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Seven hundred miles
away, and I still felt like
I was being choked.
Dude Haikus: Fourteen // Elyssa Allen
Seven hundred miles
away, and I still felt like
I was being choked.
I wonder if there
was a time he looked at his
wife the same way.
One day, his words were
just a hangover I was
left hanging over.
It took years to pick
up the pieces. Some days they
still don’t seem to fit.
Despite everything
I still hoped he would circle
back to me one day.
If I could go back
and erase just one mistake,
I’d turn him to dust.
I know he would have
given me the moon had I
given him the chance.
‘I want to see you’
meant only with the lights turned
off and the door closed.
I am torn between
feeling sorry and afraid.
He still knows so much.
I don’t miss him. I
miss how I never had to
doubt what he promised.