I hear
about you and her.
It hurts
knowing it’s not me.
Wondering
what would have happened
if you got your sex.
You say
you love her.
You tell her
to marry you.
You know
she gave you
almost everything you want.
I’m trying
to move on.
The attachment
is fading.
In the back of...
I stand here
Thinking of a more clear future where the gray is gone and I can see everything.
The pounding in my head holds the stress, while my eyes continue to try and see.
I become determined like a badger preparing for attack.
To hold the future, the one that I want to live with, even if it ...
I’m happy I’m sad
I’m weak I’m tough
Everything sucks
Especially when it gets rough
School makes me mad
My family makes me scream
Despite the part
They are my biggest team
My friends are my shelter
My pets are my life
They give me much comfort
Through all of my strife
My em...
Brown eyes flutter
Soft lips spread
Head tilts
Toward the white bed.
Seduction calls,
Pulls me in,
The beauty of one
With flawless skin
Slow and steady
I follow him there
Incredible tan body
Gorgeous brown hair
Closer and closer
I get near,
Forget my mistakes,
Forget my fear.
...
The clock I thought, is so queer,
something untouchable.
It happened so fast.
One day he was there, the next, gone.
I didn’t know he was going.
He was a voice on the phone.
The one we held to our ear.
Or might as well have been.
Finally,
words were spoken.
All I heard was fatherless.
Th...
The screaming girls,
The barking dogs,
The smelly cats,
And I am home.
The dirty dishes,
The empty cabinets,
The messy table,
And I am home.
The couch-less living room,
The floorless dining room,
The useless TV,
And I am home.
My freezing room,
My old collection,
My wonderful fam...
Lightning,
lit the sky.
Sitting,
on a concrete wall.
Laughing,
at a silly comment.
Fearing,
a strike to our flesh.
Experiencing,
the incredible thrill.
Wandering,
up the damp pavement.
Running,
shirtless in the rain.
Wondering,
how it can be so perfect.
Relaxing:
Sit...
I like you,
a lot.
I think I’m falling
in love with you.
I hate it’s happening.
I want
to erase the first time
we met, first time we
kissed, first time we laid in your bed.
You can hurt me so easily.
I’m vulnerable to you and you have no idea.
I think you
like me, or I like to t...
Cold. Torn. Sad. Broken.
A broken soul
Now feels nothing. Nothing
and everything.
Shame. Pity. Disgrace.
All the things
A person never wants to
feel. Like an ice cube placed
in a bowl of hot
water, disappearing faster
than you can imagine,
blending
into the surroundings. The
call outw...
We were one.
One family in separate houses.
All belong together.
Not in that way though…
Cancer came. He was gone,
(my second dad)
fast. Each family
torn, hurt, broken, distraught.
Reaching for the impossible…
Moments later, or that’s the
feeling, we lost another.
Gone.
Not from c...
Stomach churning
I want the feeling to leave
The desirable body
The one I can’t have
Starving myself
Trying to get skinny
Getting weaker
It’s hard to hold myself
Still fat
My confidence is dropping
Losing hope
Still not skinny enough
Losing faith
Still not pretty enough
Giving up
...
Like a thief, stealing
in the night, the one
that gets away. The one
who will strike again.
Like a parent, who cheats
on their spouse, the one
that gets away. The one
who will do it again.
Like cancer, spreading
through a body, the one
that gets away. The one
that will never leave.
Like...
The trees
blow in the
subtle wind
Birds chirp in the
swaying trees
The sun
shines on the
chirping birds
The kids run
under the shining sun
Rolling hills become a
playfield for the
running kids
Spring flowers
make home from the
rolling hills
L...
The blood ran down my face. My head was throbbing. I could feel the cold blade of metal deep in my arm. I looked up and saw the stranger come at me again. Scared of everything, I ducked down as he dove at me with another. I swiftly rolled to the side as he crashed into the bookcase behind me. The cr...
So I like you. A lot. In fact, I think I’m falling in love with you. And I hate that it’s happening. I want to erase the first time we met. The first time we kissed. The first time we laid in your bed. I don’t want this to happen to me because you can now hurt me so easily. I’m completely vu...
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