The red street light

For him I would do anything 

For him I changed 

I changed my style

The way I talked 

The way I walked 

The way I acted 

For him I changed everything 

But it wasn’t enough 

Because he still left 

He left me 

I remember it very clearly 

It was one of those beautiful nights 

The sky was bright with all the stars imaginable 

The street light was blinking yellow 

What felt like eternity 

Turned into seconds 

What I don’t remember was how it happened 

His words, they were vague 

All I remember is the minute he walked away 

The street light turned red 

And the redness had consumed me 

He had left 

He had left me 

The way he walked away 

While I was crying in the streets 

With the red light almost green 

The way he left me had darkened my soul

And not to black but to red 

Because that was the last color I saw 

Before he left 

Before he left me 

It was his favorite color which turned to my favorite color 

But what turned to my favorite color also turned 

To my darkness 

Why I thought 

What did I do wrong 

But then I realized 

It was the light 

The red street light 

That is what went wrong 

If only the blinking yellow had lasted forever 

Instead of seconds 

We would have had more time 

More time to love 

More time to talk 

More time to be loved 

But that damn red light had to happen 

And now I loathe the color red 

Reviews

[essie]

I cried just reading this.

[Savannah Gossett]

Awe i'm sorry for making you cry!!

[poetgurl]

Such an emotional read, has regret in this. I think we all have regret in our lives

[Savannah Gossett]

Thank you Lady K.!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Song, color and places become ugly to us after a sadness happens dear Savannah. I liked how you used colors to make your point to the reader. The poem had a heavy feel of sadness and regret. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Savannah Gossett]

Thank you Coyote I believe that this is one of the favorites that I have written.

[Coyote Poetry]

A well written poem and you are welcome dear Savannah.

[grace]

I am having so much fun reading your poems i swear! This one, they way you've written like how short the time interval was when i left you, only a matter of the traffic lights! Please keep writing like this..

[grace]

omg i am crazy!! haha!! i meant "when he left you"..

[Savannah Gossett]

Thank you so much grace I really appreciate this. I came into this yesterday knowing I can write but what inspired me where the poems I wrote at 13 that i recently found. I will be sure to take a good look at your work.

[grace]

How sweet! Thank you