Love Poem: The Poem About Nothing
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Written by: Alex Duffy

The Poem About Nothing

What's worse a broken heart or broken pride? 
for so long I've kept these emotions inside 
If crying makes me less of a man, I'm less of a man, because I just cried
I won't explain why because my emotions don't need to be justified 

Only myself and this glass of brandy need to know what I cried for 
I've walked through the storm alone, what would I hide for? 
I learn by trial and error 
Stay true to myself because you can't style the mirror 

Walking this journey with a damaged heart and a broken soul 
a tortured artist but I write with the accuracy of Ronaldo when he's in front of goal
Even with the world weighing me down, I find a way to hold up
She'd rather listen to Drake and Migos, I prefer Nas and Bone Thugs 

That has nothing to do with any of the pain I'm bearing 
I thought I loved her, until I realised I didn't know what colour her eyes are, but on the first night I knew what colour underwear she was wearing 
Looking back, maybe a one night stand instead of relationship would have served us better 
maybe Cupid got his aim wrong, or maybe our feelings weren't worth the forever 

When I lost it all, I didn't realise it would help me to gain more 
If you don't like me as I am, I still don't know what I should change for
I'm not into pointing fingers or going on a who's to blame tour
Even if we're on the same battlefield, we're not fighting the same war

Did I like her because the sex was great or because of the way she made me feel? 
What if it was both and I got the greatest deal? 
The self harming teenager is now a man who no longer uses the blade to heal 
Now a pen is my weapon of choice and I use this page to kill 

The tortured artist has found comfort again in writing 
From a scared child to a grown man who is no longer scared of the pain he's fighting 
To me this is a poem about something 
But to many this will be the poem about nothing