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Anxious Approval

Stream of Consciousness Love Poem

By Harrison ClementsPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Sunbeams cut the clouds

Burning knife through butter

Your words to me

I have no strength and I crumble

My composure gone

I’m a mess but it doesn’t matter

A lightning bolt to my heart

The heart I thought would stop beating for someone after so long

It’s unconditional

Unapologetic

In your face

I’ve never felt a click like this

The last click I’d heard was the gun cocking

And when you told me what had happened one night

I felt like locking up

I can’t lie

I felt like tears would break my face and I,

I thought the cycle was repeating

My heart beating in anxiety

I thought “no matter how good I try to be”

I had to step aside and see

What would happen

And that seems for the better

Was this random

That when I see your name my heart skips a beat

That fleeting feelings come crashing back

That even when it seems out of whack you make sense

Each word I’m typing in this poem I’m trying to prove myself

Vying for approval

Cause I never think I’ll be the first candidate

In anything

I haven’t even met you

But I look forward to the time we do

But lately the consistency in my life linked to my smile is one word

You

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About the Creator

Harrison Clements

Small town Canadian poet, just looking to share my ideas somewhere.

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