An anonymous submission:
"Strangers" Every now and then I search for your face On a distant screen Or I'll type your name And it's not that I'm dying I don't feel anything tender I know if I message you You wont even remember No, that word I want Never slipped off your tongue But it's the only one I crave And it's got my mind hung Up past my bedtime And thinking of the time That we sat on the park bench With your head on my thighs And our fingers interlaced But you left without a trace And as silent as the day we met You no longer speak my name And you wouldn't recognize The girl I am now No shes nothing like Those black itchy stockings And that statement piece Black smoked liner So I wont keep you long No I don't have the ring I would've drowned in expectations And "sorry" was never your thing I guess neither was one partner Or settling down And it beats me to know what Made you bring us both down Til we had nothing left You even erased the past Nothing counts when its dishonest That's why you had to speak last But I'm dancing with shadows And I'm missing empty spaces All the memories unmade By different girls faces How could I think I'm guilty Or to blame for the messes That I had to clean up No, you'd never address this So I'll pretend for the both That you said it just once So one less piece of darkness Can keep me held up So I can unsee our future So I can delete where we met Unlock my heart And finally breathe again Published by Jean Soto JS Jaded Savior blog: jadedsaviorblog@gmail.com
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AuthorJean Soto, mother of 3 and wife, is a writer + artist in the Hudson Valley, NY community. Archives
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