Faking It
No stranger to harm
but you made me feel safe
Now I regret loving
your stupid face
With you I never
fake a smile
Your embrace was home
for awhile
But walls come down
they always do
On the other side with a hammer
they fell because of you
A house built on lies
Nothing new
Let my tears fall with these walls
because I can’t fake a smile
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“Smile,” he said
as tears streamed down my face
A river made by me
because happiness I refused to face
Blood bubbling
he doesn’t realize
he’s the one
who made me cry
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Cry? Who made you cry?
I laugh.
Memories playing like a film
in my mind
I remember saying I wouldn’t
fake a smile
I remember when you were mine
Walls built higher
than the ones he built me
Walls I built myself
Finally free
Chains of love gone
He made me cry
Hearing his name, I taste bile
bitter, it rises up, and I swallow it down
Now I smile
Melodie Jones is twenty-two-year-old Ball State University graduate. She majored in English Education and minored in Creative Writing. She has been writing for ten years. Melodie currently has a poetry series on Channillo titled “Poetry: Free Therapy”. She can be found on Twitter @Miss_MJones.
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