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Side Chick

Pink Corduroy Jacket

Updated: Apr 12

I cannot think about it anymore 

I cannot tell the story one more time 


Because the only person I am desperate to make understand my pain is you

And you don’t care


You can say that you do

That it all meant something to you too 

But it didn’t


I know it didn’t 

Because if it did I would feel much differently about you 

About me 

About everything


If I had the chance to speak with you again 

To see you face to face 

I think I would crack under the pressure


I would tell you I missed you

I would say I want back what we had 

I would wear my pink corduroy jacket that you complimented twice 


I would weaken my will and end up at your house 

I would wake up in your bed with the tight grip of regret in my chest that I would choose to ignore

I would kiss you goodbye and wait for your call

And just like the time before, it would never come


I would tell all of my friends… 

Again 

I would cry in my car… 

Again

I would try to move on… 

Again 

I would write a poem and hope it healed me… 

Again 



And knowing all of this

I would do it anyway


I cannot articulate these feelings

I cannot articulate my thoughts


I have a mountain of resentment for you

A sky full of mixed emotions 

And an ocean filled with misplaced love  


How could our hearts be in such drastically different positions?

One willing to sacrifice everything for the other 

One willing to leave without hesitation 

Both spoke words of affection and adoration… only one sincerely 


It’s been two months 

How have you been? 

Have I crossed your mind even once? 

Have you wondered what I’m up to? 


I get to think of you every time I wear my pink corduroy jacket

What a tragic nightmare 


I love that jacket 

The one you complimented twice 


I can’t help thinking you didn’t like it enough to compliment it more than once

You just forgot you had seen it before 


Because you didn’t remember important details 

You didn’t push me, not because you were protecting me, but because you knew I’d run 

And you were right

I thought I was safe 


Maybe I meant nothing 

Maybe to you I am worth nothing 

Maybe my heart is too soft and I am too naive 


But my pink corduroy jacket will serve as a lesson to me 

Never share yourself with people who don’t intend to stay

Never share yourself at all


Love,

Side Chick




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