I was left
High upon your shelf
Waiting…like everybody else
For a love that would not come
Now time’s small
Pond has become a
Sea, and has painted me
Pitch black
Weighed down
Drowning in melancholy
Poem from the book Grow Freedom
PAINT ME MELANCHOLY
Moody Poems
Rubble
i cannot count
how many times
you’ve built these walls
with just a breath
they crumble.
you have become
my tower
of confusion
and i am lost
within your rubble.
Poem from the book The Truth About Love
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
sometimes
i want to give up
pack up
to shut you up
but i stay and i fight
because i don’t want to leave
empty-handed
please don’t let me leave
empty-handed
From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
PRAY FOR ME
you can hear me now
because i’m silent
you can read my thoughts
because they’re
running down my face
*
sometimes it’s the little things
that can do the most damage
the little hole in your balloon
you huff and puff
but you get nowhere
*
today the winds are stronger than my strength
tonight my weakness is weaker than you think
pray for me
or i’ll be gone by morning
From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
IT’S TIME
i have
to be
kicked
pulled down
dragged out
shoved
bumped
squeezed
rammed and broken to change
it must be time to change
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from THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
All poems are copyrighted by Marquida Roberts.
To be reprinted only by permission of the author.
Marquida Roberts 