Better Ending Poem by Maya Hanson

Better Ending



For centuries after you left me
I left shoes and a sigh on the stairs
and every time I turn around
I'm still seeing you

From gardens to sidewalks to cities
your face is everywhere
and before I turn, in the corner of my eye
I swear I can see you smile

If my life is a book left unwritten
it's you who's holding the pen
If what we had was a broken mantra
I'm still singing it in my head

I'm trying to write something my own
but clichés keep slipping out…
there's a reason for all those songs,
love is a light in the storm

For centuries after you left me
I kept wishing you'd come back around
because all the things we saw
don't hold the same glitter without you

I know if I shout you'll still be here
We can laugh and say the same words
I can follow you wherever you wander
but it's not the same anymore

You tease me but lift her on your shoulders
and it's even hard to hate her
It would be easier if I could be bitter
but I care enough to want her for you
I want you for her too, oh God how I miss us
the ease and the nights and shy smiles
And if you even give her half of what you gave me
it's magic and mist and she'll fall too

It would be easier if I could be bitter
I know it wouldn't hurt this much
but I've been with you and
I've laughed with her

and I still still still love you both,
miss you more than you miss me
and all I can do with this heartbreak
is wish her a better ending.

Monday, August 22, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: jealousy,relationship,love,heartbreak
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