Sunken Poetry (Part 8) The Finale
Living in the simplest manner
I am fufilling my cravings
I am bathing in the sun
I am kissing the moon goodnight
The stars whisper that it will all be okay
I surround myself in grass
I keep picking every flower I see
Vases fill empty corners of my room
Everything still reminds me of you
I am doing everything we did
Just without you
I miss writing and drinking my tea
I miss the feeling of my cat at my feet
I realize that I have a dream
Idream of simplicity
To live my life to the fullest
To not fill my life with people
Who do not care for me
Although I miss you
I am still drinking out of the mug your mother gave me
Your jacket still has a spot in my closet
I stare at the wall
Which stands empty
Now that I took your paintings down
I wont go crazy and wish bad upon you
Just send me a letter
I will write back I promise
8 am
The sun has risen
My sheets are warm
My arms are empty
I wish you could have stayed for a cup of coffee
I made breakfast and made sure to cut your toast into triangles
I know you do not like it any other way
I wish you could have said goodbye
Or left a letter by the coffee pot
I am all alone
Drinking two cups of coffee
One for me
One for you
Your secrets hold a place in my body
I know things about you
Nobody elese knows
We share secrets in the dark
Under the blanket
It feels like a fortress
Although the secrets have begun to fade
I still remember your embarresing secrets
I rember your favorite number
The ringtones you hate
I rember that you are secretly in love with someone else
Except
You never told me that secret
I hold that in my heart
Hoping it was not true
Can we go back to sharing secrets
Under the sheets
We can make a bigger fort
This time I will tell you mine I now know
I never was a morning person
Until the moring I woke up with you
You opened the curtains
Faced the sun
And waited for me to wake up
You made me breakfast in bed
You always made me drink plenty of water
Fed me all my vitamins and medicine for the day
Held my hand when I was getting a shot
Kissed my knee when I fell
You were so gentle to me
I am beyond grateful to have you
I am blessed to lay beside you
You have protected me from anything bad
You have helped me get back on my feet
You make sure to check in
When I had a rough mental health day
Or just to say hello
I will never forget the day you said I love you
Or the moment you held my hand
I cry the happiest of tears
I am one with the earth
The sun on my skin fills my whole body with energy
The feeling of the summer breeze
Random bike rides that take me to places
I have never been before
True happieness is when I can run
I will run free into an empty field
Rolling around in the grass
Hugging trees and knowing
I am the whole universe
I am the sun
I am the moon
I am the soil I step on
Soon I will write stories of the future
I will write a book
I will discuss the good
The bad
And the ugliest of times
I will enlighten others of what it is like to have a broken heart
What it is like to be alone
What it felt like when you left
But the beuty in growth
The feeling of buying yourself fresh roses
Putting on your favorite dress on a random tuesday
Buying groceries for yourself
Filling my heart with love from those who love me too
I hope you learn something from me
We all grow
Just not together sometimes
Complete clutter
A mess
A disaster
I feel so tired
Taking care of your caretaker
I wish to live alone
To re-learn self care again
I will never understand how I got through what I did
I want there to be other methods
I do not want to hid my true life
I do not want to run
I must stand up and face my fears
I deserve a day to re-learn
How to love myself again
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Melanie Sejnowski is a senior at Dakota High School and is a writer on the Dakota Planet newspaper. She has prior experience with writing in her other...