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[thepoetscorner]

You asked me once if I trusted you.

I looked you in the eye and said “I love you so much”

But the truth is, my trust and love were not one in the same.

I loved you with all of my heart but I didn’t trust that you weren’t going to break it.

-and I was right..

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

The world isn't black and white--it's iridescent.

The stars twinkle from orange to blue to golden--it's luminescent.

Don't let them tell you what you are or what you're not.

Dare to become everything you want to be--give all that you got.

Paint your world with your own colors.

Shine your light, love. Shine your brightest.

- PM

Photo credits: Mine

[daytim-e]

10/27/2019

Autumn embers shimmer 

and the leaves blush.

Their greens slip away,

as the green of your eyes burns brighter.

[ginadope]

Clockwise

Compulsions like love How did it come to this? Well, this I know, I'm just too ashamed to say Why do I cherish it all so much? The more complex, the less reliable And we are the rather complicated From time to time, dreams leave me uneasy They are never too scared to speak But this will pass soon In an hour maybe And like always The closer I am, the fewer obstacles I see Love like compulsions

[therebepoems]

I’m starting a reblog page @tbpreblogs

Just letting you know. 

Hopefully it works out.

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[thepoetscorner]

It’s starting to surface again.. not in ripples, but in waves.

-the feeling of “It”

[thepoetscorner]

I am my own blank canvas,

Not yours.

I will not let you paint over me.

I am my own master piece.

I won’t let you “touch up” parts of me

That you don’t want to see.

-coverups

[thepoetscorner]

You were never a friend to me.

You were my best friend

and someone that I never got tired of.

I never thought of you as just a friend

and I can never imagine you as just a friend.

I don’t want to be just a friend to you

because I know I’ll always want more than what just friends are.

But I’m also scared to death

that I won’t be able to handle you breaking again

and being broken again in the process.

I can’t handle trying to keep you and losing myself again.

I don’t know what to do.

- just friends

[thepoetscorner]

   Take me back to 2015

Where love was alive 

and I was complete

      Take me back to 5 years ago

A memory now dead 

But one I won't let go

      Sometimes I just think about what I miss 

Like the way we use to kiss 

The way your lips fell perfectly on mine 

And how soft and gentle you were every time 

      And i miss the way we used to talk 

How you use to tell me your every thought

And It never mattered what time it was 

You always just talked to me and that's one thing i loved

   It's amazing how much can change in five years

We broke apart 

We shed our tears 

   We haven't really spoken since 

Its 2020 

And all I want

Is one last kiss

   -Just one last kiss

[thepoetscorner]

   A father is supposed to be there for his kids 

but where were you dad? drinking again?

And where were you at when I needed you?

And why did you betray our friendship too?

I was just a kid when I saw that bottle take you

I was just a kid when i saw it break you 

   You went from a man to a monster 

you stole all the joy I ever had to offer 

you watched the light go out of my eyes as you swung harder 

You wiped me clean of everything I was and then went further 

   And I've got to ask you another question. 

why did you always greet me with such aggression?

why did you make me feel like death was a win?

so much so that I downed all that medicine

   And even then you never cared 

you never gave a fuck about me i swear 

   I promised myself that I would never end up like you 

And I swore to myself that Id get away someday too

   now lets fast forward a few years 

how does it feel to be left and in tears?

if only it felt how I felt all those years 

if only you were made to face that kind of fear 

   And I've got another question to ask

when you dream do you dream of the past?

do I follow you like the flags shadow at half mast?

and when you look in the mirror do you look away fast?

   Well here is a little confession from me

you are the reason that I do not sleep

you are the monster that haunts me in my dreams 

you are the anger inside of me 

and when I look in the mirror its not me I see 

its your reflection looking back at me 

   I guess somewhere you still have my soul

you know? that thing you took so long ago

   Now I just have one final question

... How does it feel to still have a bottle as your best friend?

   -questions without answers

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

It's You

It's not the silence that make me tremble

I revel in it

It's not the stretch of space that makes me fumble

I prefer it

But it's your silence that reverberates and leaves me shaken

I'm definitely not mistaken

The space between us is stretching further

Your back turned to me

My warm hand reaching for your cold shoulder

Reaching for you to come nearer

As, step by step, you get farther

(Farther away)

You didn't look back

(Farther away)

You never do

- PM

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

Favorite Book

Crowded rooms

Loud music

People staring at a single person

In the middle of a spotlight

The show is on tonight

But

In my sights

Are the quiet delights

Of the fading glow

Of the last ray of light

A mug-full of something warm

And within the reach of my arm

A world bound by pages

Yellowed but never torn

Old in scent but never worn

The familiar words

Echoed in my head

Familiar scenes, things that were said

Phrases lined with pencil lead

Memories returning

My mind knows the plot ahead

But for all of this time

The wonder still feels the same

As it was

The first time I read

- PM

P. S. I made this for a writers creed challenge prompt "Merry Monotony" but forgot to post it. Still, here it is. 😊

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

Nothing left to say

The words have run dry

You don't even care

To tell me goodbye

Do you already know me too well

To not even care to ask me why?

- PM

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

Lost

I don't know how to express myself anymore

How to open up the door

How to leave behind the shore

To the great expanse of my innermost thoughts

All I am just feels lost

Misplaced

For too long and forgotten

In the clutter of the mess that I am

In the darkness of unopened shutters

In the dim light of my mind

And the flickering candles of wavering thoughts

All so unsure

Of the light and the dark

Of everything it contains

To burnout the wick?

Or to extinguish quickly the flame?

Everything in the darkness looks the same

Even the sound of my own name

Lost to the sound of the wind

Flickered out with the flame

- PM

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

Unspoken

There were

too many things

I've left unsaid

So instead

Those words

Clumped in my throat

Rolled down my cheeks

Carried by my breaths

They speak

Of the should have beens

Or the could have beens

All of which

Remaining still

Unspoken

As it's always been

A slow silent kill

- PM

[justastarry-eyeddreamer]

The Flows of Friendship

"People come and go"

That's what they all say

I've never truly understood that 'til today

I was young and naive then

And I thought friends will always stay friends

But over time I've come to discover

Only a few of them will linger

Some friendships will evaporate like water

Disappearing

Leaving no trace as proof it was even there

In life, too many things are uncertain

You never know when they'll close the curtain

Like actors on a stage, they curtsy and bow

They walk off the stage of your life

Farewell, au revoir, ciao

But you

Yes, you

I am certain of you

As certain as a human needs water

I won't ever let you disappear

Or let this friendship evaporate into thin air

Or let the air become saturated and heavy

Between us; no swirling eddies

Let us go together smoothly as laminar flows

Like a boat on a peaceful river

As a gentle breeze blows

When turbulent waters come

Let us keep remembering the calm

And meet again when the eddies are gone

In harmony, once again, when the day is done

- PM

P. S. A tribute to the friends who stayed and who believed in you. Also, thank you Neha @perksofbeinganoverthinkeryo for your support. It means a lot. 😊