June 10th, 2023 Cinquain
You are my first thought in the morning and last throughout my sleepless nights.
My hands grow weaker This hold I will prolong My legs shake and quiver But still I’ll stand strong My mind is chaos
Hello my Darling, how are you? How was your day? What can I do? Hello my Love,
To Love is to abandon All rational and logic To act out of character And find depth within yourself To love is to put your wants
You were the light of my life So tell me why You decided to burn it to cinders And leave me in darkness
Do not mistake my silence, For absence. I will always be there for you. Always. But I must be here for myself,
People always say, “These feelings will fade away” Which ones, love or pain?
With words left unspoken These promises broken Are washed away by These emotions awoken Forgive the sinner
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,
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
It’s easy to tell someone, “Just move on”, When you weren’t the one In their shoes. It’s easy to tell someone,
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…
The only fitting punishment The Gods could conspire To make us pay for our transgressions against the… You stole the stars from their sky
I want to walk away I want this hope to stay I’m twisted and torn My promise, I’m sworn To see you again someday
What I do Was for you Now it’s me Found self love But I still
My self deprecation Are humbling jokes As to starve my ego Not a reflection of self hatred My sense of self