You always leave me out of things you know I want to do.
I guess whoever you went with means more to you than me.
Obviously.
You know how to reach me if you wanted to.
Your lack of effort really just makes me depressed.
You always leave me out of things you know I want to do.
I guess whoever you went with means more to you than me.
Obviously.
You know how to reach me if you wanted to.
Your lack of effort really just makes me depressed.
thirty eight hours
and useless
her lonely mother
remained silent
resting on the shoulder
of her companion
the great sun and the heavens
now seemed artificial.
do we understand the power
of our instruments?
vanity of the vanities
sometimes tried to stand and walk
like us
a coat of magnetic mindlessness
the man with bad intent
playing us like the smallest violin
this feeling of emptiness
Is more alive than me
illusions all around us.
to soften the blow
between the operator
and the subjects
you found my energy
in the broken pulse of time
I pulsate with the angels
and then laugh at our farewell
I am a memory
you see… that
this
is the end.
-Kyoko Cole
2018
Bath room doom
Another night
I hide
In the only place
I feel safe
Sitting on the floor
My back against the door
That is broken
Just like me.
It is what it is
No time to cry
No time to care
About things that can’t be undone
Hail Satan!
You have won!
Happy now?
I hope so
at least someone or something is happy
Happier than me
Than I could ever be
Be careful what you say
Cause things might end
that way
And this will be the last time
in the room
Of doom
Or in this place
With this face
Tomorrow
never
knows
i see stars
and bible thumpers
bloom and gloom
like the sound
of the man
ready for doom
I put my spell on you
just like before
only now
I am dancing
on the moonlight floor
i see stars
and bible thumpers
bloom and gloom
like the sound
of the man
ready for doom
I put my spell on you
just like before
only now
I am dancing
on the moonlight floor
I can only run
(to you)
I can only hide
(from you)
if you
want me to leave
I will
go
I leave wounded
all the time
with my destination
out the door
where the stakes
are high
and time don’t end
a sweet choke
under faces
of light
hidden within smoke
and imaginary tales
of without any explanation
interested in this study
more here
then there
the absurd to defend
everyone corrupts
in movement
you rather abuse
than love again
the distance between
cause feelings we reject
already seated
i tried more to protect
myself
from what you see
in the mirror
that is me
another suicide
in the distant blue
i lie here
sweetly crushed
by
the pain of you

-kyoko cole
2018
The pursuer-distancer pattern
Therapist Dr. Harriet Lerner summarizes the pattern like this.
A partner with pursuing behavior tends to respond to relationship stress by moving toward the other. They seek communication, discussion, togetherness, and expression. They are urgent in their efforts to fix what they think is wrong. They are anxious about the distance their partner has created and take it personally.
I don’t understand how someone can just treat another like trash.
Like they don’t matter now and like they never really mattered at all.
Do they know how stupid and insignificant and small that makes a person feel?
Do they know and just ignore it?
Do they actually enjoy making someone else feel the way they would never want to feel?
It’s pretty heartless.
Is it because they got screwed over before they have to pass the bad behavior on?
What really kills me is how much the other person tries to make them happy but in return they make them feel like they’re never good enough and discard them for whatever reason they can.
If I don’t mean that much to you then I don’t mean that much to you…
But know that you meant the world to me and my heart was pure and full of hope and love and dedication… And you treated me like dirt just because you could. Made me feel like completely disposable and worthless.
Why would you do that to my heart? Why would you do that to anyone?
Why can’t you see what you’re doing to me?
You only care when someone does it to you.
You don’t care.
I have to realize that you just don’t care about me and stop thinking about only the good which was never lasting.
It felt nice to be a part of a family. To feel accepted even if it was never consistent. It felt nice to feel love and feel loved that I still cling onto those moments even if you show me no love or care or respect now and that’s sad.
Says a lot about myself.
Says a lot about you.
I could find better but I hold on to someone who doesn’t care if they ever see me again. I’m not worth your time or effort or love when you were worth it to me. I feel stupid. I feel bamboozled. I feel lied to and cheated….and i feel used.
That makes my stomach sink and my eyes full up with tears.
I’ve spent years trying…
There’s nothing more left in me
My heart is broken
I can’t love you
You treat me like shit and you think you’re right for doing so
Goodbye to you.
I’m never going back to that shit again.
I see you
For who you really are
What I thought I saw before
Was an illusion.
a range of
internal rows
between the
precious state
his eyes
found the secret
to me
they stopped short
the last of sweetened portraits
lie in their step
crushed by their nature
caused by you
flutter though my butterfly
your silky wings
only served some gold
the face flooded
a sudden paleness
she can hear us now
through colors unborn
-kyoko cole
2018


You used to make me smile
Even when you screamed and yelled
And left.
Even though it would make me cry
YOU would make me smile
Cause i knew you loved me.
But now
I sit here
Alone
And know you’re not
I know you don’t care
Maybe you never did
But all I know is everything I did
Doesn’t matter
I still love you.
I hope you’re happy
I’m not as happy without you
But I’m moving on
Not only am I morning the death of my best friend
I’m also morning the death of you
But you are still alive
I don’t know which is worse.
Someone I’ll never see again
Or someone who’s still alive but not in my life.
Let the rest of this year be full of joy and love and good memories please.
This has become all too much.
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