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Some People Are Not Worth My Time

December 20, 2022
By kharismar BRONZE, Addis, Louisiana
kharismar BRONZE, Addis, Louisiana
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I sat on the phone with my ex

Talking for four maybe five minutes and 

It didn't take me long to realize that 

Some people are not worth my time.


He went on and on about how 

Him not being happy was completely my fault

To hell with that!

God forbid I ever told him he’s wrong because 

He believed it was impossible for the fall of our relationship

To be his fault


He tried dating a friend of mine too

But blamed me when they didn’t work

One bad apple spoils the whole bunch

I guess 

I let him believe what he wanted because

Some people are just not worth my time. 


Why should I pretend to care

About his feelings 

Tell him that I understand where he’s coming from

The devil is a lie!


I tried my best, I did it’s true

But I can’t spend my time explaining

How hard it was for me to leave

Standing on the land debating on 

Whether or not I wanted to jump on Noah’s ark

Do I really want to watch him drown in the flood of his own toxicity?

Am I wrong for believing that if I leave now that God would save me

And bring me to someone new

fresh

pure and appreciative?


I’m here for a good time not a long time 

Why waste it on someone else

And not myself

Yet I’m so thankful I got to talk to him that day

Because it reminded me


Some people are not worth my time.


The author's comments:

The poem is reflecting on how someone's energy can be draining and a waste of time. 


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