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A look of disappointment.

iLoveYouWithaKnife

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I had a quarter ounce of pot the day I decided I had enough.
And perhaps if it wasn't for that, I would have sat in what was 'our room' and cried the whole entire night.
And do nothing to change what was going on.

I was able to take it when you brought her over.
I was able to take it when she was in our house.
I was able to take it when I saw you two grilling burgers on the balcony, sitting on the blue fabric wooden chairs purchased at pier 1.
I thought it was all going to pass.
I remember peering out of the window one afternoon as she beeped the horn in the driveway.
At that moment, I was sitting on the floor staring at the wall
singing the song that blared on my stereo,
'the places you have come to fear the most'
You opened the doors to our walk in closet, grabbed a shirt
and ran out the front door.
I was at the point where I wouldn't allow myself to cry.

She wasn't the one who was suppose to go to the reception.
And even though I was still invited to come along,
everyone knew I wouldn't show my face.
Instead I did something you or anyone else,
didn't expect.
I neatly boxed all of your belongs and put them in the hall.
It was getting a little sickening hearing day after day
how much you hated me,
and how you were moving out.

Perhaps when you said you were 'moving out'
you meant out of my life,
but I wanted you out of my room.
And I remember as I was folding all your shirts
and putting all of your shoes in bags
I cried proudly.
Because I knew what I needed to do,
and I was finally able to stand up
and do it.

Many months after that I spent wondering,
if I did the right thing or not.
I remember speaking to you after I moved,
and you had told me that if i never would have packed your stuff, you probably wouldn't have moved out.
Because you didn't want to.
You didn't want things to turn out like that.
And I guess at the time,
I didn't either.
But it was too hard for me to see you not look at me day after day.
And if you did, it was in a way that made me feel empty.
And I didn't like it.
Perhaps it would have all passed,
like I mentioned before
but I'm glad it didn't.
I'm glad I didn't give it another chance.

I wonder where in your house
that James Dean picture is hung.
Maybe the bathroom like Vermont.
I remember the day I noticed it wasn't hanging by the door,
on Lee Ct.
I was pissed cause that was a present for me.
I opened the door in the kitchen and
walked down the steps to the basement
saying
I thought that was for me, why'd you take it?
And all I saw was her.
I didn't know she was there.
I stopped half in my tracks
and picked my head up.
I hope everytime you look at that picture
you see the picture of my disappointed face that day.
As I didn't say another word.
Just looked at the two of you
and walked up to my room.

They say you can only be pushed so far.
And I guess that's what happened.

I'm feeling a little pushed right now.
But into a corner.
Where there's two walls,
two options.
I can continue on,
like this......
or I can
turn around
and walk away.
I feel like a small child that was sent in the corner,
for acting up.
Left there to think about what it was they did wrong.
And perhaps when I realize I did nothing,
I can turn and walk away from that corner,
from all this fucking mess.
I don't know what it is though,
that's stopping me right now.

forty-eight hours
remember that.
I knew what was going to happen.
I rememeber warning you.
I said we can start this all on Wednesday.
But you said you wouldn't need to.
I should have realized that the forty eight hours,
would never start on your clock.
It stopped ticking along time ago.
Maybe it stopped with your heart.

Call me a fucking cunt
and turn back around.
Call me something else.
I don't care anymore.
There's nothing else that you could have said
that could hurt me anymore.
And your going to go out tonight
and fuck someone else?
Good, I hope she's a blast.
And you accidentally call her my name.
Fucking slut.
And yeah, would you really do it?
I think the words would probably hurt more,
than you going out and actually doing it.
Just the fact, you would say the most hurtful thing to me.

Everything around me literally stopped.
I felt a flashback to the basement,
on those steps.
The incident with the JD picture.
I hope you remember the look of dissapointment,
on my face,
as I turned to walk away.
I hope you felt me hurt.
And as you drove away
I threw my body against that brick wall
that held me up for a second,
and slid to the ground.
And just stared for a while.

I wonder as the cars drove by,
probably saw a tear or two fall from my eyes,
I wonder what they thought.
They were probably driving home
from Easter dinner.
I wonder what they saw,
besides a sad girl sitting against a brick wall.
I wonder if they saw the look of disappointment.
 
Raw emotion, brutal honesty, strength and intelligence -- you always seem to be able to express things in this unique way of yours, and I never read anything of yours I come across less than twice.

On a personal note, I know how you feel here:
I'm feeling a little pushed right now.
But into a corner.
Where there's two walls,
two options.
I can continue on,
like this......
or I can
turn around
and walk away.
I feel like a small child that was sent in the corner,
for acting up.
Left there to think about what it was they did wrong.
And perhaps when I realize I did nothing,
I can turn and walk away from that corner,
from all this fucking mess.
I don't know what it is though,
that's stopping me right now.

I'm finding myself in that place again, reminding myself of the potential growth that can rise out of this death-like tension.

