Halitosis Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

My mind seems to want to find you,
In times when my thoughts...
Wander and stray.

And I am not fine with that at all.
Since those days of togetherness...
Have long gone away.

I would say hello to you...
If I knew you would do the same.
Just to acknowledge your presence.
And nothing else would I wish to obtain.

But I have no desire for that to occur.
Perhaps it is you,
Who thinks of me today.
After victimizing someone else...
You charmed and betrayed.

You appear from a distance,
I would rather dismiss!
Than to sit and wonder 'if'...
My happiness would be better appreciated,
Under hypnosis...
And cleansed of all of it.

To completely remove your existence!
Like a rebirth renewed and fresh.
That's how much I want your face erased,
From my memory.
Totally!
And I know that would be best!

Requesting without haste,
To clear the air.
Desiring it to be replaced!
When scented by a mint...
Offered to give and taken,
By one suffering from...
Halitosis of the breath,
That leaves a stomach aching.

And it makes me sick...
To think,
I craved to kiss your lips!
UGH!

'Medic...? '

No.
It's okay.
I'll be fine!
Just a bit of reminiscing.
It will pass...
Fast.
Like unwelcomed gas,
That does not last!