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Mar 2021 · 335
Slumberwake
J Valle Mar 2021
A heartbeat frettles under my skin,
upon my eyes, a darker tint,
this body, not more than a shell,
for all I know, I might be dead.

Along it came with my first breath,
this yearn, to paint the walls in crimson red
an everthought, my resting place,
for all I know, call me obsessed.
Jun 2018 · 601
Relapse
J Valle Jun 2018
I must say that it got me fooled
The road seemed straight
The scars had cooled
And the obstacles had strained

But the turn eventually came
And now I'm coming back
To the spinning hail
To my self attack

Further self,
I know you will get us there.

Former self,
Forgive me for getting us here.
Feb 2018 · 1.1k
Loving Right
J Valle Feb 2018
I've loved the wrong people
But I've loved them right
I've learned how to love
The people I shouldn't have
I've given up my heart
I've shown up my art
Expected what they couldn't give
But I've done it right
I've loved purely and bravely
But the direction was misguided
But I can't help to fanthom
That maybe one day
The right person will show
And I won't love him right.
Sep 2017 · 607
Father's Shoes
J Valle Sep 2017
I'm stumbling like a toddler in a room.
My hands are on my sides plane-like in the air
trying to give me some balance, to keep me from falling.
My feet hurt and are clumsy, they're not used to this.
I'm using my father's shoes.

I'm wearing them to feel like an adult,
like one of those old humans who go and live an adult life,
but my father's shoes are too big for my baby feet,
no matter how hard I try, they just don't fit.

But I keep doing it.
I'm not alone in this room,
There's no way I would be doing this just for myself,
maybe at the beginning, when it was fun.
My family is staring at me.

They are all expectators.
Of this crazy show I'm directing,
Half thinking I'm cute for pretending to be one of them.
The other half's just waiting for the moment I trip and start crying.

My father's shoes are too big for me,
This adult mockery is not for me,
Just as I realize about this.

I trip.
Jul 2017 · 448
Treason
J Valle Jul 2017
Oh dear mind of mine,
Are you really mine?
Are you really connected
To my bones?
Are you really a part of
Myself?
Can't you hear my heart?
Screaming his name,
Everytime you bring us
A picture of himself,
Didn't you get the memo?
Where we left very clear,
That it was for our safety,
To not overthink his face,
Leave his smell locked out,
But here you are,
What a traitor,
Our heart skipped a beat
And now can't stop crying
All because,
You are thinking on your own,
Oh dear mind of mine,
Just spare me one,
Let me live with no regret,
With no sorrow
And no heartache.
Jun 2017 · 290
Alex
J Valle Jun 2017
My mamma has cancer and I
Haven't shed a single tear
But both my heart and mind
Run to you to feel you near.

You are that safe place
The haven to my chaotic surround
The chord I follow in this maze
My whole body aches for not having you around.

What do I do?
If I know you are not right for me,
If I know you love like a virus,
If I know you don't want me,

But

Yours is the hug I've been longing
Yours are the eyes that confort me
Yours is the only romantic love I've felt
(or at least that's how I felt it)
You are the person I want to be next to in this chaotic days...

I know it is sick,
You wrote me on my birthday,
And I didn't say a thing,
Yet here I am, writing you again

Where's my pride?
Where's my dignity?
You may ask.

My pride is right here, as well as my dignity,
They are here in this transparent lines,
They are in my honesty.

I didn't answer on the 14th,
Cause I didn't know what to say,
I felt the same cycle beginning again,
And I'm in no state for our silly games.

Maybe I still love you
Maybe I just need you right now.

I don't know what do I want,
I don't know if I want you back or
if I just want to feel again what I felt when I was with you.

I don't know what to do
Nor why do I think of you
I know you don't think of me back.

When in a blue notebook I,
Presented you the chance to change
Or be better,
You ignored the latter as well as me.

So I can imagine how this must look like
Again, my crazy obsessed mind running to you.
I swear it is not.

You might ignore this like you've done before,
Feel no obligation to respond
Feel no remorse for your actions,
Just do what feels right.

