i wish i could scrape your name off my tongue.
as if your letters never rolled off my mouth.
so i could forget how i said your name,
with love, passion, anger, hatred.
i wish i could scrape your name off my tongue.
because it hurts when i hear it come up
in any sentence.
so i could forget how the memories
turned into moments locked away
in a part of my brain that i don't want to visit,
anymore.
i wish i could scrape your name off my tongue.
i dont want to remember how effortless
my lips ached for yours.
i dont want to remember how effortless
my voice sounded as i said it.
i dont want to remember how effortless
it was to cry at night because of you.
i wish i could scrape your name off my tongue.
so it can stop sounding,
like it belonged there for two years.
because the truth is it did,
but you're gone now,
and i have to make space there
for someone new.
-m
YOU ARE READING
year 1.
Poetrya collection of poetry written by yours truly as i navigate through the emotions of my first year of college and the summer before. enjoy <3 -malia d #12 in poetry (sept 12 2020)
