Written by m ennenbach

not like words

she had
unreal
expectations of me
because she thought
my words were pretty

i knew
all i could do
was let her down

she had
built me up
into this person
i never was
mistaking metaphor for truth
and truth for metaphor

i told her
i am not
worth the time
or tears

just because
someone writes about
love
doesn’t mean
they know how to do it

look at all the liars
that made money
writing
they weren’t the poems
they put out
they were the flaws
in the margins
the misspelled
words
the grammatical errors

me
i’m just another
broken hearted fool
a broken toy
looking for a cure
in a world of symptoms

so feel free
fall in love
with me
but i tried
to warn you
i will love you
as well
as i can
but
when you see me
the real me
you will wish
you just had the words

just have realistic
expectations

i’ll give you everything
but that includes
all my pain

so come sit with me
i’ll play some music
sing along
with me
ignore me as i cry
it is part
of who i am

we can kiss
as the music plays
i’ll tell you the truth
behind the words
and
if you can still
manage
to look me in the eyes
we’ll see
what happens after

because
i will
fall in love
with you
as well

i’m sorry
in advance

8 thoughts on “not like words”

  2. Yep. Totally. I feel like I could have written this, except, well, you wrote it better. And, most likely people don’t “fall in love” with my words… maybe a little lusty at times though. That said… I still get this. Especially the not knowing how to do love part. I love so hard, so passionately, so intensely… it’s too scary perhaps. I don’t know. I think I’m broken.

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