Don't Be Difficult
by Jowell Tan
i find myself revisiting you
like an errant houseguest who refuses to leave
and makes a mess of everything
leave! and all will be as it was before
we will have known each other less closely
and it wouldn't be as hard to remove you from memory
but instead you are occasionally front and center
you make things awkward, make silences unbearable
your absences fill up the room much more than your appearances
shall i resign myself to such a fate?
where sleeplessness pops up between my restful nights
shall i tell myself “there's no doing anything about it”
and maybe one day it'll solve itself?
maybe eventually time
will erase our time together
and you'll be not much more
than just someone that i used to know
like an errant houseguest who refuses to leave
and makes a mess of everything
leave! and all will be as it was before
we will have known each other less closely
and it wouldn't be as hard to remove you from memory
but instead you are occasionally front and center
you make things awkward, make silences unbearable
your absences fill up the room much more than your appearances
shall i resign myself to such a fate?
where sleeplessness pops up between my restful nights
shall i tell myself “there's no doing anything about it”
and maybe one day it'll solve itself?
maybe eventually time
will erase our time together
and you'll be not much more
than just someone that i used to know
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Author's Note
when it's late at night and you find yourself unable to sleep, you also find yourself remembering things you'd rather forget.
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Very nice poem. Certain memories can hurt for long.
Your title adds just the right dash of humor to an age-old problem. Enjoyed this.
Maybe eventually time will . . . *
I loved this. You've captured perfectly the not being able to let go.
'maybe eventually time
will erase our time together
and you'll be not much more
than just someone that i used to know'
beautifully written but she'll always be there.
These pains remain alive for some reason!*
Excellent! Good poem, Jowell!
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This is so well done *