Friendship – buildpoetry

Sour

October 27, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

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, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

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.

Roam

August 15, 2021August 12, 2021 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

After lying under the blanket

The smell of you

Reminds me of the smell of home

Even though I used to find it cumbersome

I guess we’re all looking for a home

So in this lifetime we forever roam.

Vain

August 4, 2021August 1, 2021 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.

I’m trying to wash off this stain

But it bleeds in vain.

Don’t appear in vain

I don’t want to see you ever again.

Reminder

July 31, 2021July 26, 2021 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?

I bet you’re sick with glee

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.

Ego

July 25, 2021July 23, 2021 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?

Lying

July 18, 2021July 17, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of green hands and neon yellow nails with one hand is holding onto the back of the other.

I hate lying

But I hate it even more

When you give me no choice

But to lie.

I’m lying to keep your truth

Whilst denying my own truth.

Dim

July 16, 2021June 22, 2021 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.

And let it hang over you, like a knife.

Why overly attach to materials in life

When you can’t carry it to the afterlife?

So don’t project your fears onto me

Or there will be strife.

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?