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  i am trying to be someone you trust

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  what more do you want from me? maybe I should scream “I LOVE YOU” from the top of some rooftops - would you listen to me, then? should I write it in the sky, for everyone to see - maybe then, you won’t think it’s a lie. (I just don’t know what else to try.) (or would it be mor...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  time is not a reliable cure for anything

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I woke up trying to rip out my hair, again, in the same way I ripped up all the letters you sent me. I knocked down the jewelry box, the one that contains every last necklace you ever bought me, and no, I do not feel better. All I want is to forget you, like you forgot me....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  If I actually cared

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  you are the poem I never should have written, but baby, you’ll haunt me forever so I should deal with it, then. I can’t run away, ‘cause you have me trapped so I’ll always remember my biggest mistake. you choke me and smoke me like the fire you are, and you leave...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  What is love? (The greatest cliché)

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  love is stronger than I am alone, but I hate how much I need you. my buoy, my support, my flotation device - you keep me from drowning so that love will suffice. love is heavy, pushing down on me - but it’s a nice sort of pain, and it makes me feel free. love is a blanket, and yes it ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Love Might Tear Us Apart

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I wish we weren't friends. I wouldn't feel guilty, But I can’t help my lies; Could you look me in the eyes And say you don’t care about me? I’m just afraid that it would end. But I don’t want to lose you, So I sit here and sigh; I’m sorry for withholding the truth....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Relax With Me

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Hey there, darling. Don’t be mad at me, please. I’m just sitting here, trying to enjoy this lovely breeze. I don’t want to make any decisions or think about you and me. I’d rather not make revisions on what we’re trying to be. Shh, don’t question it - Enjoy the silence of...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Permanently Second Place

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I will never be your first choice. Only a consolation prize for hopeful girls and boys who live their life full of lies. Lies like “I love you,” are by far the worst they tell. Because you want them to be true, and then you’re left unwell. Maybe I’m crazy for wanting, for ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Playing games

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I hope my truth messed with your head, because I regret everything I never said. Honesty killed us - it tore us apart, and ripped you to shreds, like you did to my heart. But if it makes you feel better, in this sick, twisted game - I never lied once; Can you say the same?...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Afraid

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Too many questions. Scared of everything I want; Scared I might need it....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Save me

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Show up at my doorstep and take me away - (Or if you want to, instead, I just might let you stay). Tell me you love me (it doesn’t have to be true). Is that a strange plea? ‘Cause it’s all I want from you. Be my hero tonight - it’s my final request. I hope you’ll do what’s ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  This is why

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  If I am telling the truth, the only reason it is still him (though, admittedly, my feelings are dim) is that I am afraid that if it was not, it would no doubt be you....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My love

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  My love is quiet, barely shown, but still as vibrant - still unknown. My love is strong, like you’ve had to be - it hasn’t been long, but it’s everything. My love, it’s you, why I’ve been getting along; So why can’t it be me who is your favorite song?...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  give me a reason

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  baby hurt me again; i deserve the pain, and i want to feel something. abuse me, please - i miss being wanted, for me (even if just my body) and i just need an excuse for feeling so sad, and for hating myself...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I know why

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  the incessant tapping whispers to me the truth; you are thinking too much, and i know why....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Watching you

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  My mind writes bilingual love songs when I watch you think, and it kills me that I can’t remember them when I return to my reality....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Good bye

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  It scares me how easily I could still grab your hand without a second thought and expect you to pull me closer, but I have to remember that you are no longer mine...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Buried Secrets

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Digging up the past; My secrets are your treasures That should stay buried....
• Poetry > Haiku
  Please

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I hate feeling this That I would do anything For you to kiss me...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Wrong

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Memories of you Are only my reminders Of why we were wrong...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Always wrong

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  I always do this. How am I so dumb? Always pushing - too far, too wrong; Everyday, I screw up worse. Maybe it’d be best if I moved along. Yet, I’m too selfish, (such a terrible trait); Though every mistake I make lets you down. (Forget me, please. I’m not someone you could miss.)...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  What's going to happen?

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Nothing makes sense; Am I supposed to feel like this? This is crazy, absurd, insane; How am I supposed to see you again? After all that I feel, all that I said; Nothing you do can’t cause me pain....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Promised

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Before I slept, I wished that I would not wake up again. But then I dreamt of you, and I was struck with my promise to not think like that again....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I don't mind that I'm sinking

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Your thoughts are drowning me, And my longing for air Is becoming less significant As I slowly discover That I am getting addicted To your words And their ambiguity....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I'm so over this

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Oh best friend, I do not understand, but Everytime you speak to me I fall in love with you. And my dear, frankly, I’ve had more than enough Of your charming truths, And it’s time for it to end....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Don't let me do this again

  

  By PrincessLena, Orlando, FL

  Will someone please save me? ‘Cause I am feeling strange And I’m thinking that maybe I might want you back again. Please don’t tell me that I’m crazy; This is no time for the truth. I want your lies and your abuse. And I know that it’s insane But I don’t want it to end, Because ...