Tag: breakups

  • Say

    My ex-boyfriend asked           How is the world treating you these days? My ex-boyfriend said           I have no affection to give you. So when my new boyfriend says           I have a headache. I do not say           I’m sorry, honey. I do not say           Is there something I can do to make…

  • Interstating

    It was not guilt or compassion or passion or curiosity that drove him It was happenstance that he saw me on the interstate He thought of me only because I came into his line of vision

  • Inaudible, I Know

    Inaudible I know In their voices I know A sad, fierce look in their eyes I know   The problem with my hobby of suffering through heartache is that I remind others of their own past relationship traumas (a saving grace is most of them are in good, healthy relationships now). I’ve finally realized when…

  • Burned Nothings

      burned cookies     are nothing to burned fingers are nothing to burned egos are nothing to burned feelings are nothing to burned beings are nothing to you  

  • Progress

    Progress has been made when the color he loved doesn’t automatically  remind me of him Progress when pea green can just be a pretty color         again Progress when lime doesn’t force the echoes of         I have no affection to give you to ring in my         ears Progress when I lay me down…