It’s cold and lonely next to you.
Freezing.
What to do, to break through?
Open up.
Let me in.
I can’t.
I hurt because of you.
You lied.
I cried.
Then I died.
I’ll change.
I promise.
You deserved better.
I know that now.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Susi Bocks, writer/author/poet, has self-published two books – Feeling Human and Every Day I Pause. She is the Editor of The Short of It which recently produced its first anthology in 2021 – The Sound of Brilliance. Bocks’ has works published in the anthologies Through The Looking Glass – Reflecting on Madness and Chaos Within, As The World Burns, SMITTEN: This Is What Love Looks Like: Poetry by Women for Women and inVitaBrevis, Spillwords, Literary Yard, and other literary magazines. You can find her work at IWriteHer.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.
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this is deep and show true maturity
The words have to be backed up by actions, otherwise, no maturity. But thank you, Sami! I appreciate your comment. 🙂