Choked up on broken tears,<\/p>\n
Making empty promises on half-hidden smiles,<\/p>\n
Waiting for my departure.<\/p>\n
I didn’t have enough words for “a while,”<\/p>\n
Not prepared for heartfelt goodbyes,<\/p>\n
Trying not to appear through my crocodile disguise,<\/p>\n
“Promise me you’ll work with me when you get back…”<\/p>\n
“You’re probably gonna leave me and not come back.”<\/p>\n
The boldness of your bride-to-be at dinner the night fall before,<\/p>\n
Making her snide remarks,<\/p>\n
Beyond her usual, obsequious metaphor,<\/p>\n
“Are you really coming back?”<\/p>\n
“Do you like girls? If so, it’s okay…”<\/p>\n
Leaving her with no inclination of what’s\u00a0what,<\/em><\/p>\n Or what’s real:<\/p>\n Bride farewell<\/em>,<\/p>\n “I’m coming back. I’m here to stay.”<\/p>\n He tugs at my heartstrings,<\/p>\n Curling them between his grasp,<\/p>\n Wrenching me with fear,<\/p>\n Poisoning my ability to laugh.<\/p>\n The tightening grows,<\/p>\n As I flutter for a seemingly, meaningless good-bye,<\/p>\n Dying to be out of this moment,<\/p>\n Out of his stare,<\/p>\n Away from his eyes,<\/p>\n His line of sight.<\/p>\n Turning my back,<\/p>\n Hoping to never look back,<\/p>\n Walking the runway,<\/p>\n Ready to runaway.<\/p>\n As the coal in my throat grows,<\/p>\n The crystallized waterfalls begin to overflow,<\/p>\n This diamond starts to slit my throat,<\/p>\n As I look for one last glance,<\/p>\n He wilts away like a rose.<\/p>\n It seems good-byes are all we know,<\/p>\n Farewell to the Daddy’s Girl we both used to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Choked up on broken tears, Making empty promises on half-hidden smiles, Waiting for my departure. I didn’t have enough words for “a while,” Not prepared for heartfelt goodbyes, Trying not to appear through my crocodile disguise, “Promise me you’ll work with me when you get…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1634,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}