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by Lobbastah

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December 15, 2015

Sympathy.

I don’t hate you, love I feel bad for you because You missed out on me I’m incredible And now you will never know Exactly how so And I feel sad too Because you don’t even know Why I pity you You ...


November 30, 2015

Emotional Spackle.

I won’t be that girl Anymore The one you turn to For what is missing Fill the cracks With your own sweat And not the blood From my aching heart I. Am. Not. Your. Emotional. Spackle. What you give...


September 27, 2015

Haiku for the Broken: I Am.

I am the lobster Outside I have a hard shell Inside, soft, tender I am the onion Layers both sweet and bitter Sometimes you will cry I am the diamond I sparkle from many sides One wrong cut dulls...


September 14, 2015

The Storm.

Love is like a storm Sometimes you can hear it rumble From miles away You know it’s coming And there’s nothing you can do about it Other times it strikes Like lightning Suddenly and unexpectedly ...


September 13, 2015

No Conscience.

Once the shock passed The panic set in All our plans Wiped out Days on the calendar That once were full And meant something Were suddenly empty Dead Meaningless So many tears So much pain So much...


September 11, 2015

Haiku for the Broken 3

I want to hate you For all the pain you caused me How I wish I could


September 09, 2015

The Funeral

. Today I buried you Your mourners were Just one And I wore orange But no sunglasses To hide my tear-stained face There were no flowers No eulogies Just a lot of happy memories Now meaningless An...


September 05, 2015

Haiku for the Broken 2

I am not garbage And yet, you threw me away Washed your hands of me


September 05, 2015

Another One.

You told me you were The One And I completed you You wanted the same As I wanted And we’d work hard Together To make it happen I told you I wanted Someone who would not bail Someone to stand by ...


September 03, 2015

Sand.

It had been a smooth path When suddenly there was A boulder in the road And we stopped Could we go around it? Over it? Blast through it? Instead you walked away Abandoned our path As I turned to ...


August 07, 2015

Haiku for the Broken.

The checkered flag waves My weathered heart races but Never comes in first


April 03, 2015

Stop Me.

8/13/2010 I sit on the side And watch as Your life goes on Without me Like I’m not even here Like maybe I never was I don’t get the sense That you miss me anymore Or notice that I’m no long...


March 24, 2015

Power Struggle

It was a power struggle Until the end “You think” You said You heard You hurt I denied I asked for help I received Demands for Unconditional Surrender Instead of Unconditional love I rejected Abu...


February 27, 2015

Bowl me over.

What it must be like To roll through life Knocking over Shapely pin after Shapely pin Without concern Of the scars Left behind Splits and spares Never daring To leave one stand Proud to take the...


February 26, 2015

Tell me

Tell me what you want to do Exactly how you want to do This life With me You say you want me, you say you don’t You say you’ll hurt me, you say you won’t This time With me Say what’s wrong, say w...


March 14, 2014

Piñata Heart.

He swung at my heart With his goddamned bat Until all I had inside Fell to the ground He took what he wanted And left the rest He abandoned me And my piñata heart Broken and empty


February 13, 2014

Complete

I am a whole person Parts of me are perfect And parts are broken But I am a complete package I am not a buffet That you can pick and choose The parts of me you like And leave the rest for ...


February 05, 2014

Solitude

Today I could be with someone And settle for less than I want But when I meet someone I always leave him for you I see people everywhere together They exchange smiles, words, and looks Th...


December 21, 2013

Broken Vase.

So as I sit here in the dark In the middle of the night Unable to sleep I for some reason decided To talk to him, sitting in an empty chair Which led to copious amounts of tears I could h...


December 21, 2013

Does your heart hurt?

Does your heart hurt? Close your eyes See your one true love Know you let it slip away Replay in your mind All the mistakes you made How close you were How you pushed it away Does your he...


August 27, 2013

Pieces.

Little pieces of you I gather them slowly without you noticing A word A smile A look A caress A kiss I keep them in a secret place Where they are only mine I hoard them Inside my heart...


Clean room, fresh linens The bed made Mint on pillow French doors to the patio Open Sheer white drapes Floating in the breeze A view of the ocean beyond Soft blue The sound of waves, soo...


July 06, 2013

My Kiss.

I know I cannot kiss you right now Not a real kiss, in true time, breathless Not in broad daylight or quiet nightlight Pity If I had the hand I would paint you a kiss With numbers, letters ...


July 04, 2013

Worldly.

Somehow when I see the world sideways And I see it with you It seems quieter, at peace And air is easier to breathe Arms tightly around each other Legs entangled And yet we still cannot Ge...


July 04, 2013

Pessimism.

I can't find a reason to stay There is nothing to keep me here There is no reward in persevering I can't find the courage to go To go through all that Only to find myself still unhappy Bu...


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