Melancholy

Beyond a labyrinth of half-broken rollercoasters

And rusty rides of a park long deserted

Lay my dull heart, numb and unmagnificent.

Forgive me

My trespasses

Dear one

I will never be the one for you.

Growing Up

I told you long ago
That I had grown up
Altered for the better
Casually crushing
Your hopes for sympathy
Forgiveness
Needless chatter
Comfortable silence
I said
It was never love
Child’s play
A rocky distraction
Of youthful lust
And clandestine mistakes
Today
I remember you
As I tell my story
To another one of you
Charming
Caught in a haze
Of blinding allure
Distracted as ever
Perhaps
I have not grown up at all