"divorce" isn't always a mutual feeling

i keep writing sad poems...

you claim "we weren't right for each other" with a smile

i wasn't right for you, i realized

but you were always right for me

you slip your wedding ring off

i slip my own off as well, with some hesitance

that memory replays over and over in my head

we fought, but i always let you win

mostly because you were always right

i loved you, and i still love you

but for your sake, we pulled the plug

someday you'll find another woman

who will love you like i do

but she will be intelligent, and sophisticated, and funny, and selfless

all the things you said you wanted in a woman

all the things i tried so hard to be for you

but in the end, i couldn't play that part

a deep pain in my chest reverberates throughout my whole body

to the tips of my fingers

to the ends of my toes

a throbbing, aching sort of sadness

as if my heart truly were breaking into parts

why wasn't i enough?

why am i so unappealing?

i did everything i could for you, but it clearly wasn't what you wanted

i throw the framed picture in my hand

it hits the wall and copies my heart, splintering and shattering

that picture of us on our wedding day

i want to scream, i want to cry

but in the end, it's not your fault

you were right for me,

but i wasn't right for you

Author's Note

this is kind of dumb, but it's for a contest, so yeah :P

Reviews

[Aarea]

This is beautiful. It captures the feelings that everyone has felt at some time, that they don't measure up, that they weren't good enough. Your poem is amazing.

[a pas-tel tin/ted sur_reality]

wow, really? thank you! personally i think this is the least passionate of my poems on here so far, but if you love it, then i appreciate that a bunch! happy writing!