We exchanged no words
But after a shared smile
We both new our friendship
Was okay
No words were needed to say
Its revival
The climb to where we used to be
Has begun its first mile
Knowing you miss me
As much as I miss you
Allowed the collapsed chamber of my heart to renew
I know it will take time
But I have hope
That your heart will heal along with mine
-I recently read Jabberwocky (I think I spelled it correctly) and was inspired by Lewis Carroll to write my own poem about a made up creature using made up words. Despite the plethora of made up words, you still understand his poem very well, and I hope it is the same way with mine. If any of you are Lord of the Rings fans, then you will recognize the name of my creature.
Tall was the scarocious Balrog
How his tail slickered
When his next meal caught his eye
He womped through the towns
And as he swallowed people down
He let out a satisfied sigh
His teeth were flackish and jaggedy
His breath was rank
And his eyes flinted back and forth
His roar was loud as it martled through the hills
Tall was the scarocious Balrog
Until one day, when a tourist took his picture
And like all things unbelievable
He faded into myth
I wrote this as a poem to my future self because sometimes we make mistakes that we look back on and hate ourselves for, but maybe those mistakes really were for the better.
Future self
Please don’t regret
Times I said
Not what I meant
You are of
My mistakes
It’s not a puzzle
That one piece makes
I am still charting
The course of our life
My map is blank
Save a thin short line
Representing time
Spent turning into you
And sailing toward
Horizons
A more comforting
Shade of blue
I will struggle
And I will fall
But I will always
Rise above all
I don’t know where you are
And I barely know where you have been
But I am you
And you are me
Someday we will meet
And both see
That I did my best
For you
And for me
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