All We Are, We Are

I wrote this piece a long time ago, about a friend of mine. We were friends for a long time and then suddenly, it was this weird, awkward, are-they-or-aren't-they bad sitcom rerun. It ended well, but that's -- that's pretty personal, haha.

 It’s all so awkward,

This new stage of pimpled faces,

Unrequited crushes expressed

In gushing texts, and IM clicks,

That leave our heartbeats rushing

 

And here we are,

Since dressed in dirt,

In bruises that forgot to throb,

The hot heat leaving sun bleached locks,

Suddenly so silent

 

What we are now,

Is not what was, before, before

Because, because everything between

The past and present has our silence

Wondering,

 

So maybe friends,

And “maybe” we sometimes forget

Is a word of two, with meanings more

Is not what it was before, before

In gushing texts and IM clicks,

In hot heat leaving sun bleached locks,

 

Is all we are just friends?

 

Author's Note

The repeated lines are on purpose. I hope you understand why.

Reviews

[JC]

i dig this, the shed, the new, ...

[Vironykah]

I think that this poem it really cute (^3^)

i really enjoyed it

Keep writing,

Vironykah

[nora]

Oh wow, this is really really good! The first stanza definetly sounds like High School to me ;)
It seemed to me that this was a friendship that one person grew out of. This second stanza made me think of little kids, and then evolved into the 'gushing texts and IMs' i guess meant like, teenagers and High School. I dont know, maybe I interpretted this poem way wrong, but that was what I got out of it.
anywayy, great write :D

[Bright Eyes]

I really like this. I think it's really real and comes from you, and you did a really good job of depicting an image in my head.

[Sheila Kline]

Oh yes, I remember the repeated lines, as I write them quite often, and they are done for a specific reason for me, as they are for you!
Looking back at a friendship that was, and is no longer may take some serious reflection and soul searching, but it seems as if you have surely summed it all up very well.
I like your poem as it shows insight, and your ability to deliver your thoughts in a concise way.
Nice write!!