Submissions by starfading
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
a complicated mess, something disorganized and faded. withered away from countless lives and countless tries, i stand fractured–– but alive.
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
23rd Jan 2018 1:33am
23rd Jan 2018 1:33am
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i had no one.
yes, i suppose i was dating someone at the time; but he didn’t love me. he never did. suddenly i was blessed with his presence. someone who looked cold as ice, but eventually melted into a warm spring day. he told me i was spring. said my darkness made the stars shine brighter at night. that he truly cared for me like no one else had. and i felt the same.
but happiness doesn’t last for me, it never has. a planned trip fell through and i know he blamed me for it; a mutual friend admitted he still does. maybe i wasn’t ready, maybe i was scared. but that was...
yes, i suppose i was dating someone at the time; but he didn’t love me. he never did. suddenly i was blessed with his presence. someone who looked cold as ice, but eventually melted into a warm spring day. he told me i was spring. said my darkness made the stars shine brighter at night. that he truly cared for me like no one else had. and i felt the same.
but happiness doesn’t last for me, it never has. a planned trip fell through and i know he blamed me for it; a mutual friend admitted he still does. maybe i wasn’t ready, maybe i was scared. but that was...
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DU Poetry : Submissions by starfading
