by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 23, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
I lie in the darkness Memories drift through the fog of this life A single tear rolls down my cheek In a moment, my eyes are wet with regret Where did it go wrong And where did it go right So many desires unfulfilled The emptiness inside me The emptiness of my heart...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 11, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
Always alone Always have been alone In a crowd, I am even more alone Will always be alone Die alone Written December 10, 2022 I don’t trust you I still feel empty
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 19, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
I don’t want to feel your skin I don’t want to taste your lips I don’t want you inside my head Better to live with the emptiness Better for the heart to ache Better to just go away We both know I can’t satisfy your deep desires We both know you...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 7, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
There is my childhood one from when my forehead made contact with a door knob during a pillow fight There is the one on my stomach when I ran from killer bees and tripped and landed on a tree stump There is the one behind my left knee from an infected spider bite...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 10, 2022 | My Blog, Poetry
Do you see what I see. I look at you. You look at me How does it feel to see the pieces slip between my fingers To see all those memories slowly sink into the depths below I wanted life I got pain Who will pick up the pieces The pieces so deep, just out of reach...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | My Blog, Poetry
Last night I dreamt about you You were still as pretty as all those years ago I should have told you long ago Your long dark hair Your quirky personality Your pretty smile I will never forget your laugh How would our lives have been different The roads we could have...
