Dear Life
Why must you f*** with me?
Whose perfect plaything was I made to be….a sad little doll with a cockeyed bow for all the others to laugh at
Give me a beautiful mind and a timid voice that can’t speak it
An angel soft soul and a cold face so others can’t see it
Trying so hard to find comfort with a God whose words come in metaphors I can’t understand
Family tries to help but only puts my failures in a frame
Dear Best Friend I ever had
I don’t know what I did to deserve you and you’d never know it
But you saved my life and I’ll always love you girl even if I could never show it
I’m sorry for all I ever put you through you’ve no idea how much I needed you
You could’ve been class favorite, perfect, who everyone wanted to be
But somehow god, fate, whatever put you there for me
How I could’ve messed that up, only I could do
Always felt like an outsider, not a friend even to my friends, except with you I always knew
Didn’t expect a favor, no using me, confusing me, or dumping me with the first opportunity
Others took you from me, and I hope your life’s better for it
Cause God knows you deserve it
Dear Old School
I spent so many years hating and fearing you all for what you did to me
Many more understanding why, and forgiving you for relentlessly trying to mold a brick stuck in clay
A few trying to study you and learn your ways
But, today you finally told me you were terrified of me all along
I was different, and it scared you. Everything else that came out of your mouths, hiding the truth you were afraid to say. With age came bigger things to fear, looking at me with new eyes. An oddity to accept, a little late in the day
The idea of my true place, the truth in opposites
Dear First/Only boyfriend I’ve ever had
I’m sorry I wasn’t what I pretended to be
I’m so used to the game of life I forgot I shouldn’t always play
With your feelings I didn’t mean to hurt you or mislead
You were so patient and good to me I forgot about your needs
See you around and I don’t know what to say
I understand why you ended it and I don’t blame you at all
Know its all my fault, my coy was actually clueless, and I hope you’re happy now
Want to say Im sorry but I don’t know how
Dear work
How am I supposed to know what I’m doing wrong if you never say
Silence while I’m here, whispers and looks while I’m away
Thought I was doing well, wasting my time if I saw it the wrong way
I know most people don’t like to hear their mistakes
But I’m messing up more and more every day, the same mistakes I don’t recognize
Crystal clear to my associates, my words on deaf ears
My friends secret conspirators my words fodder for amusement
Done nothing to deserve this treatment why can’t you just accept
How am I the one that wrong when its you that causes pain
Try so hard to force me to be who you are
Turn the mirrors to my soul, silent smirking face
Why is this your way, what I should be
Call me unfeeling, but it’s you who feels so cold to me
Call me rude or insolent, but make me feel so insignificant
Beat down my strengths and stomp on all my pride
Life why must you f*** with me I’m too tired to play
Dear anonymous facebook “crush”
I don’t know who you are
You claim to be an old acquaintance from high school, or freshman year
a careless prank not a chance, words easily recognizable…so simple but so rare so sincere
From those days I remember only pain
Any hints of flirting tied to bets, my emotions a cruel game
But maybe I could be so blind, a shyer truth I failed to see
A quiet soul, empty compliments absent. A listening ear and a shoulder to lean on, left
Absent and unused. Feeling so ignored, faulty mind the one doing the ignoring
Perhaps truly a gift from a brother, tired of pretending your sis is with her friends
Always the superstar, the center, exuding confidence and poise, who everyone wants to be
But still somehow the only one who truly emphasizes with your closest opposite
being so alone its like there’s nothing to hold onto
Whoever you are, thank you