There’s never a good time

To say goodbye

Do you wait until you are utterly spent?

When the very thought of them repulses you

Or do you let go

The moment you realise it isn’t forever

The mess around my room

Heavy feet on broken glass

I threw in the towel

I flicked off the light

Keep my dream alive

Let it flicker and glow

As I empty the wardrobe of my mind

Into your draw of trinkets

Worthless tokens of appreciation

It’s like drowning in ice.

After leaving a hot bath.

When you realise the things you have.

The ones that always made you happy.

Are no longer the things you need

I draw the curtain on the light cast by the success of others

I throw them open as the light fades

…darkness is full of opportunity

One day I will cast the light my curtains black out

Let the tangle of thread and beads

Hanging above your bed

Protect you from the nightmare

That is your life

I’m like an owl

Soft

Majestic

Elegant

But I have talons

Designed to kill

I will draw blood

There’s only so long you can water a withering friendship

Only so long you can nurture a dying relationship

Only so long you can bang nails into a broken heart

Some things will never be fixed

It’s only so long before we learn to let them go

My mind is a swamp of emotion

I feel like my eyes have been gouged

And I’m floundering in the depths of my swirling thoughts

One moment I’m hanging around your neck

Ready to say the words that will destroy us

Next moment I’m hanging round your neck

Knowing you have changed my life

I can’t live a second without you

Blood shimmers

Sparkles

Shines

So do tears…..

Why are things associated with pain so beautiful?

Especially when happiness only glows

And hope only glimmers

There are so many things I want to tell you

It’s not that I don’t have the words

In fact I have written it a million ways

What I need is strength

To tell you things need to change