Always Forgive the Copilot

And the copilot will forgive you

i cannot leave you

though i hate you 

and you hate me

we cannot part ways

we cannot give up

everywhere we will go

there it is and always will be

this is you and that is me

and that is us and this is we

again around in circles again

how i f*****g hate you

and how you f*****g hate me

but as it is, it is all we f*****g got

as it is, there's no one quite the same

there is nothing quite like us

not to you

and not to me

so i will always forgive you

if you will promise to forgive me

and maybe we'll want to stay

again closer together 

and remember our love all over again

maybe even a little closer this time

as the same thing, but in a different person

Author's Note

Reviews

[Ken e Bujold]

While the easy read, and the one I suspect the poem is about, is the toxic wasteland of two lovers so long entwined they're no longer capable of being without the scent of each other. Once you've reached a certain age, we've all been there, done that, or so I imagine.

For myself, reading this moving verse, I found my thoughts moving off in another direction. To a poem, created for and to one's self. A ying-yang of self-awareness. Love and loathing. Certainty vs discombobulation, or perhaps better put, disillusionment with the mirror view of one's self.

Not saying that this is your intention D, just that that's where the monologue took me. Which opened an interesting internal argument inside my own head for a bit.

enjoyable poem

Ken e

[Tina]

Sounds like a toxic relationship but there is a lot of love in those relationships even though they're bad for us and there's always hope for improvements that usually never comes.

[Davidgeo]

It's actually about a person coming to terms with their past mistakes and moving forward with as little guilt and self loathing as possible. A conversation with the self concience kind of.

[Tina]

Oh sorry..it was a nice poem though

[Davidgeo]

It's all good, don't be sorry. These things mean anything the reader wants them to anyway. I kind of like your take on it myself.

[Tina]

Thanks. Happy new year

[living lavender]

great poem. loved the pure honesty.
gave me "same person. different font" vibes.
{felt this one hit harder on another level.}

[Davidgeo]

Thanks. This was definitely about someone talking to themselves.

[living lavender]

wrestling with the situation at hand.
thinking it would be easier to solve if the other person would just be honest or communicate about it too.
{been there.}
it was beautifully done.