Graveyard Shift

Part One of Three.

His mouth was a graveyard.

 

I thought I could look past the cold bones

I dug up when I heard him utter the words “You’re beautiful”.

Every time he proclaimed, “You’re the one I’ve been looking for”,

Every f*****g time he said

“I love you, you make me so damn happy-

I love you”

 

I guess I was too busy trying to hide my own skeletons

That I forgot to look for yours 

While sifting through the dirt.

And as I shovel the mud out of my ribcage,

I clear a space where my heart used to be

And replace it with a tombstone.

One that reads:

“I cannot mourn any longer over a heart I never had.”

 

His mouth was a graveyard,

Every romantic line ever written dying

Before the syllables ever left his lips.

Sweet nothings whispered into my ear;

dying before they ever rolled off his tongue.

Author's Note

Ignore any grammar errors

Reviews

[Elizabeth J. Gelinger]

Very strong poem with a well described imagery. I enjoyed very much the comparisons and some sentences were very memorable. Really enjoyable.

[Wolf_Lord]

Very Good... I especially liked this: I clear a space where my heart used to be
And replace it with a tombstone.
Hopefully this will brighten your day... I gave up... I was prepared to go to my grave a bachelor rather than marry the wrong woman... I quit looking... Then I found her and we have been happily married for almost 9 years now. Sometimes it is when you are not looking that it happens... At least it was in my case.
Wolf ,'', ^@@^ ,'',

[Emily]

Love this!!!
Very well written!
Keep on writing!!

[Mayank]

It feels like a "cold turkey" after a nasty break-up, sorry for the bad joke but I liked the way you have used the metaphors of the graveyard.

[Joshua Haines]

I can feel this poem saying I had enough but lies and hurt. But also giving up on what you want. Great words with a dark meaning. Oh and don't worry about the Grammar don't think it will slow you down. I am the worse for it. But I love what I do