I'm just troubled, and I'm tired of speaking with you on my mind for months,
I'm setting it free,
My feelings,
My words,
And maybe, just maybe,
The last strands of you.
Jun 2017 · 560
My Poetry Is Dead.
J Valle Jun 2017
I used to write what my soul poured,
Let the words set themselves,
Anguish and despair were all I wore,
A flame and a cig were my only friends;

It made me feel like Bukowski,
Drowned in words filled with sorrow,
With a broken heart because of him,
But now that it's all over;

I only write out of habit,
He took my poetry when he left
Like Alice through the hole of a rabbit,
And disappeared witht the perfect theft;

I'm trying to figure out
What to write about,
The new boy who hasn't come out?
Or the man who craves for my mouth?

But my poetry, my poems,
The only thing I was proud of,
Are the ones who suffer the most,
They're lacking the fuel that ignited them,
I let them all be about men,
And what was the cost?
I've obliterated them.

My poetry is dead.
Like my soul hopes to be.
Jun 2017 · 553
From Scratch
J Valle Jun 2017
Like a lost arrow
You struck my mind
A gentle breeze, a certain smell
Lead me back to your memories
But you are out of my life
I doubt you will ever come back
So everyday it's new
I'm learning to be myself again
A new beginning
A new life
A new future
I'm stumbling around
In a crowded room
With my eyes folded
I don't know where to go,
What to say,
Which dreams should I follow,
All I know is that I find it
Quite difficult to beging again,
It's a tedious and
Uncertain life
Without you.
Apr 2017 · 449
9.00 am
J Valle Apr 2017
I'm falling at 9.00 pm
With gray eyes and a soft voice
I'm nothing but a lost little comet,
Following a stormy eyed big man,
I want to forget all the years between,
And feel the lips of 9.00 pm,
But why would a man turn around,
For a little comet?
Mar 2017 · 684
Wild World
J Valle Mar 2017
I'm afraid it seems that I,
Can't runaway from my sadness,
It is fragmented in my soul,
I'm tired of all the madness of

This world,
It is such a ridicule place
I can't keep up the pace,
With the race against our race,
There's nothing else to do,
Than keep chasing up the haze.

Looking up to the sky,
I'm yelling up at life,
Urging it to end,
I never asked for this.

The more I grow,
The smaller I feel,
It's time to accept that I'm
Not made for this world.
Mar 2017 · 595
04/03
J Valle Mar 2017
So here I am, once again
Lacking all self esteem,
And dignity and pride,
But above all things,
Lacking him.

If I don't run in his direction,
If I don't hug him when he is near,
Is because all my loving,
I keep it caged,
Suffering,
Starving,
Begging for some love,
A kiss, a smile, a look,
Anything from him.

But I keep it caged,
For its own protection,
I'll let it die,
Rot and decompose,
A dying love is easier to take,
Than his indifference.
Jan 2017 · 748
Night Stand
J Valle Jan 2017
I can still trace,
Where his hands were last night,
I can still picture,
His chest and how it felt,
I can still taste,
His *** growing in my mouth,
I can still feel,
His body perched up on me,
I can still recall,
His voice, grunting in pleasure.

But his face I can't remember,
Neither his name I could tell.
Jan 2017 · 547
We Should Go
J Valle Jan 2017
There's a new restaurant
Downtown
We should go, we should go

That town looks quite nice
During spring time
We should go, we should go

That place looks
Kinda cool
We should go, we should go

You know?
I've never been there before
We should go, we should go

"I don't want to be rude,
But I don't want to see you anymore"

*I should go, I should go
Jan 2017 · 670
ALX. Farewell
J Valle Jan 2017
I hope one day you get to
Recognize and value happiness,
With whoever it is, even if it's on your own.

I hope one day you get to
Get rid off of that hidden depression,
That drives you to multiple raves,
But only keeps you in haze.

I hope one day you get to
Accomplish the few dreams you told me,
And all of those you did not.

I hope one day you get to
Feel as happy as I'm hoping to be.

My heart would wish for you
To realize you want to be with me,
But I'm truly hoping to get a real love somewhere.

With whoever it is, even if it's on my own.
So, mostly all of what I've written has the tag #yu, which was my own way of dedicating my numb lines to someone, but as poetic and good for art a heartbreak may be, my own heart would rather look for a different emotional muse, so this is my farewell to that lover, (also, the final time I'll use the #yu) even if he reads it or not.
Dec 2016 · 916
San Junipero
J Valle Dec 2016
If there were no time,
If there were no lies,
Tell me if you would consider
Changing up your mind?

