a short poem of being used when all you want it love, genuinely


the joker takes the crown, a heartache in three.

i will share
the pain i carry.

it's like no other,
special i guess,
small and big at the same time
it grows
each time
i beg for love
but i am purely desire.

another minor assault to the heart
left for my soul to heal
all these tiny incisions waiting to haemorrhage.

A habit to feel and heal
A pattern to unlearn


it feels like a song i liked once and ain't into now
but
theres that one hook
that gets me
every time

i lay still, head phones in, absorbing every little syllable that falls from your lips
wanting to know
everything i can
as if you're giving me the clues to figure out how it will be just me and you


i the fool
and i wear it well, it seems

repeatedly charmed into the arms of people i love so dearly
a quick fix so willingly taken, i guess

the joker shows
usually shunned from the pack
a mistake

the useless card shouldn't be in play
the suit of hearts blinded with laughter and cheap affection, i will not blame the Queen for all She Herself desires

funny this






Poetry by Holly Hawgood
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Written on 2024-01-14 at 09:55

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jim The PoetBay support member heart!
"i am purely desire"

"i the fool,
and i wear it well"

What a great lines, and your metaphor of joker and queen makes this a unique poem of love.

It's tough being human, all these feelings . . .
2024-01-14


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
A very good work, Holly Hawgood. Welcome to poetbay
ken d williams

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