black dea(th/f)

tylerintheclouds

when i was younger

i used to see couples in films

and the man would win the teddybear

and the woman’s heart would ache

i wish you could make mine ache that way

 

when i met you

you sold me a different kind of pain

and of course i was conditioned to buy it

i wish the default was different though

the world is spinning on the same narrative

 

you weren’t even that significant

i’d hardly see you

i don’t even think you were there for me

you were in my thoughts more than

physically

 

i never really liked your behaviour

treatment like a plague doctor

but my options had limits

and i guess you looked nice

under asteroid lights

 

do you know that i still wear your coat

im wearing out the black you left

in and around me

it’s not like you destroyed my heart -

just made it ache a little

  • Author: tyler wyatt (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 9th, 2020 22:16
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments2

  • MelissaJA

    I really like how this is written, and I can definitely relate. " i guess you looked nice
    under asteroid lights" is a really good line

  • dusk arising

    I read your poem 'free therapy' as the first of yours that i had seen. Impressed, i decided to see some more of your stuff. You are an exceptional poet. I'm a nobody but really like your stuff.
    This one tells a love story in a delightfully detached air as if written with a wry smile in reminiscence.



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