petty

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you call me petty

never pretty

you tell me to let go of my grudges

but all i feel when i look at your face

is the pain you made possible

i look at all the faces i used to adore

i look at all the faces i used to miss

but now all i see is the endless tears

the hurtful words

i see all the ways you did me wrong

lied to me

used me

abused me

i see all the tears you left in my heart

the empty promises

but i still wish you were in my life

if i told you that

i would lose my dignity

i would lose my self worth

so instead

i keep staring at your posts

all the pictures we took together

and imagine a world

where you never said those things

a world where you still love me



i wrote this when my best friend left me. she called me names, and did everything your best friend is not supposed to do. i hated her, and still struggle to find any compassion for her in my heart. however, i've done my best to move on and keep her off my mind. as COIN says, better to leave it unsaid.

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