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Thursday 29 May 2014

A poem about heartbreak by David Tombale: My Radio

This poem was inspired by one of my favorite songs of all time, Ne-yo's So Sick from his first album. I think the message in it was one which a lot of us saw something of ourselves in and it finally motivated me to try my hand at writing it's poetic equivalent.
'Radio' photo (c) 2011, Tom Godber - license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ My Radio

Too many times and too many words

reveal the answers in my lies,

I swore I'd never hurt again until I

let you see how much I cared,

just another time when I failed to see

the actions in my thoughts-


the indifference that shattered

like a shell I hadn't known before,

that I hadn't known I wore,

 yet listen here, listen if you

think it's you I'm mourning for

you haven't known me long.


 There is another who scarred me long before,

new scars on old wounds only numb

what wasn't raw,


You can't hurt me child


Too many times and too many love songs

they don't sound like they did before,

my soul aching now I know I wasn't wrong


This flesh crawls, this mind bends

around the river bends and I don't

know what empty fields it's looking for,

some aloneness I know we crave.


 Listen here child there is nothing

you are breaking that isn't broken but

with you I thought I could forget


You said I love you,

said it sweetly but made me wonder

 far too often


Too much anger,

too much anger,

I love you,

Don't you mean I want you different?

Change for me?

Too many love songs,

I think I've heard it all so I stood up and

reached out to switch my radio off.

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