I wrote this poem in 2004 when I was feeling nostalgic about my ex boyfriend A after I had a dream about him. That love story is actually super complicated but that’s another blog post.
This another poem inspired about the great breakup of 2001. I probably wrote this when it first happened. My sense of reality is shook up after a break up and it feels like a never ending nightmare that I’ll never wake up from after it happens. This doesn’t happen with every break up…just the ones that really affect me.
Waiting
So I wait for the phone to ring To hear you say this loneliness has all been a horrible dream So I wait for you to show up at my door To tell me you canβt stand being away from me no more So I wait for your love letter in my mailbox To begin getting back together
I wrote this in 2004 and revised it recently. It’s not based on anything from real life.
hard truth
Theyβre driving back from the theater. All evening heβs been quiet and she wonders what is going on. She reaches for his hand but he wonβt give it to her. She tries to look into his eyes and he looks away.She can feel him cold and distant. She no longer recognizes what is supposed to be βthemβ. With tears in her eyes, she says, βTell me whatβs wrong.β
βNothing.β he says as heβs still evading her eyes.
βDo you still love me?β she asks with a quivering voice.
βIβm sorry.Iβm in love with someone else. Itβs nothing you did. These things happen, I hope–
βSTOP!β she yells. Sheβs barely holding it together at this point.
βIβm really sorry, I just want to-β
βSTOP! Iβm done with this. Stop the car.β she screams at him.
βYouβre being crazy, at least let me-β
βNO. I want nothing from you! Stop the car NOW!β
βYou need to calm — he stops mid sentence as he sees her taking off her seat belt and unlocking the door. He stops the car. He says, βI just want–β
βFuck what you wantβ she says as she gets out of the car.
βBut I-β
βThere is nothing left to sayβ. She tells him. She walks away while she cries and laughs.She whispers to herself βfuck.once againβ.
Corazon, amorcito Te tengo que decir ya no te amo la mariposas que sentΓa Se han ido a la tierra del olvido no hay otra persona es que nuestra conexiΓ³n especial se ha roto cuando me besas, siento nada Disculpame, pero esta despedido
I wrote this poem in 2004 when I was pregnant with my second child and mad at my boyfriend (future husband) for his lack of affection and attention to me. I was obviously very upset when I wrote this poem and instead of talking to him I wrote and bottled up my anger.