June 11th, 2023 Cinquain
flicker flicker
Waste my time Or break my heart You don’t get both
What I mistook for your warmth I now realize was actually a freez… You found me, built me up Then destroyed me You claim to care about me
This bed is too big I have too much space These blankets are too much Engulfing me, but I still shiver I have too much food
The World ended, not with a bang, but with a sniffle. a tear. a cracked voice. First came the Horseman of Silenc…
It would be easier If I could hate you If you had so utterly decimated me That I couldn’t stand again It would be easier
A sudden Good-Bye Is not a finality But a paused Hello
Are you eating enough? Are you staying hydrated? Are you loving yourself? Or is your breath left bated? Are you sleeping enough?
You were the light of my life So tell me why You decided to burn it to cinders And leave me in darkness
Adrift in the abyss Dappled with distant lights Imagination connects the dots To make sense of this predicament I was anchored on the satellite
My self deprecation Are humbling jokes As to starve my ego Not a reflection of self hatred My sense of self
Help me to understand it Help open up my eyes I’m trying to move past it But I can’t seem to see why When we’re together
In the depths of heartbreak’s icy… Where tears flow freely, leaving t… A soul finds solace in longing’s b… Aching for a love it hopes to rega… The echoes of laughter, once share…
Most people drain me But you are not most people You recharge my soul
Like a tower of crystal glasses My hope stacks higher Waiting to come crashing down And lacerate my heart below A thousand tiny shards
If you told me To lay down my arms I would raise my shields Yet I surrender If you warned me