I'VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES

There's no princess in the castle

the castle doesn't even exist 

I am not your majesty

everything I'm thinking 

I guarantee it's all thrifted

Love is not love

Love is bought and shipped along

moving crates inside warehouses

I let lighting crash

and let the illness control your

narrative 

but you were more than 

your worst moments

I wrote the letter that hath

brought you to ruin

Your pictures in the living room

cripple me

I will never hear you laugh again 

I am sorry you let anyone think your 

existence was some kind of

insect 

I wake up at the end of my bed 

from the dream that 

you are pulling on my sweater

but here I am again

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2/4/22

All My Good Poems Are

Chateau Marmotton