A ballpoint pen without the ink (inspired by a line written by Yvonne)

You make me feel like a ballpoint pen without the ink

Like an empty glass when you want a drink

You make me incomplete

Completely lost and inconsolable

But I don’t need you in my life at all

But I want to be near you no matter what I say

All I can say is that I want to be a part of you

All I need to say is freak off I don’t want to be around you

I feel so lost and alone, that I’m a map without cities or states

I’m Alicia Keys or John Legend without a piano to play



You make me feel like a ballpoint pen without the ink

I’m a kitchen without a refrigerator or sink

I’m feeling real metaphorical today

So I am a sculptor without the clay

I am an artist without a paint brush or paint

I’m a tattoo artist with out a needle or ink



You make me feel like a ballpoint pen without the ink

Enough metaphors and similes

I’m hurt without you and devastated when you are with me

Cry tears so hard that my tears are mini travesties

Want to be near you but callous over when you are too close to me

I’m so cracked my heart has fault lines

So sad that I’m really sad and can’t come up with a crazy poetic way to say it

Bottom line is that we are at the end of the line and for once it’s not on me

I want to cry for you but am actually crying for me



You make me feel like a ballpoint pen without the ink

Dry and barren

Devoid of anymore poetry

But I’ll get better soon enough

And ill be refilled with the ink of life soon enough

"An Akili Carter original"