Dear Tyler

I would sit at the kitchen counter

Imagining my math textbook becoming

Devoured by an angry fire

And I would listen to my phone

Vibrate off the table

My fingers extending to grab it in time

And it would be you, your name printed on the screen

All the while I wished that your name was someone else.

 

You made me laugh

You made me smile

Your words were always worth listening to

And maybe I knew you were a gift,

That God had placed you in my hands

But I didn’t embrace it, I didn’t want it

I didn’t embrace you, I didn’t want you

Cause all the while I wished you were someone else

 

You told me you liked me

You wanted to be with me

You told her you loved me

You fought hard to love me

And you gave me a piece of your heart

But I threw it away

I took you for granted

As if this was a game

Still you chased after me

Still you fought hard for me

And all the while I wished for someone else

All the while I wished you were someone else

 

Well yeah there were times you would act like a jerk

But you had a heart no one else could contain

You cared for me and respected me

You were kind and oh, so forgiving

You protected me and was there for me

Your arms were open for me to fall back on

You said so yourself

 

Yet I was so foolish

So selfish and lame

I didn’t realize who you were

I didn’t realize what I had

 

But where have you gone?

Where have you gone?

I let your heart slip through my fingers like

Sand I didn’t want is all the sand in this world

And now I’m left alone with Insomnia and Dark

Realizing what I’ve done

I’ve done more than break your heart

 

Tonight is the night I miss you so bad

Cause when I look back

I saw I turned away-I ran

And I will find you again.

And I will embrace you

 

For if you pick up your shattered heart

And put it back together.

If you fix your broken heart

And give it to me once again.

I will open my arms and cradle it.

I will listen and comfort it.

I will protect it and

I will love it.

 

Author's Note

This poem doesn't seem to flow in my opinion but when I was writing this it seemed to be the only way to express the situation. Sorry the piece was long!

Reviews

[Aggie Skeleton]

Sweet and emotional, I liked it... of course I did, otherwise I wouldn't have reviewed it.

[Undying Glory]

very, very sweet work. that was the first thing that struck me on this one. don't worry if you don't think it flows, to me that makes it real unique. to me, sometimes it's real weird when you do lose that special someone and people say, "Look what you've lost!" i mean, did they tell you that right at the start, that he/she and you were meant to be? if they did, that's fine, but if they didn't that only goes to show that they're just being geniuses in hindsight. kudos on this one, you've expressed the full cycle in a very nice way

[Joshua Donahue]

amazing and very emotional. though long, it is good. :)

[Ima]

an amazing job!!
a touching read no doubt!!
the flow is also good.. dont worry!! but the best part is that even though its a long piece it keeps ones interest =)
Good writing!!

[A.Lee]

I think this is perfect. You expressed both the situation and your emotion so strongly and beautifully and it flowed very well. Very sad.

[J.S. Pua]

flow is fine..
the piece is long..
yet, it kept me reading up to the last line..
this is well written, my friend..
great work..

[RTB]

how poetic nd i think it flowed fine so i wouldnt worry about tht pple who cant find a flow havent really tried everything has a flow

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oh no! it's a love song, so touching, to have someone love us and blindly miss them, because we are so consumed with another..when all along they were right for us.. lovely