If there was a place
Where we could escape,
Forget all the past,
Never think of the future,
Living the long eternal present,
Tell me if you would consider,
Running away with me.

If there was a way,
To ignore all the voices,
All the ideals, all of our pride,
Be just two souls in love with each other

If there was just love,
No richness nor poverty,
Only happiness
In our minds.

Tell me if you would consider
Loving me again.
Nov 2016 · 810
Happen
J Valle Nov 2016
Let it be prismatic,
Make it enigmatic,
You can even let it be exotic,
Avoid allowing it to be toxic,
Don't be like an alcoholic,
And don't let it turn melancholic,
For god's sake make it romantic
But make it happen.
Nov 2016 · 451
Happen.
J Valle Nov 2016
Let it be prismatic,
Make it enigmatic,
You can even let it be exotic,
Avoid allowing it to be toxic,
Don't be like an alcoholic,
And don't let it turn melancholic,
For god's sake make it romantic
But make it happen.
Nov 2016 · 391
Second.
J Valle Nov 2016
Let's all raise our glass,
A small toast for those poor souls,
Let's drink for our lost friends,
Lost in the idea of loving a fool.

A second for the Second,
Stolen stares for the Second,
Empty promises for the Second,
Rapid kisses for the Second.

We all know now,
Being the Second Lover,
Will bring nothing but despair

Let's all not forget their sacrifice,
We all need a cautionary tale.
Nov 2016 · 732
ALX pt. I
J Valle Nov 2016
It is all about the memories,
That like the dreams we fail,
And the thoughts we will not share,
They drain and slip through our fingertips.

Waking up from a sad dream,
One we would love to forget,
But love induced sadness,
It is hard one to get rid of.

The dawn rises synching with your chest
Your eyes shining from the watery tears,
And your mind is playing games,
It feels as if you are together,
Then reality and the dream world collide.
And you are staring through the window,
All alone.

It is all about the memories,
Those we keep close to our hearts,
Close enough to make us feel alive,
Close enough to let them hurt us.

That like the dreams we fail,
We forget and never go for them again,
Ashamed of the idea of fulfilling them,
Too frightened to share them.

And the thoughts we will not share,
They are rotting in our veins,
Growing hungry inside their lair,
Waiting for a chance to escape.
Sep 2016 · 447
Butterflies.
J Valle Sep 2016
Small, unnoticed,
Just a flicker in your chest,
Not enough to realize.

How long has it been since you felt it last?

Grand, unpredicted,
Exploding lights in my chest,
Dumb enough to realize.

How long can I last without feeling it again?

You say it's better to scare it off,
I say it's better to face it off,

Don't you think, that I know,
How bad is this for my own?

You realize,
And you decide,
That my wings shoud be shaved off.
While all I want,
Is our wings to fly together.

If I'm a silly butterfly,
I hope he is drums and fireworks on the rain
Sep 2016 · 440
Facts.
J Valle Sep 2016
I have to face,
That its his face,
The one you can't stop thinking of.

That you are written,
With fire in my heart,
And I'm written,
With chalk in your heart.

That you are as faithful,
To your words,
As you are to your love.

I'm biding my heart,
For a couple of minutes.
Sep 2016 · 394
Results
J Valle Sep 2016
How many times,
Has my heart been broken,
By your words and your promises,
So hollow,
They resemble to my heart.

It ain't hard to believe,
That you caught me again,
Fooled me once more,
Played your games,
And ended up loosing any way.
Sep 2016 · 1.6k
Gin
J Valle Sep 2016
Gin
She's looking in the mirror,
Getting ready to hit the club,
Smokey eyes on point,
She's just trying to let go
Of what she keeps inside.

Prettier than her surroundings,
But still lists her flaws upon her soul,
If only she knew,
That the sun battles the moon,
To see her first.

So bright, so great,
Her smile lights up the sky.

Everyday her spirit fights,
A battle she knows well,
Fearing to grasp,
The reaching hand.

A soul so pure,
You can see it clear,
While she's looking in the mirror.
Aug 2016 · 783
Advice.
J Valle Aug 2016
Tirelessly, waiting,
For another week or so.
Listening to the silly advice,
That true love comes only for,
Those who wait.

All it takes is a word from him
A romantic speech,
A caring phrase,
To keep me hanging,
To this weird love.

