This is What You Wanted

Sacred memories and passive lies
Who am I supposed to trust here?
Hooked on serenity and a negative mindset
I'm the burden you claim me to be

Left alone on yet another grey night
I don't want to show my face to the world
So the anger grows and spreads
to a pernicious shadow I cannot shake
Don't ever tell me it was my fault
This is what you wanted

Spiteful words can linger for days
I'll hang my soul from the most vicious
I love how dense you are
especially when you're blind when it comes to me

Left alone on yet another dull night
I don't want to waste my time again
I can't believe how far this has gone
A moment of clarity is a lifetime of regret
Don't ever tell me it was my fault
This is what you wanted

Reviews

[L4rn13]

Wonderfully written as always. It is really annoying and hurtful when people can't seem to see what is in front of them because they're too busy focusing on the things they should let go. I can strongly relate to this poem especially the lines:

'" don't want to show my face to the world
So the anger grows and spreads"

"Don't ever tell me it was my fault"

The hardest part is deciding to wait for the person to realize what they have or move on and leave them but as the poem suggests it is what they wanted.

Using the title at the end of the poem begins and ends it beautifully.

[s y e]

Loved how it was repetitive. Great job, E!

[Brook]

Brilliant poem. I love the repetitive line, it goes really well :)

[burnhouse]

I like how the verses: 'Don't ever tell me it was my fault |This is what you wanted' repeat, it makes the poem somehow powerful at it's meaning.

[Debby Pillitteri]

Incredible, sad, and heart-breaking. Love it.

[J. Garcia]

Very painful emotions are being released here, and a negative atmosphere seep through your words, nicely written dear.

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Seems like a deep and dark write. I like the second stanza.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

This is full of hurt, Elliott...
How could someone be blinded by such pain?
Perhaps the wound festers ... So Deeply embedded, it had to seep out... to be released...

You express it so well...this untidy anger growing inside...
Well penned!!