Melissa Joy Chesky Poems

I don't know who to be mad at,
Me for loving you so deeply
Or you for giving me a reason to love again.
But now those reasons seem so pointless
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This is just a reminder
That I couldn't let you in.
You knocked and burned at my gates,
But you never once won.
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Just walking hand in hand
Barefoot amongst the sand
Dancing in the moonlight
Such as a candle in the night
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They call me dedicated
They call me loyal
They call me all these things
Except for the most true of all:
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You're just wicked.
I tried to lie through the bitter truth in my stomach,
The chalk in my mouth trying to prevent the self-regret
But they could even see through the guise I've built for you;
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Test, test, test… one… two…
Check check
Graveled laugh
Smokey gestures
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I'm stealing from you, and you from me,
We are equal thieves of each other's needs,
We're unselfish in our selfish ways,
Taking and giving and taking everyday
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You burn my dreams to ashes and sticks
Your flames are in my smoldering ruin, you lick
Across my skin, my thoughts, my pain,
And I pray to an unknown that it'll wane
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Cradled in stone hands
You tell me to hold still
And I know it's an impossible request.
Tracing across my skin
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And when the flame-colored leaves
Finally descend
To God's green earth,
I know that they have rebelled
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