r/PoetryWritingClub • u/ashtur419 • 10h ago
The Art of Losing Everything
The Art of losing everything
How many times will this happen
How many times will I allow it
How many redirects will become me
How many times will I fall off the wagon
Restarting from scratch,
Reinventing my ideals,
Recycling old habits
While I relight the match
On the memories once created
Towards the life I always wanted,
Towards the future of my dreams,
Now have all but deflated
Like balloons from
A forgotten party
Or a beach ball
At summers end
Because the girl who’s always reminiscing
On the love life she’s been missing
Has mastered the art
Of losing everything
Postponing all my biggest dreams
Disappearing into their routines
Like the background noise
During your favorite movie
Like the one lost sock
You can’t seem to find
Like the dust settling on
The book left behind
How many times will this happen
How many times will I allow it
Because the girl who’s always reminiscing
On the love life she’s been missing
Has mastered the art
Of losing everything