actually on my own

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Tonight,
I lay in bed,
All alone.
Actually on my own.

No one is calling my phone.
No one is hoping I'm home.
No one waiting on their poem.

I don't have a man
Saying goodnight honey!
I don't have someone
Spending their money
On me.

Tonight,
I won't dream about anyone
Or think of what
I could have done
Because I'm so glad I'm on my own.

Whatever fear I used to have
Doesn't scare me so bad
As the idea of another miserable relationship.

It doesn't scare me as bad
As another he doesn't love me,
As bad as
He'll put another above me.

It doesn't scare me as bad as
2 am fights,
As bad as
"I'm always right"s

No.
Sleeping alone is peace
And quiet.
No one touching me when I don't want it.

No goodnight kisses I didn't want to give,
Living somewhere I didn't want to live!

I can doze off with the comfort of myself,
Without pleasing anyone else.
No longer do I not like being alone,
Now alone is my home
That I have missed.

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