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by r. h. Sin

this better myself

  but I miss you,

  and I hope you find

  my precious company

  when you feel

  most alone.

  THE THING ABOUT YOU

  The thing about you is,

  you carry this kindred sadness

  that draws me in

  and it’s a lot like mine.

  It peeks from the edge

  of my eyes

  when it wants to

  and only a handful of people

  take notice.

  And it’s the same way

  I’m noticing yours

  and that’s a beautiful thing.

  It’s a miracle when similar people

  find one another

  and that’s why

  I’ve got to know you,

  that’s why

  I’ve got to break you down,

  to see if you love

  the same way

  as I do . . .

  to see

  if I’m really

  not meant

  to be alone.

  MOMENT OF SILENCE

  Let us thank

  the lovers for being

  lovers

  and the haters

  for giving us the courage,

  the motivation,

  and the fire

  to keep on.

  IN ALL MY . . .

  In all my years

  I have learned

  that most people

  never tend to change.

  That most people

  are meant to do

  the same things,

  feel the same things,

  and even say

  the same things

  over and over.

  And what is sad

  about that is,

  how those same people

  don’t get it.

  They don’t think

  anything of it,

  that is,

  not growing

  and not moving forward

  only staying right

  where they think

  they belong.

  They can’t find peace,

  and they find themselves

  in the chaos

  of the past.

  Hell,

  I don’t want to die

  the same as I did

  when I was born.

  I don’t want anything of it.

  If I taste love twice

  then please

  do not let it be the same.

  If I feel heartbreak,

  disappointment,

  pain and even more,

  then please

  by all means,

  do not let them arrive

  in unison.

  I want the chaos of life

  in different times

  and different stages

  of my life.

  I want to be old

  and still feel the bitter sting

  of letting go

  and the sweet science behind

  holding on.

  I want to grow strong

  and I want the wisdom

  of a thousand men.

  All I want is my life

  to have meaning,

  in all forms,

  shapes, and sizes.

  I want life.

  I want life.

  I want life.

  I want it at all costs

  even if it means . . .

  I am doomed to

  go through

  the same things

  more than twice.

  BROKEN PEOPLE

  I yearn for broken things.

  For the things

  that make drunk lovers

  fall into each other

  in the middle of the night

  and the things

  that keep them up

  while the rest of the world

  is asleep.

  I love you,

  I need you to break me,

  and I don’t want you

  to apologize

  for it

  at all.

  THINGS YOU FEEL

  It hurts

  because there are some things

  you can’t fake.

  Like the feeling you get

  while watching someone

  you love

  without saying good-bye.

  It hurts

  because no matter

  how many times you wake up,

  you’re still stuck in a world

  where they glorify violence

  rather than peace.

  It hurts

  because everyone around you

  wants change

  but no one has the courage

  to change for themselves.

  It hurts

  because you have so much in you

  but don’t have the slightest clue

  on how to pour it out.

  It hurts

  because you’re up every night

  thinking

  why does it hurt

  so damn much

  without knowing why.

  And lastly,

  it hurts

  because feelings matter

  and you could never run

  far enough

  from all the things

  you feel.

  WHO YOU ARE

  After all,

  the world is made up

  of different kinds of people,

  so sooner or later

  you’re going to run into someone

  just like you

  and you’re going to analyze them

  and say,

  “Damn, I am complicated

  but I am also beautiful.”

  And that will be enough

  to inspire you

  and give you the perfect amount

  of courage

  to continue being

  who you are.

  CALL YOU

  I’m sorry for the nights

  I forgot to call you

  and for the moments

  we could have shared.

  I’m sorry for letting you down

  and for the several years

  that have passed

  without having the courage

  to let you go.

  I’m sorry for the way

  I entered your life

  and for the way I left

  without granting you

  a good-bye.

  I’m sorry for all the mistakes

  I’ve ever done

  and for not doing enough

  to make you stay.

  I’m sorry,

  and every night

  I feel this way

  and every night

  I die to rise to go through

  the same ordeal

  as the night before.

  Goddamn it,

  now you have me here,

  between four walls

  wiping dry tears,

  exhausting whatever light

  I have left in me.

  I need you

  or I think I do

  but none of that

  is going to bring you back.

  I just want you to know

  that I’m sorry

  for whatever pain

  I might have left behind

  and I hope one day,
/>   you find it within you

  to forgive me

  for everything

  I might have

  caused.

  THE LAST WORD

  I want to change

  the way you feel

  about pain.

  I want to show you

  how not all hurting

  is bad.

  How sometimes

  broken things

  are beautiful things

  and how sometimes

  you need a little ache

  to help you appreciate . . .

  the gentle poetry

  you create

  with your beating heart.

  A GIRL FROM THE PAST

  She thinks of falling

  outside

  where the dead leaves pile.

  She thinks falling

  there

  will save her.

  She thinks each leaf

  is a metaphor

  for all the fallen lovers

  who couldn’t survive

  her storm.

  There she waits

  for the rain.

  There she waits

  for the sadness

  to go away.

  There she waits

  to be reborn,

  to be loved,

  and for someone

  who might have enough

  courage to stay . . .

  no matter how much

  of a danger

  her heart is.

  She’s a moon

  and she needs a man

  with a heart

  the size of an ocean

  to pull her away

  from the chaos

  within.

  The end.

  the gift

  the first shot.

  She’s tired of giving the wrong people the right pieces of herself. She looks at the one she loves and silently screams within her own mind. She feels stupid at times, but in all honesty, the only one stupid within this situation is the one too stupid to comprehend her love. Some men are not really men or, simply, they’re not man enough to treat a woman the way she deserves. It’s not your fault that you fell for someone who could say the right things yet fail to act on what they’ve expressed. You’re not weak. Why? Well because you’re strong enough to love even when that love isn’t returned. Your love is unconditional and beautiful. Your love maintains its beauty even when you’re stuck in an ugly, unhealthy relationship, and you still maintain your value even with someone who fails to value you.

