Scarves Rings and Lipstick

26

A
Were you listening when I told you all the things I hate
Or what I ate for dinner
My thoughts on destiny and fate?

B
In a world full of warm bossoms you chose me
Atleast thats what you led me to believe

C
Where there was you and me
There was never a we
I chose to be blind when unlike love I could see

D
Sometimes I feel your warmth in the summer sun
Closer to me than anyone

E-F-G
When I said I wasnt in the mood
To stare at the full moon with our fingers intertwined
You should've known those words weren't mine

H
Try as I might I fail to equate
The time spent to the love given
I lied when I said you're forgiven
I lied to myself

I
I learnt to use "I" on a sweltering Christmas night
In a book thats shed a light on the dark rage within

J
Did you mean it when you said
We'll be okay if we do things my way
If I just stay

K
Ok means its not okay

L-M-N-O-P
Why work so hard to be who I want you to be instead of the man I know and love

Q-R
I never knew

S
I wouldn't have carved a space for you to rest in my frail heart
An image as grotesque as the way I sat on the kitchen floor
Stitching the gaping hole shut

T
Its scary but true

U
You drove me to the edge

V
You pushed me off the ledge, so cold my lips turned blue

W
But at the end of the day

X
I was the girl without a face

Y
The girl without a name

Z
I had to write it down so I wouldnt forget
I was just one of the 26 letters of the alphabet

❤The first poem I recited, excited to grow in terms of performance