Some Writers, Some Lovers…and Me
written by: devereaux frazier
@marylandpoet
Some writers don’t get published
some writers don’t get noticed
some writers don’t get paid
some writers…
some writers don’t become famous
some writers don’t become legends
some writers don’t become immortal
some writers…
some lovers don’t ever find love
some lovers don’t ever find a hand
some lovers don’t ever die together
some lovers…
some lovers don’t ever stop wishing
some lovers don’t ever stop cheating
some lovers don’t ever stop lying
some lovers….
I’m stuck in the middle, lovely
I’m trapped
and it hurts
the rejections don’t matter
they just pile on my desks
the unanswered messages don’t matter
they just pile in my mind
I’m trapped
and it burns
the parent leaving doesn’t matter
the messages just fill up empty folders
the adolescence lost doesn’t matter
I’m just reminded everywhere I go
some people don’t ever cry
but the tears well up on the inside
some people never bleed
but the blood never clots for all time
some people never die
they just fade slowly away
His work is regularly featured on SpillWords.com, where he was nominated for the May Publication of the Month in 2017. You can also find him on Literary Arts Review and Teen Ink, the latter of which published him in their monthly magazine in 2016.
When he’s not working as an Active Seller at IKEA Baltimore, Devereaux can be found reading or interacting with readers on his various platforms, mainly WordPress and Instagram. Reaching new readers and connecting with poets and writers across the web is one of the reasons why he writes. There’s no use in writing if it can’t be shared to uplift and inspire.
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