Writing Prompt
POEM STARTER
'Farewell, my almost lover'
End your poem with this line, reflecting on lost love.
Writings
Good But Never Great
A picture on my phone
I recognize this face
For many years it has been known
Always left a special trace.
And then I do what I do best
I know I can do this I say out loud
And think and write a dumb text
Not even a typo, making me proud
And then a fantasy turns around
Like an old brown and dusty globe
now I am able to say I found
the courage to whisper: I hope-
Hope that has never been my frien...
The 0.1%
I stare at you
Longing for you to notice
Waiting for the day when you realize
That we are meant to be
My mind filled with thoughts of you
Hoping yours are filled with me
Even though I know they aren’t
99.9%
That’s how much I’m sure
But that .1% keeps me going
Keeps me longing for you
It keeps me up at night
Running scenarios through my brain
And makes my heart race when I hear my phone din...
Gone.
The world goes silent. “Did you know,” I yell at my best friend. Her brother. I repeat myself even louder when he doesn’t respond. He looks sad. Maybe even confused. He should’ve known. I should’ve known. I run out of the house. I can’t be there is she can’t be either. I feel like I can’t breathe. There’s cop cars. An ambulance. This can’t be happening. “She’s not gone,” I want to yell. But I can’...
Lover
We were crazy to think we could actually be together.
I think I fell in love with you the first day I met you, it wasn’t the sex that did it for me. It was simply your mind, the way you think.
I can see it when you look at me the way you do. Our hearts beat at the rhythm of one I know I could never be enough for you.
When you think of my name remember and say she loved me I mean she really did l...
Her
Yesterday was a blur
All I remember is holding onto her
Clinging to her like a rope
I held her close to me
My arms were around her shoulders
My head was laid in the slope of her neck
Her arm was around me gently
She prayed over me quietly
As I sobbed in her arms
Now we’re on the bus back
She’s seated in front of me
She tells me that she’s anxious of traveling
Makes her even more homesick
So...
Almost Lover
Farewell, my almost lover
Goodbye, my almost prince
I gave my all in trying
And I’ve missed you ever since
Stay true, my faithful steward
And don’t let your hands rest
Bring steadiness and balance
To each soul enduring test
I’ll never stop believing
You’ll always drum your beat
Together we’ll continue
Though our eyes may never meet
A lesson worth the struggle
A blessing worth the pain
Farewel...
a love that never dies
On a cold wintery night,
I thought of you out of spite.
A thought that hadn’t dared cross my mind,
For the sake of me and the thought of you almost being mine.
Finally, I thought of you again,
We were in love still and we made amends.
All the past pain was washed away,
We loved eachother like there was no tomorrow and the love stayed.
You were mine and I was forever yours.
Because no matter what h...
Don’t Break It
**——— PRE ———**
Don’t break my heart again,
my anxiety did that centuries ago.
It’s not even healed yet.
Don’t break a heart that still grows.
**——— POST ———**
All you did was smile,
all you did was laugh.
And all you did was help
and fight on my behalf.
Anxiety had a competitor.
You broke my heart,
but all you did was stand there.
I wish I could’ve been smart.
I wish I was smarter,
yet I’m g...
My Sunlight.
The sky tasted of sunlight.
When you walked by my side,
My eyes saw scents, my worries were paperweight,
My skin heard the music of the world, opened wide
Like a treasure chest, bursting, brimming
With walks, talks, ice creams, sunsets, telling
A story of what we couldn’t become,
Unrequited love under a spiteful sun.
The sky cried in sunlight.
It opened its heavenly bowels,
Filling my clarity, in...