June 11th, 2023 Cinquain
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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
Waste my time Or break my heart You don’t get both
You were the light of my life So tell me why You decided to burn it to cinders And leave me in darkness
I wish that these words No longer reflect my pain But my devotion
It’s not the familiarity It’s not the loneliness It’s not the memories It’s not the safety It’s not the comfortability
My self deprecation Are humbling jokes As to starve my ego Not a reflection of self hatred My sense of self
If you told me To lay down my arms I would raise my shields Yet I surrender If you warned me
Do not mistake my silence, For absence. I will always be there for you. Always. But I must be here for myself,
Because you brighten my day Even when the sun’s shining When I’m feeling down & fret You’re my silver lining Your warmth is like a buffet
The longer I wait for you The more I prolong this pain The longer you wait to speak The more distant I become The more I heal
I mourn not for what we had, I mourn for a future lost. A foundation laid of promises, Promises that now seem so easily b… I cry not for this loneliness,
Adrift in the abyss Dappled with distant lights Imagination connects the dots To make sense of this predicament I was anchored on the satellite
The World ended, not with a bang, but with a sniffle. a tear. a cracked voice. First came the Horseman of Silenc…
Rain & sun Flowers bloom Spring has sprung Fading the gloom In summers heat
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
