Halfway & Other poems
Long time, no poetry! I was going through my old posts and I realized I hadn’t posted any poem in years. Can we imagine that?! Anyway, I decided then and there that I was going to switch it up for a minute. So, here are three poems that I’m sharing with you. I wrote Halfway sometime in 2021 and I wrote Erasure a while back in 2022. Respite is the only poem I wrote last week when I was stuck in bed from a brief illness. Sometimes, I think about how not enough credit is given to the role pain/sadness plays in art. Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy reading these. 😊
Halfway
Someday, I will tell a story
of how my own came to,
and how it was so easy
ask myself even
why ever did I bother
about the thousand things
beyond my power.
Though I think if I tell you
you will stop trying
you will think I got lucky
that the handsome face of fate
only took pity to shine on me
I am afraid you won’t
wait to meet yours halfway too.
Erasure
I need an eraser for
the memories that I have
until each song I listen to
is no longer about
waiting for you to love me
in the way that I deserve.
Respite
Fleeting moments
of ache
allows me to pause
my back against the wall
and taste fully,
what is on my tongue.
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