Sorry Isn't Enough

When you hurt me,
I say that it's fine.
I pretend that everything is okay,
Even though my world is breaking at the seams.
When will you ever learn,
That breaking my heart isn't a way to earn my trust?
When will you ever learn,
That most times,
Sorry isn't enough.

TheSilentPoet

16 years old

Poetry

By TheSilentPoet

Grief

Stop.
Do not tell me that "it will all be okay!"
Because it won't.
It has been a year now;
The emptiness inside of my heart is still screaming.
It's quieter some days,
It's louder others.

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Misplaced Trust, and What Comes After

I will give you my heart;
A little glass thing.
It reflects the stars burning in your eyes.
You will drop it on the sidewalk,
And call all of my broken pieces beautiful.
Pick it up shard by shard,

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Perhaps I Should Go To Bed

The green light of my alarm clock blinks at me

Angry.

It shouts at me,

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Into the silence.

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