To The Ex-Girlfriend Of My Current Boyfriend

To the ex-girlfriend of my current boyfriend

There is no doubt in my mind that you need to stop

You see the equation of him plus I equals now

The equation of him plus you equals the past, gone, not again

Therefore the exit is to the right, my right to be exact

Now if you still don’t understand

Let me explain all the reasons why this is necessary

Please take notes

One, when he told me the first time you tried to get his attention

I tried to understand and got a bit mad

Two, the second time he told me you tried to get his attention

I got a little pissed

Three, the third time in which he told me you tried to get his damn attention

Let’s just say the pigment in my face matched the color of my hair

And you see, temptation is against god’s will and I’m a goddamn christian

Although under the ten commandments, the fifth one is, “You shall not murder”

I think God will forgive me on this one

Four, when I told him how I felt about this topic, I ended up asking if I could choke you

He said (and I quote), “I mean if you really want”, which means I have permission Therefore I can and will

Five, go back to wherever the hell you came from

We don’t need you here

Six, I saw the way you were looking at him at homecoming

Another reason why I made out with him in front of you, thinking you’d back off but no you’re still here

Seven, you’re suffering from unrequited love but that’s not your only problem

Eight, your other problem is me

Nine, back the fuck off

Ten, yes I requested to follow you on instagram only for you to follow me back and see all the pictures him and I that you could stay up all night wishing that could be you

Eleven, why are we still talking about this?

Because you left him over four months ago

I repeat, you left him

You left him hurt and confused

Twelve, I think I fell

I felt like Alice for a while

I was chasing this thing called happiness

But on my way down the rabbit hole

I banged my head against this black grand piano

It sang me the sweet melody of the time his hands first danced across my bare back

I had to steer clear of the treacherous word hope that was following me on my trip

I had to duck every crippling reason why this time won’t end like the last

Every book that passed over me had something to do with the time he walked a mile in the dead of night for me over a year ago just to give me his hoodie which I now wear as a nightgown

See the bed I bounced off seemed to have a trace of him

As I flipped, twisted and spun down

I was deathly afraid of dying

Which is a very new concept for me because I always believed that everything happen for a reason

Therefore I didn’t mind death before now

But then got a sense of excitement for what is yet to come

When I finally fell I found the table that Alice once did

I grabbed that damn key then drank the potion as if I was Dirkie from Lost in the Desert that hasn’t drank anything for seven days

I opened the tiny door only to find him holding out his heart with my name stitched into it

Thirteen, thank you

If it wasn’t for you breaking him

He and I wouldn’t have crawled our way back to June 29th, 2014 where it all began

We were two broken hearts combined as one and made whole

So thank you for leaving him

Thank you for creating something miraculous between him and I

 

This poem is about: 
Me

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