11/8
I wonder if you know
That I’m terrified
Of what you’ll do
To my heart
Once you’re done
Bewitching the rest of me.
-Sarah Clinton
Tag: Poetry
Heaven
11/11
I’m back on a plane
Flying 1,400 miles from you
And all I can think
Is that maybe,
When I’m this close to heaven,
You’re not as far away
As it seems.
-Sarah Clinton
Melodies
11/7/18
I’d heard it said
That a lover’s name
Should drip off the tongue
Like a sweet, honeyed melody.
Funny thing, that.
I’d never quite
Made out the song
Until I’d had you.
-Sarah Clinton
I Wonder
11/6/18
It’s weird not
Telling you
Goodnight tonight.
I wonder if
You’re scrolling
And swiping
(mostly left)
To take your mind
Off it too.
-Sarah Clinton
Time’s Up, and All Too Soon
11/6
Good God,
Is it really, truly
Time
To start thinking
Of letting you go?
-Sarah Clinton
Submission
10/29/18
On my knees
At your feet,
Eyes low
Til you tip my chin
And allow me to
Gaze up at you
In wonder.
This is simultaneously
The safest,
Most powerful,
Intoxicating and
Vulnerable, yet
Effortlessly natural
Position into which
I have ever settled.
-Sarah Clinton
Ironic
11/3/18
It is ironic that
I helped pick you up,
Returned you to your feet again,
Only for you to walk away
Toward her.
And her.
And her.
-Sarah Clinton
Weak
11/3/18
Jesus Christ, I can’t even
Look at you without my knees
Getting weak.
Even through a photograph,
Your eyes pierce me
To my very core.
-Sarah Clinton
A Thousand Ways
10/29/18
There are a thousand ways
For me to tell you
I love you.
I simply choose those deemed
Least likely
To reopen the
Gaping, jagged wounds
From your past.
-Sarah Clinton
A Reminder to Men
11/2/18
She does not owe you
Anything.
You will not use us
For our empathy
For our compassion
For our self-control
and selflessness.
It is not our duty to
Help you piece yourself
Back together
After the last one
Finally, finally (!)
Got tired of your shit.
-Sarah Clinton