u/A_Captains_Ship

Your fingers fill the cracks between all of mine

We've been here forever,

but you keep me held, like it's the first time

And i shudder under cold winter skies

I'm hoping that we're together,

But we know it's one final lie

As rain drops dance outside,

The window covered, we hear the taps

Your finger traces each little drop

Spiral down like a map,

Thankful for each tiny crack

I catch your reflection

It takes us back

.

To a time where life wasn't left so inspired.

We wrap up tight in place of fire

And I brush your hair, give a smile

As the water paces down each pavement tile.

The shadow burst out on your open skin

Leaving nothing, but the silence we're left in

I pull you close, A little hope

We kiss like walking a tight rope

But the time was rushing by like the wind.

So you drag me down and keep me pinned

Arms too weak to lift your wings

Each fluttered praise held its sting.

We move ourselves towards the candle bright

Until morning rise gives us burning light

Sun breaks through to catch your frame

Lying there, I wished to take your shame.

Turn around and laugh with bliss

Then I leave with a kiss.

A parting gift

I feel it shift

Until you say you're all alone again

And I play your hero to fill your pain

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/BHqK8chbeH

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/R768CEyTVY

reddit.com
u/A_Captains_Ship — 15 days ago

So here we are again,

Maybe have a listen, take a look.

That's all that we want.

Do you foster the community ideal?

Because I don't...

I look at everyone else

Their writing, their feelings, their heart

And I don't care

It's not me you're looking at.

So I just don't care.

I read what you write

And feed off it all,

But only when you write about me.

So vote to your hearts content.

Comment and wager and bager and lament

In the end, if it's not about me.

I simply don't care.

That's why we're all here, right?

To feed our ego.

For someone, anyone to say

"This right here. There's never been anything better."

Each breath and every letter

But how much of that is true?

We don't even know the who in you

what gives us the right

So when you reply to this piece.

If you ever do...

Remember, we're all hanging on to you.

What you say sates our soul.

Give us purpose and reason

That fills that empty hole

Because in the end, we're all the same

that's the community ideal

And for those of you who read

But stay silent.

Did you already post?

Reached your 2 comments a day quota?

That's okay.

Most people speak for permission

To post their own display.

Now...

We've reached our contradiction.

We hang onto your words

Those empty words you type

And when you post your own

Do you hope for the same honour?

A rule so deeply sewn,

But I'm done with revolution

I said what I said.

We're clearly the problemed solution

So, rather, instead

To All of reddit, I salute.

Community at its kindest

There's no way to refute

A system at its finest.

What could you dispute?

To everyone here.

Break your silence

There is no vow to be taken

I want to be wrong.

Prove me wrong.

Here is your cue

Ready?

I dare all of you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/oRpf0bn0Zq

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/tPFZ8oWnnG

reddit.com
u/A_Captains_Ship — 19 days ago

I'm gonna be a little more honest,

Not write in the lines like I normally do,

Because you deserve the real me

An open book with clarity

See, I just did it again

Fell back into that writing trap

So I'll start again

Yep, I used the same ending twice in three lines

Look at me now

That other line was too long,

But I'm getting off track.

This is about you... about me.... about you.

A more clear me for you

So let me write it out clearly.

You hurt me.

Unintentionally, of course, but still, it hurt.

You told me truths that I believed

So what's so wrong with that,

Well, I'm unsure

Unsure if they're still true

If that was the real you

Because we grew close

Probably, definelty way too close for a married man

I'll be punished for that. im sure. I sure hope.

But that doesn't mean I lied. You always knew.

Why is that so relevant?

Because I'm still writing for everyone else.

It's hard to be the person you are.

And that's why I'm unsure.

Who am I?

Because when we met.

I felt the costume slip

I really do hate that phrase.

So maybe this shouldn't be called Jade.

Maybe it's more of a confessional

That you deserve to hear

God, I wish you were here.

So let me bare it straight.

I'm wrong.

I'm a coward.

I miss you when I shouldn't.

I'm a cheat.

I'm a god-awful person.

But I was yours...

Come brandish your knives

Your pitchforks

Your torch

I know what you all think

Because I think I'm a joke.

So Who am I writing for?

Why is it so all over the place...

I'm unsure.

I love a girl who loved me back

When we got too close, she cut it off.

Honestly its for the best.

I understand all the mess

It's my fault I'm not denying that,

But even still, I want you back.

So feel my shame In writing this.

Even when im loved, it's you I miss.

So tie a rope and tie it well

Well, if this is love, this is hell.

It's all at the wrong time.

Souls that met far too late.

So here it is. My biggest mistake,

Was meeting you.

My soulmate.

.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/oRpf0bn0Zq

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/tPFZ8oWnnG

reddit.com
u/A_Captains_Ship — 20 days ago

It's one of the hardest words to say

Because really it's not just a Farewell

It's an ending.

An ending of possibilities,

Of tomorrow's and yesterday's

Of lazy days in bed,

Drunken nights, stupid mistakes

Terrible choices and

...all of the right ones.

And sure, this is cliché

A topic wrote out a thousand times,

But for once let's lean into it

Let's be the cliché love story we hate

Well, that you hate.

I always did have a soft spot

Not that I could change your mind

You're as stubborn as ever.

I'm just not ready to say it yet.

I've said it too many times

It hangs over me

I've lost a dad, a friend, a life

They all ended with that same word,

I don't know if I can muster it up again

Bring myself to admit that it's over

I keep what I've already lost

Because I don't want it to go

Leave like everything else

A door can always remain open

If you want it to,

But I can't hold it for it you

When you've already locked it.

So Instead, my eyes are shut

Because if I open them, I'll know.

I'll know you've already gone,

That you aren't there.

If they stay shut, I can hope

Make believe you'll be here when I'm ready.

.

And when I was ready

You had already left

And I never got to say goodbye

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/tPFZ8oWnnG

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/oRpf0bn0Zq

reddit.com
u/A_Captains_Ship — 24 days ago