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100 Cups of Tea

Part Four: I should have chose you. I should have chose you. I should have chose you. -I didn’t know

By Leah LegaultPublished 5 years ago Updated 4 years ago 3 min read
100 Cups of Tea
Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash

You caught my eye

Can I take you in?

Bright

With a magnetic pull

Soft

Up close -You and the flowers

I wish you knew

And maybe you do

How much

I love

To see you

When I pass by -Shopping just to see you

I wish I could tell you

Can’t you just

Break down the wall

And hold me

I want to live

In beautiful

Weird

And exciting

Moments

With you

And not just

Passing through

Passing by

I want to stay

I want you to stay

At least stay delicious

In my dreams -Stay

Your smile feels like home

If we ever speak

Can you

Just tell me something

True

Drowning

Confused -No words

He let her smile fall to the floor. -I was brave

Don’t you know I need the truth like air?

(Without your words I can’t go anywhere.) -Only you

You’re not dead to me

You only

Stand out

More -Dried up life

If I was a flower

You would pick me

Right? -Notice me

I have mermaid dreams

Of in the lake

Of in your arms -Arm tattoo

I want a baby at the beach

Beautiful life

For you

And me -Soft landing

All the comfort

In 100 cups of tea

Sad, pretty songs

And sunshine

Still

Aren’t you

Looking at me -What were you looking for?

Sprinkle some magic on the way you love me. -Bright eyes

Let me grab you by your soft love. -Moving clouds

You are my fried egg

On toast

Wildflowers

And so good mornings -Simple amazing

My heart’s blood

Is slowly draining

Through this hole

Until you tell me

What you know

That I don’t -When

Let me peak inside your messy mind -Shadows

You would be the icing on my cake -Added sweetness

You won’t even show up in my dreams. -Just a feeling

I love and hate

How my imagination

Can take me

Places

I may never

Be again

A one time

Thought experience

And sometimes

I just want

To stay there

You’re holding me

Skin to skin

And it feels

So fucking amazing!

But only I will know -Single mother fantasies

At least I tried

To share my heart

But most

Hearts

Don’t beat

For me

Or maybe

All

I guess will see -Rewind

You mean

Fantasy to my mind

Mean magic to my heart

Mean feeling to my touch

Sex to my want -And more

There are so many ways

To touch someone’s heart

I already know

I’m enough

But I still want to grow

With you

And touch your heart too -Shared hearts

No matter what happens

You gave me one thing

You

Saw

Me -Not too many do

I thought I saw you

And my heart sank

I didn’t see you

And my heart sank -When I go out now

I don’t know what to think

I don’t know what to feel

I don’t know what to say

What’s even real?

I honestly don’t know what to do

And the only person

I want to talk to about it

Is you -You and a poem

You are my butter, cream, and in between the sheets. -More is better

I noticed you

Even when

I didn’t realize

I saw you look away

From your book

To smile at

A little girl in her stroller

I heard you say

You like to get dressed up

For weddings

I felt you

Looking at my back

Through my sheer shirt

I think I made you nervous

And I had no idea

Why?

You are the softest

Of all

A little rough

Around the edges

Sexy sweetheart -The details that stay with us

I guess because he told me

It was impossible

For someone

To love me

It makes me

Want it even more -One of my dreams

You made me stop wanting him

But now I only want you -You did it with your eyes

sad poetry

About the Creator

Leah Legault

Prefer to speak in poetry/I speak for women, moms, single moms, children, and anyone who feels like it's so hard to be here at times//Developmental Service Worker/ For inclusion/Love brains that works in different ways/Women's Healing Arts

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