poetry of jesse wiles

familiar villain

who do you think you are to press me to this edge

who do you think you are to bleed me deep

who do you think you are to make me wander aim-ishly

who do you think you are to plead upon my ache

who do you think you are to make me think you were here

who do you think you are to make me call endlessly

who do you think you are to crave your high note and leave me cold with questions

who do you think you are to string me to strings and all of the everything i wished was the thing you never thought you said

and who do you think you are when you cannot even proffer what i gave when you said you do and i am still the familiar villain

when all i yearn for is my fingers on the keys the lost keys of this tragedy

everything everything i could give a fuck about the rest because i surrendered to the deal stupid don't make me stupid to agree

or do but don't leave me twisting in this wind collecting your drama and your stories of heartbreak

but i'm not your ghost i'm not your local love story

i'm not the blister of supposed commitment

i am that hand full of keys as destroyed as any heroine

just leave me if you are not really what you said in the end i call upon your whim don't call me upon your regret

for you make sandcastles of nothing

© 2026 jesse wiles