Jessica Walls Poet Free verse

(unspoken)

I wish I could talk to you right now
We were never good at 
expressing emotion
but I wish it 
were different

There are
so many things
left unspoken.

(Like how the sun doesn’t set)

one day
without me 
thinking of you
thinking of holding you
my hand in yours....remember?
You marveled at how small mine were
though I never thought myself
graceful
but you saw me that way.  I remember
I smiled.

(It’s hard to forget)

that night
our first date
movies, cliché 
I couldn’t concentrate anyway
I was too busy listening
to your breathing
and oh the sparks that shot 
from your fingers to mine. 
You kissed me.  I thought 
my brain was on fire. 

(I try not to regret)

meeting your 
eyes across the room
I thought we could make it
but we were doomed
met at a party
drunk on Christmas cheer 
in love at first sight
But I did love you, dear
I still do 
and the only thing 
that made sense 
in these two years
is me 
wrapped up in your arms 
listening to you breathe. 
I wish I had told you 

(these words that never left 
my lips.)

So now that I lie here, alone
the bed cold
I think these words as loud
as I can 
and even though they are

(Unspoken.)

I only hope that you sense them between breaths.

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