Poetrywhy do you sit here still?
behind the toothpaste and the razor
is it that you find the company of my toothbrush
endearing, though you might envy it?
what is it that you dream about
in the wee hours of each morning?
are you waiting for him to remember you
and find his way back home?
do you miss the scent of mint on his breath?
do you even remember that?
it’s been one hundred and seventy one days since
he had walked out on you and i
does your heart quicken at the sound of
footsteps approaching the door?
only to find it’s me and never him
and it’s never him anymore
why do you sit here still?
believing he would want you back
as another sun sets, would you wonder if
he thinks of you (though you know he doesn’t)?
and would you ever forgive me
if i took you away? i really ought to
for what hope is there he might remember you
and find his way back home?
***originally posted on 29 May 2005
Tags: 
9 Responses to questions for an abandoned toothbrush
loved this before, love it still. (i HAVE actually read this before, right, and am not just imagining it??!)
If you say you have, then you must have! It’s not tagged “old stuff” for nothing
Very sad stuff. But it’s a good feeling to know that you can feel. These days…these things are beyond me. Or rather, I have moved above it (someone might say sink lower)….anyway….
To say you’ve moved above it doesn’t mean you don’t feel, rather you don’t let such things take over. It’s not a bad thing
Perhaps that’s one way to look at things. Well…I do wish I have something or rather someone that takes over me. But then…it’s just longing and looking from a distance.
is that toothbrush still there?
Aiyoh there never was a toothbrush there! Creative license, you know, lol.
Hee hee.
Now I’m curious who SWLAYFAD is.
我也很好奇