I've been waiting, for him,
To be my true love,
Or the real one to show,
But it seems as if,
Whoever it is,
Still thrives for another.

I dream of his voice,
Whispering in my ear,
All those words,
I long to hear.

The feeling of kisses given,
Makes my heart drum,
Like with no other.

I could wait on,
But I can't keep following,
This old advice,
It leaves me cold,
When all I want is your heat.

Why should we keep on waiting?
I'm done with complications,
Be with me.
If you read this let me know, if you love me let me know, if none, just let me be.
Aug 2016 · 631
Broken Record
J Valle Aug 2016
It turns exhausting
Over and over again
With no change at all.

Why don't you hate me?
God knows I hate this feeling
Of never being enough
To turn my dreams into reality
And dissolve my nightmares
In oblivion.

I can't be the other
I want to be your lover
But that's work for another.

My heart keeps beating
Like a broken record.

So stupid
That it keeps loving you
After all the waiting,
All the hurting,
With no change at all.

Over and over.
J Valle Aug 2016
For those fortunate hearts
Who ignore the feeling
And for those unfortunate ones
Who impose the feeling
You'll know.

It is like forgetting the lyrics
Of your favourite song.
It is like having a cough
That just won't give up.
It is like every punch in the face
You've ever had and will ever have.
It is like forgetting midsentence
The last line of your essence.
It is like not being able to draw
What seemed perfect in your mind.
It is like the feeling you get
When you are strucked by the wind.
It is like spilling something
In your favourite shirt.
It is like a deep ache
You can't locate.
It is like loosing the last piece
Of a 1000 pieces puzzle.
It feels like falling
Without an end nor beginning

If you love someone who won't love you back.
You'll know.
It feels like everything you can think of.
Except for being loved back.
Aug 2016 · 401
Lost Current.
J Valle Aug 2016
It's raining on my face
Humid roots
Growing through my cheekbones
Cyclones of joy and sorrow
Of desire and confusion
Streams of love
And puddles of defeat.

A tender clash
Reuninting sensations
That weren't supposed to meet
A crash for your decisions
And all my fears
But a strike like this
Has never feel better.

I swear my intention's not to deceive
Nor to turn your heart upside down.

A wreck of emotions
Surrounding me,
Surrounding us.

But your eyes are the sunshine
To this raging storm
That comes within me
And I can't help but strive
For the love I know gone
But hope for its return.
Jul 2016 · 441
Waking Up.
J Valle Jul 2016
I woke up
With last night's dream
Still in my head.

With your voice and touch
With your eyes and smile
In my mind
With everything I know
Will never have again.

With the feeling of your lips
Against mine
With the taste of them
With your laugh,
I felt happiness
Once again.

I had a dream
Where you were mine
And I was yours
All I wanted
I had.

I woke up
With last night's dream
Still in my head.

With a broken heart
Without you.
Jul 2016 · 290
Rare Aching
J Valle Jul 2016
You ached me today
Like you haven't done before
It was a different aching
One that's almost unnoticed
The one that lingers in your mind
With all the things you want
And will never have.

A rare aching
Like a longing
For someone you miss

You ached me today
As if I needed what you always do
But haven't done in years
I missed your presence
Your voice.

Like you ache for something
That's back to your life
But not as you wanted.
#yu
Jul 2016 · 501
Better.
J Valle Jul 2016
I have to ask
How's he better than me?
Why did you chose him,
Instead of me?

I don't want to know,
Cause it'll break my heart,
You won't say it,
And I won't mention it,
But we both know
He's better than me.

He's got something
You won't let go,
Something brighter
Something better

I have to ask,
Will you be mine again?
He's got everything, but I promise you all my heart if you are willing to take it.
Jul 2016 · 312
Mine
J Valle Jul 2016
You were mine, once,
A long time ago,
So long your taste has left me,
But not long enough,
For my love to leave me.

You were mine, once,
You held me so tight,
That my broken heart mended,
But not tight enough,
For my heart to stop needing you.

You were mine, once,
I loved you so much,
That my soul felt at home with yours,
But not much enough,
For your soul to stay.

You were mine, once,
A long time ago,
When you held me so tight,
That I couldn't help to love you.

But now,
You are somebody else's.
Jul 2016 · 514
Storm.
J Valle Jul 2016
Raindrops wail
And thunders shutter,
As my heart fears to fail
And my mouth begins to stutter.

