My life is falling apart

And it’s your fault.

We need to get it together

Once and for all.

I know you.

You’re pushing me so I’ll

Leave.

Punishing me emotionally.

Why are you –

Fighting me?

Why else –

Do you argue with me constantly,

Correcting me incessantly?

You’re strangling me

Altogether.

Choking me with your decisions.

Breathe.

I just need to breathe.

Why are you –

Killing me?

We must be smarter than this.

What would it mean to start over?

Our lives have splintered

Into jagged pieces

And shards of memories,

We don’t even recognize each other.

We’ve –

Got to discover what we had together.

Why won’t you –

Help me?

It’s so frustrating.

We’ve become separate individuals

Crumbling under the weight of our moments

Apart.

We still have time to decide

Who we want to be together and

Achieve

Some sort of miracle.

Why won’t you –

Believe me?

Categories: Poetry, Selection: 2010 - 2015