a piece from ‘shades of lovers’ that i really like. it’s not very poetic—i don’t even think i would call it a poem—but i wrote it in a fit of frustration one night and after some thinking, decided to keep it. pain doesn’t always need to be expressed poetically, and neither does heartbreak. sometimes, it’s better to just put it plainly. •
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@catarinehancock • #catarinehancock
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DO NOT ENTER you’re not beautifully thin
You don’t belong, not cool enough to fit in⠀
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DO NOT ENTER the neon buzzing reads
Authority and discipline breeds a disease
The power it has to conform and control
Is the power we give to these words we are sold
Each of us has a salesman inside⠀
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DO NOT ENTER into that which we hide
The secrets and pain we lock in with pride
For fear and distrust we will never confide
The wall’s growing higher no trespassing will fly⠀
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DO NOT ENTER my soul or my mind
and disturb all my thoughts for what you might find
Is that I want to hold on to my suicidal decline
For why invest in life when one day we die?⠀
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DO NOT ENTER is pointed at you
How do these words impact your view?
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Naomi Firestone
321yesterday
I'll play in your shallows until we can both go deeper.
141yesterday
Wait for the one who proves to you that love is not supposed to hurt...
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313yesterday
I’m sorry if I skip any type of formality,
I know, I am supposed to say hi, give you
a hug and act almighty…
But oh God…. You look as beautiful as I remember you.
By the way… all this time.. where were you?
I don’t know why have you summoned me here.
But before we start; I am going to be straight forward you…
in lack of better words, sincere.
I hope that you are aware
that you have destroyed me to my core….
Due to that I am not the same man anymore..
In fact I have become cold…. feels so right, yet…
So wrong…
I always wanted it to be you, you know..
the happy ending to my so called story of love…
you… the warmth of whom I’ve been lunging…
I did so much for nothing..
I was supposed to put on a mask…
Listen with a smile, pretend like I am not bothered…
put on the show of lies…
Just to tell you that I got accustomed to a life,
in where there was no more “you and I…”
In where time stood still as yours went by,
With not a care in the world of who you have
hurt in the past…
Not a sense of remorse like a sociopath…
Do you catch my drift or do you wish for me to continue on?
I see your face, and as usual you have nothing say.
I am sorry my beloved, that even loving you as I do;
I still managed to ruin “our valentines day”. @Poemsaboutlaurels
Alejandro Gregory
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