, love
Comes the wisdom from above

Stop, sob, spite
Is what gets me through the night

(Originally Posted 13.04.2019)

Console(d)

I wrote this one

When I went back into the office

Although the thought of working

Left me feeling nauseous

I knew I had to return

And get it out of the way

But nothing really prepared me

For that difficult first day

All those well meaning people

Whose lives hadn’t changed a bit

All approaching me awkwardly

Asking how I was coping with it

Was there something they could say

Or anything they could do

Telling me they were here for me

Making sure that much I knew

I remember hiding in the bathroom

Just for a bit of peace

Hoping that back at my desk

Their annoying behaviour would cease

Then one day their fawning stopped

Like enough sympathy had been shown

And those incessant space invaders

Began to leave me the fuck alone


Space Invader

I know you are bored,
I know you are curious,
I know you are lonely,
but please,
just fuck off
and leave me alone.

(Originally Posted 12.04.2019)

Two Heads Can Be Better Than One

There’s nothing wrong with being self sufficient

She said

After all it’s got me this far

I never said you weren’t resilient

He said

But that doesn’t have to be all you are


Toolkit

You wish you could fix me,
But you can’t.
I wish I would let you,
But I won’t.

(Originally Posted 12.04.2019)

But It’s So Brutally Apt

So you’re another year older, eh?

And yet you’re still a cunt

Aging it seems, sadly for you,

Changes nothing on that front


(Not Too) Many Happy Returns

Happy
Birthday
to you

I hope
you
have
fun

I didn’t
send you
a card

Because
you don’t
deserve
one

(Originally Posted 11.04.2020)

‘Show Me, Show Me, Show Me…’

I don’t feel you with me anymore
When you’ve always been in my heart
I mean I know that you’re dead, sure
As your cancer tore us apart

But lately I’ve been missing you
When I never used to have to look
I’m beginning to think I imagined you
Like a character from a book

I need you to show me something
Just give me a little sign
That our connection still exists, somehow,
And I’m not losing my mind

It doesn’t matter what method you choose
And I’m not too fussed about when
I just need you to do it
As I cannot lose you again


Just

I don’t really want to die.

At least I don’t think I do.

I just want the pain to stop.

Every day is a battle I have less and less desire to fight.

Every day is an experience I have less and less desire to enjoy.

Every day is a puzzle I have less and less desire to complete.

I just want that spark back.

I just want you back.

I just want you.

(Originally Posted 11.04.2019)

‘Happy Or Sad?’

There’s not much I can add

To this one

As the conflict still exists

To this day

Yes, there are days

When I can laugh

But those tears aren’t ever

Too far away


Conflict

I laughed today.
Hard.
Tears ran down my face,
Dizziness overtook me as my muscles ached from the strain,
And I thought I’d never breathe deeply again.

I cried today.
Hard.
Tears ran down my face,
Dizziness overtook me as my muscles ached from the strain,
And I thought I’d never breathe deeply again.

As I soldier on, as best I can,
this simultaneous existence
of conflicting emotions
is slowly killing me.

(Originally Posted 10.04.2019)

Old Ground

You must decide

Who you want to let go

And who it is you want to retain

For there is no way

I can spend another day

Going over all this again


Right Person / Wrong Time

I do
appreciate
what
we
had

But
lament
what
could
have
been

You
and
me
together
forever

With
nobody
inbetween

(Originally Posted 09.04.2020)

In

The days still march on,

But now I run forward.

Always in step,

Everything in place,

And just about in time.


Out

The days march on,
But I trail behind.
Out of step,
Out of place,
Out of time.

(Originally Posted 09.04.2019)

Actually…

I actually have

A lot more to give

Than this wee ditty suggests

I actually am

Quite the catch

Despite my ongoing protests


Damaged Goods

It
really
isn’t
you,
it’s me

You
deserve
to be
happy

But
you
won’t
get to
share

In
anything
with
me

But
sadness,
heartache
and
untold misery

(Originally Posted 08.04.2020)

Pillow Thoughts

If only I’d been honest

Back then

And told him how I felt

I wouldn’t be lying

Here alone again

Ruing the blow I dealt


Pillow Talk

I’ll
never
be able
to give
you

Exactly
what
you
want

I can be
your
standby
fuck
buddy

But
never
your
confidant

(Originally Posted 08.04.2020)

Our Father

I no longer go to confession

For who is He

To mete out my punishment?

