Here's A Poem Poem by Lauren Beasley

Here's a poem that doesn't rhyme
'Cause I remember you said you prefer those, one time
Oh shoot, I guess I just can't help it
But please, never mind that

Here's a poem for you
(As if there were not a dozen others)
But this one is actually meant for you eyes
And unlike all the others -
my spewing of hatred
my declarations of love
my reminiscence
my regret -
This one is actually kind

Here's a poem I'm realizing sucks
I write much better under other motives
Love and hatred inspire much better verse
Than contentment

Here's a poem I'm quickly regretting
But I must follow through
A useless rambling
-Yes I know
But there's a meaning in here
Somewhere...

Here's a poem to tell you
You're actually pretty great
Sometimes I wish you weren't;
Then it'd be easier
Not to be captured by your charm

Here's a poem of honesty
I can't pretend I'm where I want to be
where I thought I'd be
when I thought I'd be
But alas, here I am
And here is better than there
(that is, if there is the there of the past,
and not the there of the future,
for in that case,
I'd much rather be there)

Here's a poem of little cause
It doesn't mean much,
Yet here it is
So it must mean something
Perhaps it's just a pointless tangent
Perhaps it's an ineffective ploy
Or perhaps it's me saying thanks
-Thanks for forgiving and for showing me mercy
as I learn how to forgive
-Thanks for being nice again
and reminding me of how you're a great friend
But perhaps it's just another poem
To fall on deaf ears
And disinterested eyes

Here's a poem that's too hard to write
How can I say
Just what I'm feeling
When I'm not even sure of what that is
Myself
How can I say
I'm moving on
When I'm doing quite the opposite
How can I say
That my letting go
Requires my holding on
How can I say
That the hatred didn't work,
But the friendship did...
'Cause it's not supposed to work that way

Here's a poem to say I can't
I can't hate you - I just can't
And I can't stop caring about you either
-Once you mentioned that as a flaw
But I see now that it is not
You're one of those people
I'll always care about
I'll always want the best for you
And I'll always listen,
If you have something to say

Here's a poem to encourage you
You've been in my prayers
About every other night
And I'll admit -
It's not always easy
But I know that great things
Will come of you,
And from a distance,
I'll witness them

Here's a poem to say goodbye
While at the same time saying hello
Goodbye to the past
-it was great, but it's gone
and because of that, we move on
Hello to the new
-a whole new chance
to be what it should have been

Here's a poem of friendship?
I say that with a question
'Cause friendship's always been
A tricky thing
For people like us

Here's a poem of hope
To what the future brings
Success awaits us both
Yet on different paths
And while they weren't meant to be
Traversed side-by-side,
I'm glad our paths crossed for a bit
And for a while, we walked
Together in stride