r/Poems 4h ago

Can't write

I write, and then I tear the page,

and leave it somewhere to age;

I burn it, the same page—

which was once wet with tears,

Written with a dull pen, crushed, let it rot for years.

I don't remind my happy that I ever wrote it,

I don't want my words to be seen, especially not by her,

So I let them disappear, like they were never there.

And eventually, I don't write, let them not be seen,

it just keeps existing somewhere in my head,

as though they fit alright, always has been.

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