  Your smile is a symbol of your strength. Broken is what you’ve felt but that isn’t who you are. I want you to know that your love is a flower waiting to blossom, only to be shared with someone devoted enough to only pick you from a garden where only the truth can grow. Every failed relationship was just an opportunity for you to learn what to avoid as you begin to preserve yourself for the one who deserves a space in your life.

  She is good enough, she is beautiful, she is almighty and majestic. She is strong and intelligent. She is a Queen deserving of more than what she has had. She is you, and when you discover the type of love that mirrors your own, hold on to it.

  the second shot.

  i think you should leave him

  i think you know this already

  but you’re afraid to start over

  you’re afraid of being alone

  but don’t you feel alone

  whenever you’re near that person

  don’t you feel like

  there’s something more

  out there for you

  i think you deserve more

  but you already knew that

  and i think you’re strong enough

  to walk away

  from anyone undeserving of your energy

  i believe that you are mighty enough

  to separate yourself from the people

  who are less than you deserve

  because you are, in fact,

  powerful enough to free yourself

  from those who want to keep you in bondage

  the third shot.

  What if I told you that you were wasting your time, sitting there waiting for a call that’ll never come from someone who never even deserved to reach you? What if I told you that the love you’ve been craving does not live in the heart of the person you’ve been losing sleep over? All those restless nights, and for what? You could be asleep dreaming dreams that make you smile; instead you sit there all alone in a dark room gently lit by the moon, feelings of being stuck in a nightmare that seems to be playing on loop. It feels like the walls are closing in on you, the ceiling is collapsing. Time is passing, the night sinks into itself, and you become a little less sure of everything you were already questioning.

  What if the love of your life is alone, just like you, feeling some of the same feelings? With questions as big as yours and doubts as deep as the doubt that now consumes you? What if holding on to someone who no longer deserves your attention is distracting you from being with the one person who would never hurt you in the ways you’ve grown accustomed to? You could really be in love instead of pretending to be in love with someone who does nothing to earn the love you’ve been wasting on the person who isn’t the one you should be with.

  the sleeping city.

  they say New York City never sleeps

  but i’ve seen it close its eyes

  like a child too tired to fight slumber

  i’ve seen this city empty itself

  like a soul craving nothingness

  and a heart growing numb

  it’s almost 2 a.m. and the streets

  feel like a ghost town

  there are moments after midnight

  where i often hear no sound

  the sirens aren’t screaming

  on this particular night

  just the hum from the wind

  and a chill in the air

  in just a few hours

  the whispers will begin again

  the cabs will stampede

  down a one-way path

  stopping for those who are prepared

  to be transported

  into the chaos of the city

  but until then

  the city that never sleeps

  is barely awake

  and i’ve stayed up to witness it

  one hell of a midnight.

  i hear the angels

  their voices like the rain

  touching, tapping my window

  begging for my attention

  as i lie here, weighed down by sadness

  unable to move beneath the madness

  the misery is so heavy

  the misery is so thick

  i hear the angels

  but i can’t see them

  i hear the angels

  but i can’t move

  this must be hell

  this must be the place

  my mother warned me about

  this must be the place

  i swore i’d never visit

  but i’m here

  and for some reason

  it feels like home

  i hear the angels

  but they won’t reach me

  on my second glass of whiskey.

  You don’t even know how much love you’ve stolen from yourself while trying to maintain unhealthy relationships with people who have proven time and time again that they’ll never be able to love you the way you deserve. You don’t even know how much time you’ve robbed yourself of. All those late nights and early mornings, spent chasing the thought of a person who rarely even thought about you.

  You don’t
know, and I wish you did. I wish the love you wasted on others would somehow have found its way back to you, but you’ve insisted on finding someone new after every person you lose, not realizing they were never actually losses because you never had them in the first place. I wish you knew that they were never losses because they were never valuable enough to be that, but you were always everything, and you were always giving your everything to a person who insisted on doing nothing, giving nothing. Using you up until they deemed you to be empty every time they were finished. You don’t even know, but I wish you did, or maybe you’ll finally get it after reading these words.

  you need to feel.

  Your joy is constantly fading because you’ve built your happiness on temporary things. Your peace has now become reliant upon a weak foundation. Sadly, you’d rather pretend to be happy, smiling in photos, crying when the lights of social media are off. Giving the world a fictional version of who you are, hiding your truth to appease others, your sadness is not a burden. Your sadness is significant. Your sadness is important. This thing that you feel will strengthen your soul if you let it. So feel whatever it is that you need to feel. No matter what it is, you don’t have to be silent.

  you wear the sadness.

  the joy is replaced with sadness

  your expectation becomes disappointment

  the truth was just an attractive lie

  a bunch of letting, forming words

  that came together to create sentences

  of manipulation

  the heart becomes cold

  as if to lose its summer

  the soul becomes tired

  you and your restless spirit

  what’s behind those dead eyes

  you wear that blank expression

  like new skin

  you wear sadness like the latest fashion

  you wear pain like garments

  you’ve been draped in anguish

  don’t you miss who you were

  before who you became

  took over your life

  do you miss yourself

  like i miss you

  do you even remember

  what it felt like to be happy

  have you forgotten yourself

  beneath your troubles

  and all of this for a love

  that turned out to be hatred

  all of this for a heart

  that never deserved yours

  all of this hurt

  for a relationship

  that would never work

  all of yourself

  all of everything

  invested into something

  that now feels like nothing

 

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