#jessicasharp

[beforeghosts]

In honour of #nationalpoetryday. A poem from one of my favourite poets who I am lucky enough to be able to call my friend. #poem #nellieandelsie #jessicasharp #poetry

[heartbetweenyourteeth]

I worry about you. I worry about how you are, If everything is okay. Most of all I worry That you don’t ever think of me. Did my heart let you down?

~ J. Sharp

[heartbetweenyourteeth]

I cannot remember

the last time I was touched

in a way that didn’t make me feel

like I owed something back.

  You make your choices.

And you are

what I make you.

  I have discovered

that I long for things I don’t really want.

I cry at adverts and I shrink

when my hand is held.

  I turn good men away

because your lifeless shadow

is still in my bed.

  I used to have a compass in me

and without a constant North

it would always somehow

lead me back to you.

  My memories will ruin me,

I am aware of that.

Especially if I keep feeding them like this.

  I used to be

someone I was proud of.

~ J. Sharp