After You
The rain fell earnestly as I go back to
the door that opened the room I had left
for so long, for fear and uncertainty.
I cannot see you.
There is nothing here but empty spaces,
and I let out a small sigh,
both of frustration and satisfaction. You had
always been my despair and my delight.
The silence, and coldness, that I see here,
coming back now, wreathed around
me like a long lost friend, as I see myself
reflected in the mirror we put up ourselves,
tiny, and broken as the last fragments of the mirror
fall into a crash… and I see the real me
pretending to be strong, pretending
what happened was not real.
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It’s been so long since I wrote poetry – if you can call what I do poetry. I noticed that in here, I pretend to write one per year. Funny.
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honestly, I can only write poetry if I’m giddy with someone 😉
so your poetry is also giddy those times? haha
Really nice poem. I would like to feature this poem along with several others on my blog. It’s a once a month feature called Poetic License. September was the first month and November is filled however I would like to use yours in December (which is almost full), if you say it’s okay. October’s Poetic License came out on the 27th.
My blog has a very unconventional name so you might decide against it, but either way could you let me know. There is only room for seven poets every and I already have five for December. You can check out September or October’s post first before you decide. Of course you will get credit and a link back to your site. Thanks Prinsesa.
tha name of your site is cool. it’s very okay with me. how did you reach my place? thanks for the visit. and please let me know when it is up. many thanks.
Good morning! Thanks, I will add the poem to December as soon as I’m finished posting this comment. I believe I found your site by clicking on a comment someone who wrote about a meme. I’m not exactly sure but I think that is how I got here.
alright, thanks. oh that is all i want for christmas. a christmas exchange gift between bloggers, haha. anyway, welcome and thanks for appreciating my poetry. looking forward to december.
Looks like “reality and truth” ang tema natin lately.
haha nahahalata talaga eh no?
beautiful! you should write more.
noong first year college pa ata ako huling nagsulat ng poem eh.
thank you. idk why i only write once a year, it is very interesting.
wow
sana kahit 2x a year ka gumawa ng tula
hehe
haha subukan natin next year. napansin ko lang naman yan, na ganun nga, once a year lang.
Beautiful!
thanks kira!
as for me, i’ve never written poetry, except for school projects.
so you’ve written poetry kg!
that’s poetry!
sometimes though, when i write poetry, i end up feeling sad. not sure why.
maybe because it helps you tap into your unconscious difficulties kayni.
.. writing poetry is therapeutic, it works for me that way.
it helps, but to me it does not mean my poetry reflects who i am. i stand by the rule that the author and the persona in a poetry are distinct individuals.
Here’s to more inspiration to write more poetry! Cheers!
hopefully sheng!
beautiful and the photo is just perfect 🙂
thanks, photo is dramatic i think.
you should write more. 🙂
ha, thanks, next year. haha!
You should write more. Ang galing!
thank you 🙂
Nasa mood kang magsuilat pag wala ka sa mood. Baka mamya kausapinmo na kami in rhymes. hahaha
Cheer up. I feel considerably better this week. You should too. hmf
i feel considerably bad this week. hmp. give me back my energy.