Your Best Regret

This is the kind of poem that I am sure makes more sense to the people involved than to the outside reader. It sounds like the author had a relationship with someone that did something to end the relationship (broke up?) but now wants to get back together with the author whom says he is done but sounds like he still cares. There is a bit of a mixed message coming thorough IMO. I like the title and the recurring water theme. I felt it was longer than it needed to be and contained too many over used phrases (lamb to slaughter, burned bridge, head in dirt, lost at sea, turn my back, don't hold your breath, etc). The line "I know what's like to want to given" seems like it should be "...to want to give". I liked the lines "You drink like a drowning fish" and "I was meant to be your best regret" best. Thanks for sharing it.

I'll bite my tongue this time

There's no reason to make you think I'm not fine

You won't lower a hand or bat an eye

I'll pick myself up this time

Don't hold your breath or cross your fingers

I'll move on, only pain will linger

Those stories have never been my plan

What can I say with no attention span

I'll be Dory, you'll be Nemo

You were never mine to find

Stop the bullshit and stop your drama

I don't need your take, I've found nirvana

Drown your worries like your sobriety

I'm here to watch you sink silently

You drink like a drowning fish

Are you proud of what you've accomplished?

I'll hold my head above the water,

You'll follow like lambs to the slaughter

You're not as high as you once thought

To think you could swim was a long shot.

After all you've done, what did you expect?

I was meant to be your best regret.

You'll never understand the storm you sent me,

Capsized my ship, I was lost at sea

It took drowning to find my way

Found my footing, I know what to say

Tables turned, taste your own medicine

Tastes like regret and depression

To me

I won't let my guard down

I'll turn my back on this whole town.

Take my advice, do the same, but you won't listen

I know what's it's like to want to given

I'm not here to hurt, I'll keep my distance.

What you feel is what you deserve

Now bury your head in the dirt,

I've burned our bridge, now get over it

Don't tell me you're sorry when it's all bullshit.

I wonder if it's me you missing

Or the way I've stopped reminiscing.

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