Benchwarmer

December 3rd, 2021

Lost in thoughts
If I’ve done something wrong
Messages go unread
Like you’re dragging me along
Rewrite my poetry
Until the meaning is gone
Lose you in the verses
Where you didn’t belong
Letting you go
Letter by letter
I won’t stay on the sidelines
Knowing I deserve better

Consumed By Words

November 30th, 2021

Your words were like motive
With secret intention
Was this premeditated
Consuming me with attention
Your words were filling
I swallowed them up
Drunk on emotions
I couldn’t get enough
Your words were dwindling
Like our conversation
You can’t build anything
Without a foundation
Your words were like quicksand
Struggling not to sink
Holding on to life as I knew it
Which you made me rethink

Sweater

November 22nd, 2021

The words are flowing with no end
Unparalleled to the thoughts in my head
Faster than I can process the feelings
Uncertain when I unraveled to the last thread

My thoughts are louder than my own voice
Forcing words together that don’t want to fit
I can’t find a reason or time to escape
I can’t fix this mess when I never learned to knit