Red
Red-tinted eyes
see the world and
angry words spurt
from those too-red
lips.
Everything is red,
your T-shirt and
converse shoes, too.
I block out the noise my
ears
can't handle. Because
if I had to listen to you
and see you, I'd just go
over the top, steaming
mad.
You try to calm me down
but it's futile. That means
useless, 'cuz I know you
don't read much. And that
hurts,
because it reminds me how
you thought it was so cute
when I curled up, reading.
How you'd wrap your arms
around
me, pull me close to you. You
hate reading, but not as much
as you used to. The reason for
this change? Me and only me.
That
is something else I can't handle.
The way I changed you, certain
opinions you had, certain views
of the world. You thought it was
all
“falling to shit” as you so vividly
put it. I changed you from cynic
to optimist. I'm wondering now,
while you're still trying to explain
yourself,
will you go back to how you were
before me, or will you stay this way?
Will you want to forget me, or not?
You know what, it's gone on for too
long.
see the world and
angry words spurt
from those too-red
lips.
Everything is red,
your T-shirt and
converse shoes, too.
I block out the noise my
ears
can't handle. Because
if I had to listen to you
and see you, I'd just go
over the top, steaming
mad.
You try to calm me down
but it's futile. That means
useless, 'cuz I know you
don't read much. And that
hurts,
because it reminds me how
you thought it was so cute
when I curled up, reading.
How you'd wrap your arms
around
me, pull me close to you. You
hate reading, but not as much
as you used to. The reason for
this change? Me and only me.
That
is something else I can't handle.
The way I changed you, certain
opinions you had, certain views
of the world. You thought it was
all
“falling to shit” as you so vividly
put it. I changed you from cynic
to optimist. I'm wondering now,
while you're still trying to explain
yourself,
will you go back to how you were
before me, or will you stay this way?
Will you want to forget me, or not?
You know what, it's gone on for too
long.