I've never liked the taste
Of hard liquor
Because it sets me ablaze
Burning me alive
But this empty bottle
Is more like lava
Scorching me slowly
Leaving me numb
Just the way I like it

I never knew what the word dysfunctional meant
Until I met you
Because our relationship
Is completely
Hopeless
Expendable
Malfunctional
Complicated
You don't feel anything anymore
Because of me
I took everything you had
And hung you out to dry
Left you broken and empty
And then took some more
I feel too much
Because of you
You stormed into my life
And took my breath away
Gave me every emotion I've ever felt
And some I never knew existed
We hate each other
For everything we've done to another
But we love each other
For everything we've been through
I want to scream at you until my throat bleeds
Then collapse into your arms and cry
Because even though you're the one
Who breaks me
You're the only one
Who can fix me

I told you I wouldn't write this poem but bad love poems are my calling so here I am
I asked too many questions tonight that you answered too honestly but isn't that what I wanted?
I showed you too much of me tonight that you didn't need to see but you did exactly what I needed you to do
I let my emotions get the best of me and here I am on the floor begging for it to stop
Tonight you didn't read my mind
You didn't cheer me up instantly
Every word only reminded me exactly
Of the world I gave up
I'm torn between my own greed
And the need to give you everything that I never could
I told you I wouldn't write this poem
I hope you know I didn't lie as much as I was trying to convince myself that I could handle losing the best thing that ever happened to me

Cotton ***** on a field of glass
Suspended by a thread
Clinging to last resorts
Lazily chase each other
And I float among them
Wishing I could never
Come down

Funny how the memory
Of two simple words
Can cause such
Staggering loneliness

*don't go

Falling asleep
Would be a wonderful way
To die
To simply
Dream forever
To sail among the stars
With your lost lover
For an eternity
Nothing can be so bad
When you're
Dreaming

What do you do
When you love someone
But they aren't
What's best for you