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Confess your love for her —
or forever hold your breath,
and watch her
walk down the aisle
toward someone
she never truly chose.

Say it now,
while she can still be yours,
while her heart
still beats freely.

Tell her —
that you’ve loved her
since the moment
you first saw her.

That her smile
melts your heart
every single time.

That you can’t imagine
a life without her.
That she’s the reason
you’re still breathing.

That she’s the color
on your blank canvas,
the verse
in every song you’ve ever written,
the meaning
in every moment you’ve lived.

Tell her —
you were never whole
without her.
That she was the missing piece
to your puzzle,
the one that made you
complete.

Because if you don’t…
you’ll spend a lifetime
wondering how it felt
to be loved back
by the one
you never had the courage
to fight for.
say it now or forever hold your breath....
Joe Baldwin May 2018
.3%
.3%

My mind is consumed with worry
Over a subject that is 99.7% unlikely
Yet that .3% barks at the gate of my mind
Like a German Shepard at a mailman.
I realize it is a small percent,
But it is huge in my mind and in
This moment of uncertainty.
.3% means a second job, and sleepless nights.
.3% means giving up on the youth
That we have recently re-discovered.
.3% means struggles that we are not prepared to face.
.3% means we become boring for a while,
And hope that we remember how to have fun years from now.
.3% means forced interactions with family members,
And eventual awkward conversations
Filled with unwanted opinions on how to treat the .3%.

And now I wait
On a visitor that never calls ahead
But always shows around the same time.
A visitor that means sacrifice and stress, but at the end of the day
Puts my mind at ease with their reassurances of the future.
So please forgive me
For constantly asking if they’ve arrived
Carrying their red suitcase
And marching through the airport
Preaching the good world of 99.7%.
let me love you
like
an
zipper

from
a to xyz

amazed am art
bye bye baby
cry cry
cry
dandelions
eventually fragrances
gallop gently jolting
kindness love me
now


oh please
questioned
redundantly
surely
supposedly

undefined
violently
x
y
x
?





­...
..
.
would you
consider
an
...
..
.
Edgar E Tobias Aug 2015
It was only a few hours ago when I convinced you
All so convincingly that she was all I needed
I even started to believe it myself
But it was only a fleeting moment of grace
A thought of a lover's embrace
It makes more sense when you have a reason to think
About it less
But coughing up change when she looks away
Pretending you had it all covered
The entire length's stay
"So much it hurts..."
There is beauty in pain
Be the shooting star's wish - the one to come true
Be everything and more
Let me be the one to walk eternity with you

— The End —