incompatibility

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sometimes i get the urge to just punch my heart.

right in the middle.

i want to feel the ventricles twitch

and watch as it stutters in my chest

as i am left breathless

because of my own destructive actions.

will this numb the pain? i wonder

because unrequited love is a stupid bitch

and i hate her.

it hurts my heart

maybe even more than a punch to my guts

to beat so hard and pour my passion

into a boy who will

never

love me.

no matter how much i want him to,

i can hope and pray

to a god that isn't there for me.

they stopped listening to me long ago

so i turned my back on them.

and look where it got me

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