Algedonic

you’re not in love

you’re in pain

and there’s nothing

romantic or loving

about that

they love you
until they leave you
then miss you
when you’ve moved on

there is pain
a deep pain
in the idea
of good people
wasting the best parts
of themselves
on people
who are never
good to them

it happens
it’s true
they always leave you
for the person
they told you
not to worry about

while you lie there hurting
wide awake
he’s asleep
on the piles of lies

the silence

will awaken the noise

of joy

that lives within me

then darkness

then light

then chaos

then peace

then sadness

then joy

look inward

for the things

they refuse

to give you

i am alone

but this is heaven

this is peace

you’re an angel my love

don’t go searching for heaven

when heaven lives within you

you’re an angel my love

don’t go searching for heaven

when heaven lives within you

my imagination made you good

my imagination made me stay

my imagination helped me see

a life without you

in time

we see the truth

in time

we move on

she was beautiful

and strange

and broken

but she was worth it

she is a garden of love

and adventure

i hope something good finds you

because there is something good

that lives beyond your skin

beneath your veins

and inside your soul

you are you

and that will always be

a poem worth reading