August 1st

So it was August 1st
The day you pushed me away
229 days
I wish you'd let me stay

You wouldn't look at my face
Your hands clenched so tight
Your mind was already made up
I knew I couldn't fight

You wiped the tears from my face
And kissed my forehead one last time 
I wouldn't let go of your hand 
I wanted you to be mine

I knew when I left here
Things would never be the same
I stayed as long as I could
Before I gave up on that game

How could you let me leave
When "you still love me so much"
You'll never hold me again
I'll never feel your touch

I remember October 12 
The day of my first kiss
A night of pure romance

That night I'll forever miss


I'll miss the smell of your shoulder
Where my head would so often rest
I loved it when you held me
Doing that was the best 

The nights are the hardest
Laying there alone
Remembering our sleepovers
Waiting for my phone

To light up with your name
I know it won't any more
Remembering our late night texts
Cuts me to the core

I miss the way we kiss
I miss the way we sleep
I miss the way we laugh
I miss the way you leap

I don't remember how to smile
I don't remember how to breathe
I don't remember how to talk
I don't remember how to be

I can't believe you left me
Sitting there cut open
Tell me what to do
When someone leaves you so broken

Please don't ask me how I'm doing
If you care don't let me know
If I knew that's how you felt
I'd never let you go

I miss you like crazy
And I still love you so much
I don't have words to say
How could this happen to us. 

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