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Your Aftermath

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There's a lifetime of things I never told you
an ocean between us that I was too scared to cross;
I should have swam to you though, darling.
I should have thrown every key to your feet
and allowed you to unlock whichever secrets you desired.
I should have told you how much I love you
(present tense; never past)
how often my heart beats your name
how hot my skin is every time you touch me
how your voice is like music and when I dream,
it's filled with your dulcet tones
how I can't think of anyone else
no matter how hard I try.
I should have told you
because now it's too late
now you're in a place where I can't reach you
where I can't touch you
or hear you
or beg you not to get into your car
after a lonely night at the bar.
You don't have to deal with the aftermath
but what about those of us
who have to pick up all the pieces you left behind?
You're gone
leaving me in the wake of my mistakes
my regrets
my should-have, what-if's.

All those years I thought I was most afraid of dying,
but you've proven me wrong yet again;
the scariest thing is being left behind.
This is the product of me slowly becoming addicted to John Green novels.

I read Looking for Alaska for the first time a couple weeks ago (and fucking loved the shit out of it) and it inspired me to write. Because it's amazing and brilliant.

I'm reading Paper Towns right now. Expect more John Green inspired poems (and fangirliness).

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