“Having a Domestic with an Inanimate Object”
It left hidden in the full moon’s glow,
driving into the open and out of my sight,
and I was all alone,
and I felt so damn lost and stranded.
Whenever you called, I was never far away,
purging my reserve just to preserve you day by day.
In your every photograph there was only error—each reflection broken,
but in those images I saw something greater.
I gave you shoulders to stand on,
a roof above your head.
I gave you the confidence to stand up,
and your mouth the right words to speak.
I gave my every word to stay by you
and opened up my heart,
and you gave me a door and a shove
and made me taste the pavement.
You’ll be looking out your rearview mirror for the rest of your life,
seeing those reflections of a self you cut with a knife.
I never knew I’d been betrayed until you shut the door and walked away,
made dreams return to being dreams and memories gain a sour taste.
Stop lingering on this ground: it speaks too much about what was.
This isn’t your home anymore.
There’s no time to waste.
You’ve got a brand-new face that every boy on every corner knows.
I’ll pass by you, used up and alone, as you come undone.
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(<3 Mitch)
Very nice. Would love to see you play around with form a bit more: e.g. thought those stanza breaks were something more than just stanza breaks at first, lol. Love how sincere this is, but, chucking you a follow for sure.
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Thank you! I’ve always wanted to do a bit more with form and have done some experimenting a bit of that. I’ll keep more of that in mind for the future, thanks for reading!
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