It’s none of my business,
clearly I know,
but you were on 39 minutes ago.
This is a piece that I’ll never send
but this needs to be sorted,
to get out of my head.

It’s been a rollercoaster of a year,
soaring high and dipping low.
Without you in this place,
there would only hold dead air,
an empty space.

Who are you talking to?
Am I jealous of a ghost?
I can’t help but wonder.

My OCD rattles under my skin,
send something else,
send something better,
do it NOW!

They’re compulsions,
and you’ve become my muse
and I’m hoping those three little dots
never stop.
And you’ll respond like you always do,
proving the distortions to be wrong.

My brain chemistry becomes scrambled and takes charge.
I’m stuck in a loop,
my need for your acknowledgement growing stronger.

Of this worry,
you know too well.
But of this poem,
I’ll never tell.

For my biggest fear would come to life,
screaming in my ears that this wouldn’t end well.

5 responses to “I’ll Never Tell”

  1. Woodsy Avatar
    Woodsy

    Hiding in plain sight, just by being alive –

    that’s how it feels this end.

    Perhaps not the same chemicals: a brain too wounded to be busy.

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  2. joannerambling Avatar
    joannerambling

    I liked this

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  3. WanderingCanadians Avatar
    WanderingCanadians

    I wonder if people obsessed the same way before text messaging and phones. It’s too bad we’re wired to automatically assume the worst. Perhaps it’s a coping or defense mechanism. But jealousy and worrying can’t be good for our mental health.

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    1. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      Absolutely not. It’s one of the reasons I wrote this, to touch upon that. I think people had bad obsessions before but the technology definitely amplified them for sure. I think it’s definitely a coping mechanism. Jealousy drives people crazy. Not good

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      1. WanderingCanadians Avatar
        WanderingCanadians

        Technology and social media have definitely created a lot of bad habits. And I’m not sure they outweigh the positives. And yes, jealousy makes people do crazy things. Also not good.

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