Next Time – Poem by Me

Brooke 
are you ready to move on
    i've never felt farther apart

i could yell a thousand reasons why we failed
    but we could both retort with a thousand why we should stay

and i don't want to stay but 
    you don't want to leave and it's hard for me to let go

i could tell myself that next time i'll stand up
    for myself and next time it will be different but

we both know that would be a lie. so i'll say
    goodbye, and next time i see you i'll say hello, how

are you doing? and next time my eyes land on 
    someone new, hopefully things will be different

and it won't be a lie.

I hope you enjoyed this piece! Please let me know if you have any feedback or any writing challenges you’d like me to try out in the near future. Make sure to stay safe and healthy out there.

Brooke

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