Dirtied Up Memories

by *Charisma*   Sep 8, 2007


Yesterday I decided I was going to get over you
That I'd let too much time pass, and it was overdue.
So I pulled out your shirt, and ripped it to shreds.
Then dug out some trinkets from under my bed.

I opened the box where our memories now laid
Deciding to destroy each stupid one we'd made.
I took the locket with your picture closed inside
And tossed it in the trash, where many would reside.

I picked up the flower's you'd given me that day
When you said, "I love you" and threw them away.
Then came the letters, dyed with all your words
I burned them with the candle, now they won't be heard.

I set down the box, and lifted up my head
Looked around the room, then stopped by the bed.
There on the desk sat pictures of me and you
It was time to rid them from their spot in my room.

So I tossed them away...each and every one.
It seemed to me now that my job was finally done.
I swore that this was the answer to me moving on
But I didn't feel any better, though your stuff was gone.

That's when I realized my pain wasn't in the frame
The physical things I had weren't part of the blame.
I couldn't just toss out memories we had shared
That part of this left me completely unprepared.

I have no ways left to help me get over you.
I threw them all away, and it didn't pull me through.
Now I have a mess to clean, and a heart still to mend
I'm not over you, though I've got a full trash bin.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Midnight Sun

    This was a lot better than the last one I think because it had flavor...definately not bland what-so-ever. It was great! And very descriptive. I could picture what was happening and that definately helps the reality of the poem. Fantastic job! :)
    ~Midnight Sun

  • 17 years ago

    by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG

    Wow, every single line of this was pure genius. You wrote it on such a personal level, but worded it so perfectly that the reader can relate it to their own lives and make it personal to them as well. As a teenage girl, I am able to say that I know and feel exactly what is being said here...been there a time or two...and you wrote out exactly that moment in my life. You amaze me, your talent is beyond words.

    5.5
    :]

  • 17 years ago

    by ABake

    I like this a lot. I can relate and your emotion is expressed beautifully. It takes strength to move on and I can see how your trying to be strong and say I can get over him, yet your like but I don't want to. Lol. Great job! The poem was beautiful just as your others.
    5/5

    Amber...

  • 17 years ago

    by aDORKable x3

    Congrats on hitting 300 poems. This was was very good and I liked it a whole lot. I could relate to it at the moment, so I liked it even more. I know what it's like to want to move on and getting rid of stuff that reminds you of him is a start. You use rhymes that I wouldn't think to use and you do it great! This poem could have been cliched, but they way you wrote it, it didn't seem to slip towards that.
    Great Job & Take Care<3
    Ciao~

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