We leave in the same taxi
You raise my hopes up
Only until you ask the driver
To pull over by the pub.
Your strong and macho attitude
Leaving without a goodbye
I, warm and greedy as always
Watching till you are out of sight.
I get down at my place
Walking alone down the street
You yelling at the bartender
Trying to lose the building heat.
I make a vague effort
Unzipping my tiny dress
You down the entire scotch
Holding on to your breath.
I take off my earrings
That you brushed intentionally
I led on that guy on purpose
I wanted you to see.
I take down my silk dress
That I put on cause you were coming
You knew very well it was for you
I noticed your head turning.
I take out the contacts
From my very spying eyes
I saw you staring after
You heard them say I look nice.
Now you drink alone at the pub
While I am lying down in my bed
When both of us know so well
It’s each other that we dread.
But you are full of arrogance
And yes, I’m selfish too
We should have learned this by now
It’s not like this is new.
You drink like it’s your last time
While I stare at my phone screen
I’m scrolling through our pictures
While you continue to think of me.
We never once shed a tear
We were too strong to do that
Now, I’m texting that new boy
Whereas next to you she sat.
I ask him to come over
And you ask to take her home
We look into their eyes
As our intertwined minds roam.
I am clinging to his back
While you take off all her clothes
It’s weird how we two are sadists
Yet let our memories torture us both.
He’s snoring on my bed
While she lies silently next to you
You think of me and I think of you
And we both know that we’re fools.
Poetry In My Veins 