Friendship – buildpoetry

Sour

October 27, 2021August 3, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of blue hands interlocked with another whilst the elbow rest on a flat surface as if in contemplation, their nails painted neon green.

I feel melancholy today

Like the pounding of my heart when I notice you in a crowd

To find out it was someone else

Or how I used to be able to listen to that song

And now it just reminds me of pain and loss

Healing is never linear

Sometimes it tastes of sourness,

Just like vinegar.

Like so

September 17, 2021August 3, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

Two blue hands with fingertips like claws, threatening at each other. Their nails are painted neon yellow.

Twisted, convoluted and broken

We come to each other in pieces

Wanting to make a whole.

But all we ever do

Is sink into a dark hole

And wonder why we can’t fix each other like so.

Home

August 15, 2021July 29, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with parts of a naked, green person sitting down with their hands leaning on their left knee, nails painted neon pink.

The scent of you lingers on my clothes

And it reminds me of home

Even though I used to find it cumbersome,

I guess I finally found my home

In vain

August 4, 2021July 29, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of pink hands, fingers interlocking. The left arm is held over at the top, as if leaning on a head. Their nails painted neon yellow.

Pain is dreaming of you

Over and over and over again.

Don’t appear in vain,

I don’t want to see you ever again.

Remind

July 31, 2021July 29, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with the back of a pink hand in a clawing motion with neon green fingernails.

It’s a painful reminder of what I have lost

Or was it the betrayal of my trust?

And though I can’t bear to physically hurt

The darkness in me would rather see you drowning in dirt

But I guess I’ll leave it to God to do his work.

A day

July 26, 2021July 23, 2021 buildpoetry1 Comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of blue hands and pink fingertips - one hand is leaning onto the wrist of the other.

Let’s wrap this up

And call it a day.

I’ve cried enough

And I’ve done more than enough

So please, let’s just call it a day.

About you

July 25, 2021July 29, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of hands. The yellow hand is held up and the blue hand is holding onto its wrist in a restrictive manner. They have neon pink fingernails.

I didn’t do it to hurt

But that I couldn’t cure my own hurt.

It’s not out of lack

But rather my own lacking.

How egoistical must you be

To make it about you?

Dim

July 16, 2021July 29, 2022 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of pink hands and multicoloured nails of green, blue and yellow. The hands are held out with fingers in clawing motion as if in pain.

I let you dim my light,

So why are you still not satisfied?

You can’t live without comparing

The different hands that were dealt in life.

Why overly attach to the materials things in life

When you can’t carry it to the afterlife?

Don’t

June 28, 2021June 27, 2021 buildpoetry1 Comment

There is a black background with a blue hand held up with the index finger pointing as it to disapprove. Their nails are painted neon pink.

I once waited for an apology

But now I don’t need your sorry.

I can’t even return to the naive me

To pretend to believe your sob story.

Why don’t you save your acting,

For someone who still worries?

Trust

May 10, 2021May 9, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

A pair of yellow hands with fingers covering the spaces between each finger, connecting like puzzle pieces. Their nails are painted neon pink.

I used to think that trust

Was a word that only those who have never broken,

Could easily say.

For they have never had to pay the price for it,

In that kind of way.