Bitchy poetry I write when I listen to Barry Manilow
Scene: It's late October in 2021, and I've been in the painful process of getting over an old, long-lived crush. I'm not going to be all depressed about it - I'll put on some Manilow record instead, and then I'll be all depressed about it! About halfway through "This One's For You", I feel inspiration strike. So I pull out my notebook, flip all the way to the last page, and start writing. The words simply flow like water in a stream...
"over you"[edit | edit source]
dated 10-29-2021.
"your silence screamed volumes
and i definitely got it in my head
so the love i once had for you
is now long dead.
nowadays don't try to call, text, or write
'cause i've got a new man treating me alright.
so whatever, see you never.
goodbye and goodnight."
"how can you go on"[edit | edit source]
dated 10-30-2021.
"i bared to you the parts of me
that no other had ever yet seen
and even then you cared not
even with any bit of your being
how can you go on now
knowing only for you i was so vulnerable?
knowing, only for you
i exposed the depths of my core?
or perhaps you didn't realize
what was in front of your very eyes..."
"foolish"[edit | edit source]
dated 10-30-2021.
"you lured me in with the charm in your eyes
and foolishly i followed, only now did i realize
with so much i entrusted you, high on a love buzz
every time you let me play myself like the fucking idiot i was
you know, it's times like this i wish i never met you
i fall in love too easily, and i thought what we had could be true
or maybe your silence was a benefit
you did have the power to so easily make me feel like shit
but whatever it was, i don't care. it's over and it's through
hopefully maybe karma will come back to bite you."
"ecstasy"[edit | edit source]
dated 10-31-2021.
"i'll never forget the day i met you, it was august 2017
for the very first time, romance gave my life a golden sheen
i saw that you were perfect, and i put you on a pedestal
then i saw that you were not, and even then i loved all of you, your whole
even when the days turned cold and december came,
the sweet smile in your eyes gave my feelings cause to be untamed.
those days are long gone now, but i know sometimes i'll remember
how you were my first love,
for now and for forever."
"torn apart"[edit | edit source]
dated 11-24-2021.
"i told myself at the start of the year to not catch any feelings
but then i saw you again, and i felt my common sense leaving
a couple months on now, and dating sounded pretty appealing
but your bio suddenly sent me reeling
another girl already stole your heart
and now my own's gonna get torn apart
i'm left here cryin' starin' at the ceiling
cause now my heart's got no hope for healing
thinkin ''right now you're matching PFPs,
what's next, gonna give her your tees?''
''two heartbreaks in a month,
my god, i'm such a dunce!!''
whatever, forget it, she's cooler than me anyway
perhaps i should just go on my own merry way..."
Disclaimer: All these poems have been already written in my notebook, so I own the copyrights to them.