My Replacement Poem by Shilesha Johnson

Sometimes he isn't a thought
until he pops up on my phone
But he's not the one I'm yearning for
When I'm stuck here all alone
But when I'm with him
Things are just so different
But when he's gone...
He's NOT the one I'm missing
In reality, I'm looking for a replacement
Well in reality
Nobody can replace him
I'm searching for a way out
But I can't because
My heart is speaking too loud
It's beating for the one that tore it into pieces
Completely ignoring the lonely nights I cried
The nights I grew sleepless
So to take away from the pain
I invite someone temporarily in
to distract me of this change
Feeding my heart lies that it is now complete
But when I go home and lay my head down
and I think....
I notice
That he's not beside me
and that he wont ever be
I come to terms with the truth
and it hits me even more
that NOBODY...measures up to you