Covid Personified
I just wanted to be with you
wanted to be apart of your history
but not like this,
God not like this!
I understand what I've done,
but I can't take full responsibility,
you control my path,
not me,
as you like to think
you can blame me all you want,
but all I did was show you your faults
your struggle to enforce and change
all I did was make your eyes notice them
the cracks I mean
I can't say I have only shown your eyes that though
think about your life before me
oh, how much you humans take for granted,
all until it is taken away in a mere months
I've taught you lessons that you would have never learned otherwise
so tell me why you hate me?
what is it that makes
Falling Twice
I've tried twice, falling I mean
neither have come to fruition -
or anything really
just empty memories
or maybe a stolen glance in a crowded hallway
the first
a relationship bonded over a cracked screen
smiles and laughs shared as single lines crossed my keyboard
the first time my eyes met his,
I couldn't help but stare
watch as his eyes show his soul -
his entire story seems to be told
however, the messages grew shorter
the conversation dry like the desert in summer
every connection ever made,
blown away by a single breeze
taken from me by one who I trusted
forcing a smile when all I want to do is let the tears go
the tears I'd been holding on to for all my life
the tears that would make all of the pain go away
the second
a face hidden by hair
obstructing the story told behind it
a story I'd heard before in years past
our lives not new to each other
yet entirely new at the same time
his eyes brown,
the blandest of them all
and yet the most interesting to me
it felt right, you know?
the feeling of butterflies I got when I saw him
the wishing that I could feel his hand holding mine
steamy lines shared secretly
a relationship only for our eyes to see
never understanding where we stood
but there was hope yet,
hope in his lies
and just like that
it was gone
everything
in
a
flash
yet another stolen
but this time because of me
my mistakes
my faults
always my downfall
maybe next time I'll learn
or maybe it will be different
it will all come in due time
for the mean time I'll just watch where I'm walking
to prevent myself from falling