Category: memory

i dropped you off
but along the way home
i picked you up
because i used to
know you
but not enough
to see you
alone
with me by you
but i still picked you
up along the way home
while my room mate sat
in the back quietly
as we flirted
when we pulled up
to his house
where his mother
was sorting
recyclables
after he got out
i hit their garbage can
but i didn’t stop
because you kept talking
i kept smiling
the rest of the drive
until i dropped you off
and i went on my way home
after i picked you up

when you left
your heart was a mess
tied down to souls
with rusted hands
corroding with every
touch

then you flew
down to the sun
leaving most
with your true intentions
save for one
admirer

upon your return
companions confided
your secrets unto me
the mistakes you made
the tears you left
behind

to your true love
i spoke nothing of
your dishonesties
in weak moments
of drunken lust
sickened

now years gone by
i wonder do they know
the basis of your love
built on a covered well
echoing out to be heard by
no-one

as children play above
will the wood rot away
breaking under the weight
to reveal the past unknown
bringing it all tumbling
down

it was when you told me
he locked you in a cage
made you bark
loud and constant
until you cried

but you continued

when he grabbed you
twisted your arms
pushed you against walls
leaving holes and bruises
darker then the old ones

but you continued

he degraded you
yelled at you
told you had no value
that your breath was wasted
to stop altogether

but you continued

he tied you up
smacked you around
cut lines on your body
let them heal
before cutting again

but you escaped

now years later

your face came to me
out on the crowded street
it was different then before
like it had overcome
the hardships of the past

that you told me of
when i was young and weak