I wondered why people laughed and called love a joke after reading a handful of poetry written just on that topic then calling it a cliche when I realized it was a defense mechanism it had to have been When the same people who used to believe in ever after and marriage they'd sit and … Continue reading Ponder
Tag: poem
Naturally
It's the worst thing about myself being able to love so deep but wash my hands of you at the same time Such a complex contradiction my biggest protection and your worst nightmare J. Saunders
Are You There?
I am unsure of what is happening with us but please make up your mind I'm hanging by a thread of the unknown and when I mean us I mean the silence that has taken over J. Saunders
Leave
I’ve loved and I’ve lost what feels like 100 times over so you leaving isn’t new to me. J. Saunders
Words
If you ran into me today in the middle of your day on a side street we use to walk would you have all the words prepared that you never said to me before? I remember making a wish at 11:11 and leaving you speechless by 11:30 that summer night Excerpt from a book … Continue reading Words
Single
I know why it's not working with anyone else I'm not oblivious to my own emotions it's pathetic and nearly embarrassing but I can't help it I keep dodging and avoiding other men because they aren't you and I'm not over us yet J. Saunders
I Miss
I already miss you and you haven't even left yet but I already let go and miss the things we could've been I hate small talk like talks about the weather and how another day went by hating your job but I miss the "hey", text followed by your small talk I miss the way … Continue reading I Miss
Release
please stop trying to control us we'll be better off if you just let us be let us hang off the emotions of the other we pretend doesn't exist to avoid love J. Saunders
Line
"My intentions are not to hurt you" That line is such a cliche now, it's nearly abnormal if you don't hear someone say it. J. Saunders
Drowning
You're a raging storm within me lost deeper than the oceans depth causing uncontrollable emotional waves and every time I think I'm about to make it to the surface escape this vicious love affair you pull me back under and deeper than the last time sitting at the bottom of my heart wishing we could … Continue reading Drowning