Same Subject, Different Poem

Memories and thoughts of you

have been sprawled across the pages of my notebook so many times

that it’s a wonder I have any material left

but someone once told me

that I should never bottle up my thoughts and feelings

and you have been at the forefront of my mind

ever since the day you walked out of my life

so I decided to let the ink bleed dry

rather than myself

and if anybody asks,

I don’t even think about you any more

but me and my poetry know that that’s a lie

because I can’t spend my entire life with someone

I thought was my hero

and forget them as quickly as they forgot me

and I have been dealing with words and metaphors

for the past three years now

I know how to disguise my emotions by what I say

but my poetry is like my mind,

my poetry says what I’m really feeling

when my mouth can’t.

Reviews

[Brook]

Very well written poem. Poetry does speak for us, it helps us say the things we struggle too!
"but someone once told me
that I should never bottle up my thoughts and feelings"
I love this line, because i am one to do this and its bad! We should always share what we're feeling, especially with the people close to our hearts, Wonderful write xo

[Lily Mae]

I definitely use poetry as my free therapy in life. Sometimes it's the same theme and so repetitive and yet it's my place, my time, my purge to page. You penned it well..xoxo

[TL Boehm]

poetry speaks for us when we can't. it is a catharsis - and keeps us sane. Well penned.

[Frieda P]

Ink bleeds our emotions when we can't speak our minds, clever title. I'm not sure about the double 'that'...I kind of stumbled when I got there, but otherwise, well done.

but me and my poetry know that’s a lie

[John Alexander McFadyen]

The power of poetry in cathartic healing set down in a flowing free verse. Three years is a long mourning period though. I realise this is only a poem as you have an 'amazing fiance' so maybe just leave the time period ot or shorten it?

[Laura Harrison]

I think you misunderstood that line lol, three years is how long I've been writing poetry for :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ah.................!

[PloughBoy]

Very eloquently spoken, adetailedflameofpurestjoy, or written, as the case were. In any event, what you have said has much truth ingrained in it and woven into your very personal, very genuine and heartfelt words.

A melancholy musing, true, but an excellent one at that.

[wordman]

you know poetry never lies you always spill out your heart nice job it will get better soon

[MusicManiac]

Hello there!

This piece is very beautifully spun together. Sometimes, words are the most powerful things and, as you said, "dealing with words and metaphors" can be hard. Your love for the subject is evident and you did a wonderful job of expressing both that and the heartbreak simultaneously!

Thank you for sharing this piece!

~MusicManiac