#tsoa poem

LIVE

so many times i have lain awake in silence,

hands pawing at the emptiness seated within my ribs

as though they knew that i am never myself without you.


so many times i have whispered your name,

the only part of you that i possess,

in hopes that it will satiate the desire i have for you

growing in me.


so many times i have wished for this day to come;

when my love is fully returned,

and my heart now whole as you offer me the half of yours.


so many times i have prepared myself for you,

but nothing ever prepared me for the loss that love would bring with it too.


— this is what i will lose

#so i bought circe like a month ago #and im cryinf again #nothing new really but #the song of achilles #patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #the song of achilles poem #the iliad #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #ancient greek poetry #tsoa poem #love poem #love poetry #poetry #the song of achilles aesthetic #circe aesthetic #poetry aesthetic 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:32:04

i have imagined a thousand lives that i would live when he is gone,

but none of them bore enough happiness

to make his death worth everything the prophecies spoke of.

ah, i thought,

there would be nothing left for me in this world.

i turn to my side and watch him sleep.

my love, i will follow you in death.

(“As for the goddess’s answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone.” - pg 188)

#the song of achilles #patrochilles #poetry #patroclus #achilles #patroclus and achilles #the iliad #the song of achilles poem #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #the song of achilles aesthetic #tsoa poem #love poem #love poetry 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Thu, 19 May 2022 17:53:14
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