Poetry by CW

Poetry by CW "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."- Robert Frost

05/03/2026

EVEN IF

I will shed no tears
I will play the part
I will bite my tongue
I will hide my heart
I will stuff it down
I will take care of you
I will be your person
I will do what you want me to
I will give you what you want
I will always stay
I will put you first
I will obey
I will be that girl
I will listen to you
I will force a smile
I will stay true
I will be strong
I will not be loud
I will be perfect
I will make you proud
Even if it kills me

C.W.
September 30, 2025

05/03/2026

GONE

Its been a while since I've seen your face
Five long years that I've been gone
Putting my heart back together
I am alive, but Im alone
I've been picking up the pieces
With no feelings left to hide
Almost out of tears to shed
After the millions that I cried
A part of me is still fighting
But a part of me is gone
Ill never be "that girl" again
But I still continue on
I stayed around far too long
Everything has its price
A lesson I learned well
A mistake I wont make twice
I guess its really over
Everything with me and you
No person except you can change that
No matter what they do

C.W.
October 6, 2025

05/03/2026

SAT IT

You dont have to say a word
To tell me how you feel
I was never what you wanted
Come on, lets just be real
Dont try to act all nice
I see the hatred in your eyes
As much as you have practiced
You were never good with lies
You think you are so clever
And no one says a thing
When you could never tell the truth
To what is false you cling
So go ahead and say it
Tell me how its me
I guess Im the problem
So now please just let me be
And thats what I'll remember
The last thing that you said
It will stay with me forever
Always ringing in my head

C.W.
October 2025

05/03/2026

NOTHING SHORT OF EVERYTHING

I gave nothing short of everything
When you wouldn't give an inch
You all played this toxic game
While I sat down on the bench
I loved you when I was hurting
And you didnt even know it
You always said I never cared
But I just couldnt show it
I tried when you didnt give a damn
I did my part and your part too
I always listened when you talked
I always cared when you were blue
I loved you when you didnt love me
And I probably always will
There's a part of me you'll always have
But whats left you will not steal
Im FREE

C.W.
October 2025

05/03/2026

FORGET

I dont know what Im supposed to do
Haunted by the ghost of you
Not able to forget the dream I had
Nothing that I wouldnt do
Your memory wont leave me
Haven't seen you since I dont know when
And every time I push you out
You come back into my heart again
Why does the past chase me?
Screaming from the other side
Wanting me to suffer always
Leaving me no place to hide
I see you when I close my eyes
My heart is breaking into bits
Will I ever learn to let you go?
What my mind just wont forget

C.W.
October 2025

05/02/2026

THE LOST CHILD

As a girl, I always thought
Family loved and home was a place
And somethings cannot be lost
But now its all gone without a trace
I used to dream safe and sound
Content to just believe the lie
A naive child, still innocent
But now here I sit and cry
A lone wolf without her pack
A small bird without a nest
Like circles and a square
I never fit in with the rest
As a woman, I have learned
Love is an action, home is in the heart
Only God can be trusted
And family will tear you apart

C.W.
April 2026

05/02/2026

ONLY FAIR

I heard your name today
It hit me like a slamming door
Opening up that faded wound
Pain bursting at my core
I heard you asked about us
Wanted to know how we are
As if all thats between us is space
And where I am is just too far
But you dont see the jagged scars
Or the ghost of what we used to be
You dont have to carry the weight
Of what its like to just be me
You dont know that every word
Is salt in an open sore
A family that is lost to me
Im not welcome anymore
It isn't miles or city lines
That's standing in the way
Its everything you didnt do
Its everything I couldnt say
Dont ask about the "us" you gave up
Or pretend as if you care
I've locked the door you slammed yourself
Isn't that only fair?

C.W.
January 11, 2026

05/02/2026

C'EST TOUT

No need for me to explain
Done sitting at your table
No longer taking what you serve
No longer believing in this fable
No more of your pointed fingers
None of your disappointed looks
No more me feeling guilty
No more taking what you took
Dont need to hear your story
And Im not telling mine
No trying to understand this
No pretending that it's fine
Standing in this sunny place
I notice youre not here
Start smiling to myself
I think that's all, dear

C.W.
April 7, 2026

05/02/2026

I'M FINE

Always an expert at being "fine"
No one would ever know
About the slow death I was dying
With feelings I refused to show
I carry this weight in silence
A debt Im forced to pay
As all the words I've swallowed
Are eating my heart away
I've become too good at hiding
They look and yet dont see
This ocean of unshed tears
Drowning the good in me
I wear the pain like armor
Nothing can get through
They think Im unaffected
But they dont have a clue

C.W.
January 26, 2026

05/02/2026

EVEN THOUGH

I loved too hard and too long
Held on longer than I should
It took so long for me to see
What everyone else just could
I was done bleeding in silence
Just to prove how much I care
Im done reaching for a family
That was never truly there
If Im honest, I still miss you
Even when I say I dont
I still wait for you to change
Even though I know you wont
I replay every broken promise
Every time you broke my heart
I keep your ghost beside me
Though it could tear my world apart

C.W.
January 26, 2026

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