Take this Boy Away
written by: Alyssa Brocker
@Atelgy
they never
teach you about
pain.
in school.
why not?
they should tell you
about the worst kinda pain.
emotional.
mental.
in your head.
the kinda pain you feel
full force
and can’t do anything
to halt.
it’s just
that letting someone
you care for go
feels like
being violently stabbed
and asking for more.
even when you know
you know down to your
deepest core.
you’re not right for each other.
that doesn’t make it suck any less.
you write and write
about him every single
fucking day,
hoping, praying,
he can be the boy
in your stories.
but, he isn’t.
and he will never be.
you sit staring
at the speaker
he left in your car
wondering why you
got in it in the
first place.
2016 AUTHOR OF THE YEAR at Spillwords.com
Alyssa Brocker is a twenty-year old college graduate. She found her love for poetry by working with her theater group to create an original play written in prose. She lives with her beloved dog who is always her first reader.
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