What To Do Now?

Emery Walker

I’ve spent all my time fighting

To make you change your mind.

I know you’re through with me,

I say it aloud to myself

Yet I can’t believe a word.

I don’t care about what you say

I can’t care about anything but us.

 

You said some things I just can’t ignore,

You made me realise that I love you more.

I needed you but you left me first

And I couldn’t watch you walk away.

I changed to try and be the one you want

To be the one to fight by your side

To help with whatever you’re going through,

But you just let me go all by myself.

 

I’ve spent all my time trying

To fix something that couldn’t be saved,

It was broken to pieces from the start.

So you decided to wreck me more

By saying that you loved me.

I told you to go, I couldn’t deal anymore

But to be with you, I will always adore

The thought of you being here with me.

 

I won’t know what to do.

So if I decide to move on from this

And to ignore all the painful “what ifs”

Will that make you come back

To haunt me all over again?

Like we’ve just begun our chapter all over again?

Will you pass me on the street

And only see a stranger

Or will you cross the road because

You won’t want to look at me and

See me starry eyed with eyes still for you

Will that make you rethink all we’ve been through?

Or will you just think it never happened?

  • Author: Emery Walker (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 22nd, 2025 07:21
  • Comment from author about the poem: I’ve written so much stanzas and lines for this poem but every time, nothing ever felt right. It’s all I’ve been thinking about when writing this poem, probably because I never thought I’d have to. All I’ve been doing lately is thinking “What if i did this..” or “What if i said something else..” only to realise it never mattered what I’d say. But in the end, life is life, what else can I do besides push through?
  • Category: Love
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  • sorenbarrett

    A poem of unrequited love that is more common than one would believe. Sad and a sense of pleading comes through but all to no avail. Well written

  • Paul Bell

    Sometimes you've just got to get on with it, and who knows what is waiting just around the corner.
    Onwards and upwards.



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