yearning, a noun

queer-with-a-pen

yearning like a choke chain,

like a feral animal

chewed off its own back paw

caught in the jaws of a

steel trap

 

and what you did to me

didn’t hurt any more than

what i did to myself

 

though, 

what did you do,

besides tell the truth,

that you couldn’t love me back?

 

how could i resent 

you for that, 

my love?

 

because i did what

i do best as a hopeful

romantic and self-proclaimed bard

 

i fell in love

let this yearning make me

into a love-sick fool

 

only ever a fool for you,

which is a nicer way of saying

i broke my own heart

before you ever even

got the chance to try

 

and maybe there’s 

a certain kindness in that.

holding all this yearning at bay

 

trying to find a good metaphor

to say i still love you

and not have it sound desperate and sorry

at the same time 

  • Author: Boaz Priestly (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 23rd, 2022 01:28
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 39
  • Users favorite of this poem: James Michael
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  • dean langmuir

    Your pseudonym is poetic to me,love the word feral,poem on,take care

  • James Michael

    Bittersweet like a dark chocolate. Your style of writing is very effective for this journey of yearning. Love poems/letters are definitely your specialty!

    • queer-with-a-pen

      Always good to hear from you, my friend!

      While I’m not in love with my pirate captain anymore, he’s still a good muse. I do sometimes miss being in love like that. As this poem makes rather clear.

      But, even melancholy love is still love



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