My Dearest Ema
My dearest Ema,
I’ve shortened your name
but I won’t apologize
even in written form you still manage to make my skin quiver and raspy
Oh Ema,
how I long for your goodbye
I’ve dealt with your irritating subtleties much too long
meds keep me sane no more
and the smother of an omnipotent lover
none should ponder
your crimson inducing breaks, too unbearable,
would happen to me of all people
I’m the lucky one I guess
posed with this challenge
to live with an insatiable pest
who’s physical abuse is evidence of unrest
who’s unceasingly vile and hungry appetite
scorns till skin deep
only to regurgitate any sense of purity
leaving behind a slaughterhouse of pain
short of perverse
which might have soothed me
DAMN YOU
my mute agony would suffice no longer
I HATE YOU
YES
I
DO
SINCERELY AND PASSIONATELY
all the while
I appreciate your candor
but I’m not impressed, never was actually
for when I pass
who will host your shenanigans
for my soul is immortal
and you know no soul
it was all for nothing
and so there comes a point
one is best off among enemies
because there are no gimmicks
because a snake is a snake is a snake
make no mistake
and now, with our relationship at stake
let me wake
with a clean slate
as if
you were gone
Copyright © Sal Martinez | Year Posted 2014
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