Found Long After

Found Long After

Left abandoned
wordless
and empty,
no thought has come here today.
It has mulled and stayed hidden
but etches on face
and dashes in fidgets.

Left wondering
waiting
and paitent,
no thought has come here today.
It peeked and ran
through mind and heart
but didn't dare press lips.

Left forgotten
mindless
and careless,
no thought has come here today.
I was meaning to stop by sooner
but thought wouldn't come
and form wouldn't come either.

Left abandoned found again.

-Matthew Koutzun

Ouch

Ouch

You slapped me once like this before,
but the pain was here, (points to face),
not there.

I've been called many things you know,
none of them true,
those are the best kind; easily forgotten.

But I dared you to give it deep,
after I had given you your lashing,
and stood defiant, and proud, above you.

But how beneath you I am now,
because of the things you say,
too close to the truth.

-Matthew Koutzun