Category: Matthew Henrickson Poetry

Imperfectly Perfect

Imperfectly Perfect

Your imperfections are perfect to me
Any mistake you make
Is my own.
If in fact you are wrong
I’ll forgive you always.
When I’m mad at you,
I’m even more mad at myself.
I give myself to you completely
You are my world,
The ground I walk on
And the light showing me the way.
You are the reason I awake each day,
Since you are my life.
A perfect human being,
Only one exists
That happens to be you
And no one else.
Why is this true?
Because I’m in love with you.

by Matthew Henrickson

Flowered

Flowered

My heart like a flower
Wilting as its been picked
The petals falling off
Losing these petals
As my mind is lost
Crumbling into nothing
Like my soul has become

Once beautiful in a happy home
Smelling of sweetness
Blowing in the wind
Watered daily showered with rain
Healthy in a perfect world

The water has run dry
Beginning to die
Falling apart at the stem
Not feeling the love
In its garden
With its friends

Wilted
Petal less
There is nothing left,
But to crumble

by Matthew Henrickson

All For One

“All For One”

And now I’ll watch you leave again
This time I’m waving
I’m tired of not being good enough
I’m sick of being second and third to them
My ears are shut and I won’t listen
It started to hurt too much
Your words like needles
Piercing my heart
Now I know it wasn’t me you cared about
It was only yourself
You chose not to risk us
You chose to save you
And left me
To fend for myself

by Matthew Henrickson

Goodbye to Hello

“Goodbye to Hello”

I guess this is goodbye
Not for always
Just for now
Until… you’re ready
Until you need me
Now is the time we need to part ways
But I know we will be reunited again
We have to…
For my sake
For our sake
I wish you the best
While we are apart
But I had to let you go for now
I know you will come back
Because I’ll always be here
Waiting for you…
Waiting… for the bad to pass
And the good to reign once again
For us to once again
Exceed all expectations
And be happy
Until then I will miss you
Just secretly
Until then I will want to be with you
But I won’t tell you anymore

So this is my goodbye
Until… its hello again.

by Matthew Henrickson

Real Fake

Real Fake

The images so clear
So real
Yet… so fake
I see it
But it doesn’t mean its here
I hear it
But it doesn’t mean its here
Because I can’t feel it
I know it isn’t real
Because I want it
I know it isn’t there
Because I need it
I know it never will be

by Matthew Henrickson 

Too Late

“Too Late”

It’s too late
Can’t go back and change it
It’s too late
Got to live with it
It’s too late
Like always your timing was off
It’s too late
Don’t know how to go on without you
It’s too late
Wanting you back here with me
It’s too late
Can’t have you now
It’s too late

by Matthew Henrickson 

Sorry…

“Sorry…”

I’m sorry for everything I should have said
For what I didn’t say
For what I shouldn’t have said
And I did
I didn’t know how to handle us

So I made mistakes
And I can only tell you that I’m sorry

I’m sorry for leaving you when I shouldn’t have
Sorry for being there when you wanted to be alone
Sorry for it all
Sorry for the fights you always won
Sorry for not fighting when I should have

I’m sorry for forgetting when you wanted me to remember
Sorry for remembering when I should have forgotten
Sorry for buying you the wrong gifts
And not buying the right ones
I’m sorry

I’m sorry for being wrong when I should of been right
And sorry for being right when I was supposed to be wrong
I’m sorry for never letting you have your way

I’m sorry for drinking when I shouldn’t have
For not being sober like you wanted
You always knew best
I’m sorry for not listening

I’m sorry for loving you so much that I made these mistakes
Blinded by love… I’m sorry
I’m sorry for loving you when you didn’t want me to…
I’m sorry for not loving you right…
I’m sorry for not knowing how to love….

I’m sorry… for being sorry

Risk of My Heart

Risk of My Heart

I’m afraid to talk to you
At my hearts risk
I’m afraid to open up to you
So the pain doesn’t flow in
I’m afraid of life…
Because I can’t lose
I’m afraid of moving on
Because your memory still thrives in my mind
I’m afraid of tomorrow
Because of yesterday
I’m afraid to wake up today
Because it will never be the same
I’m afraid we won’t be together
Because we aren’t now
I’m afraid to chase after you
Because I fell
I’m afraid you got away
Because you ran too fast for me
I’m afraid you’ll get away
Because I didn’t have the right thing to say

by Matthew Henrickson

Let’s Pretend

“Lets pretend”

Let’s pretend we are happy…
Ignore how we truly feel
Let’s pretend we aren’t hurt
It’s easier not to
Let’s pretend that you are by my side
It’s hard to be strong enough for two
Let’s pretend that life isn’t hard
So we don’t show our weakness
Let’s pretend we are in it together
It’s lonely being alone
Let’s pretend we are someone else
So no one knows who we really are
Let’s pretend the past doesn’t matter
Our bad memories keep me up at night
Let’s pretend I don’t miss you
It’s hard not to be missed back
Let’s pretend we are perfect together
And ignore that we always fight
Let’s pretend we aren’t in love
It hurts too much

Let’s pretend we aren’t pretending

by Matthew Henrickson