Keep up with the writing...
 
of every single one of your pieces that i have ever read, this one is the ultimate one that will forever stick out in my memory as THE BEST. can i have your permission to put it on my site with my poetry collection? its fabulous...
Perhaps when you said you were 'moving out'
you meant out of my life,
but I wanted you out of my room.
And I remember as I was folding all your shirts
and putting all of your shoes in bags
I cried proudly.
Because I knew what I needed to do,
and I was finally able to stand up
and do it.
this must have been hard as hell for you to write. i tell you time and again that i think some of the same goddamn things you went through with "this person", i've gone through with his best friend (considering we're still talking about the same person here). i think its this thing, in their circle of friends who will never really grow up, and it keeps repeating itself. and this girl... i hate her, for many of the same reasons you do. and that look of disappointment... i've worn it too many times to be able to count. if there's one reason i should have broken it off with justin a year before we actually did, its that reason alone... being with him was disappointing. i dont know if it was the lies, or the never coming home at night, or how it felt to know he was at her house the night i knew things would never be the same again -- but it was disappointing to know that the person you loved was in someone else's house -- life -- arms -- head...

disappointment... yeah i've written about that before... too many times. read http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24619 ... it's called "Usual Disappointment", and it will hit home to you.

all i can say is that i think you have your answer. you've let this go on long enough. too long. i hope to God that you meet someone someday soon who picks you up off your feet, and makes you feel like a princess, and i hope more than anything else that someday, you're walking down the street with that person, and you pass the object of this current obsession, and i hope the look of disappointment... is his.
 
I must admit I haven't read anything else you've written but this was absolutely gut wrenching. It was amazing, it was a journey which I wasn't expecting to be taken on tonight.

Suffice to say I loved it. And the back of my throat is still tight from trying to hold back tears.
 
U write my life day by day. I love ur writing not only for that but for once again i will say for the truth, emotion and strength that is held within.

I might not deal with the "other girl" aspect of it but sometimes I wish it was another girl. :\

Please keep writing and posting!!
 
I always love reading your stuff in here...your style is great, and the way you can express raw emotion with so much intelligence and clarity really hits home.

Umm, feels kinda weird saying "keep up the good work" because the subject matter's kinda sad and all, but you get my drift...

--Raz--
 
Everlovin christ!

I'm pretty fucking impressed, overawed and just amazed by this poem. Its long, and its intense, introspective, and has that feeling of hindsight tinged with regret that really does make it painfully easy to relate to.

Many months after that I spent wondering,
if I did the right thing or not.
I remember speaking to you after I moved,
and you had told me that if i never would have packed your stuff, you probably wouldn't have moved out.
Because you didn't want to.
You didn't want things to turn out like that.
And I guess at the time,
I didn't either.
But it was too hard for me to see you not look at me day after day.
And if you did, it was in a way that made me feel empty.
And I didn't like it.
Perhaps it would have all passed,
like I mentioned before
but I'm glad it didn't.
I'm glad I didn't give it another chance.

I started off quoting two lines, then four, then just ed it was the whole paragraph that grabbed me. Its that kind of contemplation and analysis mixed with pain and experience and wisdom that I suppose we gain as we grow older.

Three thumbs up from me.

-plaz out-
 
wow. you are really killing me here. your poems have got me before but this one takes the cake. i know every side has a story but you are making me really mad at him.
you are such a brilliant writer and i hope you are seriously persuing something there.
(E-Girl, i love your stuff too)
 
incredible...there is nothing I can say that hasnt already been said about this. You know how I feel about your unique style of writing. so I'm going to leave it at that...with just one quote...the section that struck me the most...

I hope you remember the look of dissapointment,
on my face,
as I turned to walk away.
I hope you felt me hurt.
And as you drove away
I threw my body against that brick wall
that held me up for a second,
and slid to the ground.
And just stared for a while.


I wonder as the cars drove by,
probably saw a tear or two fall from my eyes,
I wonder what they thought.
They were probably driving home
from Easter dinner.
I wonder what they saw,
besides a sad girl sitting against a brick wall.
I wonder if they saw the look of disappointment.

Incredible...
 
Wow!
You really took me there...almost felt like I was watching all of this happen in short painful scenes. I'm sorry this had to happen to you. It's a shame that some of our most thought out and insense writing comes from such pain. This stirred up my emotions and made me numb all at the same time...very raw, very good stuff here.
 
Thank you to all for commenting on this.
I thought that this was probably one of the shittiest things I have ever written, but in my time of doubt, you all pull through for me, and make me see, that at least I have one good talent.

Amy:
of course you can post this on your site. Which ever parts you like, or in all.
But I do have to say, since you don't know my situation all to well, that this originally started out about one of my old boyfriends then lead into 'the' current. And the current happens.
The whole speaking about 'packing stuff and etc'.... that was with the last.

I just wanted to clear that up. :)

Thanks to all for commenting.

...more to come, i'm sure.

cheers.=D
 
wow...hun i love your stuff...this was no way a shitty peice...the feelings really came out in the words and the description of the situation was very well done. *hugs*
 
Excellent!

This embodies everything I strive for in my writing. The sad yet beautiful. I’m sorry you had to go through something like this, but selfishly, I’m glad I got to read it.

Thanks for bumping :D
 
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