Poem #6: waiting to be put down (free verse)
8:45 pm
Left the party
After taking a pic or two
I have to hurry
I made a promise
Well to me it was a promise
But I keep my word
Im so excited
Just to be around yu
8:55 pm
I couldnt find yur house
But I didnt care
I felt happy
8:58 pm
I found yur house
I wonder which door
just do them all
9:07 pm
I knocked and rang
For minutes
Hoping she would open
then we could chill
9:13 pm
I only wanted
to keep her company
But my plans
Were just fakes
9:23 pm
Im cold
and cant take it
20 minutes of waiting
And no answer
I then left the party
To only be broken
I just to be
Waiting to put down
9:30 pm
Back at the party
People are now dancing
But some are hurting
I try to comfort them
But how can I do that
If I cant comfort myself
9:45 pm
I get up and dance
As I try to clear my head
As I try to forget
All that just happened
People are laughing and dancing
Im still paralyzed
Them I tell him
this one guy
“clear yur head
Tonight yur single”
soon realising
It was advice to myself
I them lose it
Im not thinking
right now
I have no consciousness
10:00 pm
I didnt know who I was
Neither did anyone else
dancing with 2 at 1 time?
I couldnt even dream that
my mind is still blank
Til the slow dance
Then I found who I was again
10:45 pm
Slow dancing,
remembering it all
Troubles of the night
11:00 pm
Time to go home.
Walking down 22nd
Went in the house
And felt a tear
Being my true person
I punished myself
Just for that one tear
and it worked
But Dont yu dare fake
dont act like yu care
I dont need yur pity
save it for later
Cause after I get through
Yur gonna need it for yur seld
3:26 am
I couldnt sleep,
Not at 1 or 2
So I lay in bed
Just listening
As I prepare to light em up
Theres only one thing
I dont have anything
Nothing that I love
To burn down
To turn to ash
To set up in flames
Like my heart has been
Im writing this poem
Not caring for the outcome
Not caring for tomorrow
Now the new day
But I kno one thing
I was stood up
I was left
Just left there
Like chopped meat
Or even a fresh carcass
With all my hopes up
I was only waiting
To be put down