Takes his place....

punkrockgrrlpunkrockgrrl Posts: 26
Says, “Baby, I’m all sorts of sorry.”
Says, “Babe, you know I’m all kinds of sad.”
Says, “Maybe it was fun while it lasted.”
I say, “Baby, I just wish that it had.”

Stands before me and his arms are folded
Teeth clenched in a too-perfect face
Turns to leave, an anonymous other
Steps in line to take his foolish place

Each lover’s conversation
“I love you” “No, I love you more”
A perfect imitation
Of the one who came before

Every lover tells a different story
Every story always ends the same
Every lover spins the same kind of sugar
Only thing that changes is his name

Every dream and childhood recollection
Whispered to me in exactly the same way
Don’t ask me where it hurts, now
I swear to God I couldn't say

That which doesn’t kill me strengthens me
Repeated end-to-endlessly
If I’m so goddamned strong now
How come I feel so lonely?

He says lots of lovely fill-in-the-blank
He so stresses that he’s not like other men
I sit back, he stands up
And the cycle circles ’round again

One follows right behind the other
Line forms to the right and single-file
Another break-up, another lover
I haven’t felt this old in a while

Each loving lie is spoken
How we mean it at the time
Identical hearts are broken
Another goes to the back of the line

“I love you” “I love you”
“I love you” “No, I love you more”
Each sentiment, each resident
Just the same as the one who came before, yeah

Tell me again until I feel something
Tell me again until I feel something
Tell me again until I feel something
Tell me again until I feel something, yeah

’Cause I feel nothing now
In this river
All shall fade to black...
In this river
Ain't no comin' back
Z.W.
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Comments

  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Tell me again until i feel something

    Cause i feel nothing now.

    i think thats the most incredible thing I've heard in a long time!
    So incredible cause I feel/felt myself whispering that sentence to every guy i almost have ever met!Its like talking yourself into a relationship with someone you don't want to be with...other than your friends or?........just that calm you get knowing someone is out there for you......:);)
    Cause I feel nothing now. Can be taken two ways.
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

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  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    i can taste it like it was yesterday morning, 6 AM, 1979

    i like your poem :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • violet rayviolet ray Posts: 502
    i love the way you write
    You ask me to enter
    But then You make me crawl
    And I can't be holding on
    To what You got
    When all You've got is hurt
    ----
    Underneath this smile lies everything
    All my hopes and anger, pride and shame
  • Astral StarAstral Star Posts: 129
    Luv the way you communicated that! I feel exactly the same these days.
    "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to eachother." Mother Theresa
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Some of your lines in your poem are absolutely golden!

    That which doesn’t kill me strengthens me
    Repeated end-to-endlessly
    If I’m so goddamned strong now
    How come I feel so lonely?

    ...but I'm sure you knew that already
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
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