As if in just one session

There could possibly be

Anything close to moral replenishment


Hail Mary

You’d think
now I
have more
time on
my hands

I’d be
thinking
about the
future and
making plans

Yet I
sit here
dwelling on
that one
transgression

Knowing
it’s too
late now
give my
confession

(Originally Posted 07.04.2020)

He Said More/She Said More Too

This was the first of many like this

She said

Although they became much more refined

I’m just waiting for the day

He said

Where our roles are more clearly defined


He Said/She Said

One day
You might be somebody’s something
He said

But today
I am nobody’s nothing
She said

One day
Somebody might love you
He said

But today
Nobody does
She said

(Originally Posted 07.04.2019)

Come Time

I spend less time by the river

Nowadays

It’s not my preferred option

Anyways


Drowning

The girl in the river,

She never thought she would be.

The girl in the river,

She didn’t want you to see.

The girl in the river,

She just wanted to be free.

The girl in the river,

She is me.

(Originally Posted 06.04.2019)

A String Trio

Were you ever lovers?

Or was he just your friend

I guess now I’ll never know

Who he wanted in the end


Second Fiddle

Drunkenly
wishing
upon a
star

Won’t
make my
dreams
come true

For he’ll
never be
able to
love me

Half as
much as
he loved
you

(Originally Posted 06.04.2020)

A Book Next, Perhaps?

This seems to have served you well

He said

With plenty of folks who enjoy reading

I never thought I’d get this far

She said

Let alone that I’d be succeeding


Talentless

I wish I could
take your plaudit

But I just write
what comes to me

My inability
to self edit

Laid bare for
all to see

(Originally Posted 05.04.2020)

Ups And Downs

Had another day

Like this yesterday

After quite a few

Of feeling ok

The only way

Was in bed to lay

In order to

Keep those demons at bay


Who Gives A Fuck? (Not Me)

What do I do

Now all hope is gone

And I am left here

On my own

Somehow still alive

But gasping for air

Unable to thrive

Yet unwilling to care

(Originally Posted 05.04.2020)

My Unhappy Place

Not only is my bed

Still a blessed sanctuary

But back then,

Believe you me,

It was entirely fucking necessary


Fear

I’m
going
back
to bed

It’s
not
worth
staying
awake

From
these
thoughts
in my
head

I need a
fucking
break

(Originally Posted 04.04.2020)

I Know Now

And here I lie

My heart still broken

Knowing this to be

The truest word I’ve spoken


Who Knew

I’d never realised
the word heartbreak
was meant literally,
until now

(Originally Posted 04.04.2019)

Random #186

‘Oh what’ll you do now, my blue eyed son?
What’ll you do now, my darling young one?
I’m goin’ back out ‘fore the rain starts fallin…’

Arid

I remember people telling me

My emotions would return

That the numbness I felt

Would resolve itself

And I shouldn’t

Be too concerned

But I knew

Right from the off

That it was the end for me

My well had run dry

And I’d said goodbye

To who I used to be

So although now

I may joke

To those same people

About how

I am ‘dead inside’

I’ve never been more certain

Of its truth

And from that

There’s nowhere to hide


Tributary

The love
I once
had to
give

Ran so
deep
and
wide

But now,
it seems,
the river
is dry

As I’m
all but
dead
inside

(Originally Posted 03.04.2020)

Relieved

The scars I carry

Across my body

May well be off the chart

But now I focus

On pulling myself together

Instead of tearing myself apart


Relief

As I
open
up my
scars

The
blood
flows
once
more

As I
begin
to see
stars

I fall,
sated,
to the
floor

(Originally Posted 03.04.2020)

Thera-Pets

I don’t think I would’ve ever

Got out of bed back then

If it wasn’t to feed my cat

I was quite happy

To starve myself again

But there was no way he deserved that


Mornings

Mornings are the worst.

Trying to muster the energy to get up, get dressed and leave the house.

Trying to summon the confidence to get through yet another day, without you.

To be honest, I’d rather not bother.

But I suppose I do have bills to pay.

And I do have to feed the cat.

(Originally Posted 02.04.2019)

Learning To Trust

It must be

The child in me

That tests people like I do

But if you could see

What happened to me

Then you’d be wary of people too


Friendship

Every time I make you laugh another part of me dies inside.

For you can never be the one to whom I can confide.

It’s my own fault, I know too well, as I should not try to pretend.

But if you could see past my facade, you’d make a cracking friend.

(Originally Posted 02.04.2019)

Random #184

‘You are the bane of my existence. And the object of all my desires’

– Viscount Anthony Bridgerton

Everything Still

You were never once

In my possession

Yet you’ll forever be

My complete obsession


Everything

You
are the one
I will never
forget

I
am the one
you have already
forgotten

(Originally Posted 01.04.2019)

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