When we say goodbye,
please be certain - even if I somehow predicted how this was to end, I’d still love you.
Yes, the road ahead is lonely; I know. I carved it using my own bones. Nature caked under my nails as testament to tracks trekked by grasping desperately at dirt, as if forging a path meant I knew where the fuck I could possibly be going.
These tears serve as surrogate breadcrumbs, but they sink into the soil before I can find my way home.
So let’s leave on good terms: my lost-boy heart still longs to trust tall tales of unbelievable adoration– even when my whole being aches.
Don’t speak: words mean the world to me And you don’t comprehend their worth yet.
I’m stuffed, brimful of conversations unspoken between sheets I should wash because they smell like your silence; an accustomed taste.
Let’s pretend we were certain, in the breaths before farewell, that we left everything exposed, that the “love” which slipped from your lips didn’t just turn to hungry fingerprints in the months that followed your downfall –
Can you show me how you erased time? Your mind obliterating occasions where ecstasy Inhabited your smile Because I stood by your side.
I don’t hear music the same, as if your creative waves washed clean the tapes I’d play when dreaming of you –
Maybe we could fake house once more. I’ll prepare you a homemade meal, followed by falsifying feelings from your side of the table, then massage away the mistake of memorizing the movement you call our friendship.
Please avoid planting false hope – it’ll only blossom sorrow for the garden you’re deserting.
They say you only love once, and if that’s true:
Good.
I won’t survive this again.
When we say goodbye, I’ll remember you golden. The kid who lost himself in others, Then built his own soul, Happy to stand alone. Our story will be told That you were my greatest adventure, Steering me to a familiar place Of lessons learned and blue poems.
But darling, If you’re not yet convinced, I’ll still be here if ever you miss me. My loyalty doesn’t expire. So when our conclusion arrives, Be assured I’ll still love you. You can always look for me: I’ll be Wearing your favored shade of black, & waiting patiently to meet again.
@raspoetry
It’s been a minute. But I’m back. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for reading.









