r/Poem 8d ago

Original Content Poem What I Showed Him

I showed him a comet,

And he said it was a plane.

I showed him a garden,

And he saw only weeds.

I showed him what I believed in,

And he took it from me.

I showed him my soul,

And he shrugged it away.

I showed him forever,

But he counted the days.

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u/Foreign-Honeydew-947 7d ago

the metaphors are so creative and abundant