Stop, Pause, Rewind

Sometimes, I think I wish we’d never become friends
STOP
Your thoughts can deceive you.
That little undying conscious in your head
Wants someone, wants someone.
PLAY
I look back on our laughs
REWIND
On our fun times
REWIND
On the moments when I really felt something,
Like maybe the world wasn’t a bad place,
Maybe people were real and to be cherished,
And maybe, just maybe
Everything would eventually be okay.
PAUSE
But then you destroyed us.
PLAY
But then you ripped away the life rope
I’d been holding on to, and I cascaded
Down, falling towards something I couldn’t make out
STOP
Well if we ever get through this,
You better know I’m not the one who said goodbye
REWIND
I cascaded down, falling towards something
I couldn’t make out, and all I wanted
Was for someone to catch me.
PAUSE
I’m moving on without you now
PLAY
If we were to ever meet again
STOP
Would it be different?
REWIND
If we were to ever meet again
Then I think I’d say hello
Maybe we could even introduce ourselves
And be on our way
PAUSE
But I’d want you to stay,
Much more than you know.
PLAY
I’ll go home tonight.
I won’t sleep right.
Nothing will ever be the same
Because you walked away,
And I can’t say goodbye.

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