Lightnings flash
And static grows,
As my feelings slowly crash
And deception comes.

There is a storm in my heart
A hurricane at my soul
And your name on my lips.
I Hope you choose me.
Jun 2016 · 321
Second.
J Valle Jun 2016
Come at me
And make me yours
Mend what you broke
Wipe my tears
And don't let me go.

Go on then
I'll forgive
If you don't forget

I'm willing to set myself on fire
Once again
With the rising heat of your skin

So come at me
And make me yours.
Jun 2016 · 563
The Unloving.
J Valle Jun 2016
Back away
Trace your steps
Turn around
And rewind your words.

Leave by yourself
Just like you have done before
Go and grasp your new love
For I am to weak to deny you again.

Don't come back
Even if I plead you to
Disappear once more,
You know how to do it.

Stop haunting me
Keep your distance
If you come any closer
I won't be able to control myself.

If you don't leave
I'll fall once again
Like I have done before
I'm not strong enough
To keep unloving you.
May 2016 · 538
Distance.
J Valle May 2016
I'm slowly heading
To what you where when you left
I've been where you were
When you met me
And I still felt young
I've learned what you did
Felt what you did once
And I still felt far away
I'm slowly catching up
With the last memory of you
But you are still far away
I'll never catch up with you.
May 2016 · 617
Today.
J Valle May 2016
Today I missed you,
My mind wandered
And led me to memories,
Of you, of kisses
Of vows forgotten
And broken promises

I thought of your whereabouts,
If your heart is being taken care of
If your smile is still the brightest
I thought of your voice, echoing,
Through my veins and bones

Today I missed you,
I promise I won't call, neither text,
There is a reason you are now my ex,
A reason with a name and last name
Any other attempt, will keep me lame
So I'll just think,
And miss what you where
Apr 2016 · 773
Nostalgia.
J Valle Apr 2016
Nostalgia,
Would you keep me warm at night?
Not with tears,
But with embrace.
Nostalgia,
Would you make me feel again?
Not this sadness all over again
I want madness pure and loving.
Nostalgia,
Would you take me for a ride?
Not down Memory lane,
Take me someplace I can't name.
Nostalgia,
Could you bring him back to me?
Apr 2016 · 1.1k
Just Ignore Me.
J Valle Apr 2016
It wakes me in the morning
The song you dedicated
Now some would say this is obsession
But I beg to disagree
My mind knows well that you are his
But my heart keeps you near
And I'm sorry for the inconvinience
I swear I've tried to unlove you
And I've tried to ignore you and forget you
But my heart keeps on betting on you
We both know you'll never read
All the poems I lay here,
So grant me this reception
It's all I got from your deception.
Apr 2016 · 319
ALX pt. II
J Valle Apr 2016
I wanted to say I needed you,
That my minds drags you like an old toy.
And that you won't spare me a thought,
Not even if your life depended on it.
That I hate you so much,
For breaking me like that.
And pretending like I never existed.
That it angers me.
How much I believed those brown eyes.
And fall for all now I know were lies.
That it breaks me even more,
To think about us,
And remember you everyday.
That you are a ghost that haunts me,
Everywhere I go and everyhow I feel.
That the image of you both together,
Is the center of every nightmare I have.
That it fills me with rage,
How I still fall for you,
And your sick games of power.
That I hate just how much I think of you,
But what I truly hate,
Is my inability to hate you.
I wanted you to know
Cause the silence is defeaning,
And this feeling overwhelming.
#yu
Apr 2016 · 537
Edge.
J Valle Apr 2016
Why does my mind keeps wandering,
To the curves of your eyes,
And the pitch of your voice?
Why does my heart keep aching,
To an old photograph,
And a corner at a park?
Why does my lips keep recalling,
To a first kiss in a bench,
And a farewell that still lasts?
Why does my mind keeps trying,
To forget your face and your pace,
And still think of you each day?
Apr 2016 · 483
14.
J Valle Apr 2016
14.
Fourteen days
And I knew I liked you
Fourteenth
It all began
Fourteen times
I followed you
Fourteen days
You ignored me
Fourteen texts
You read
Fourteen lies
I believed
Fourteen dreams
You shattered
Fourteen times
I think of you each day

Fourteen months
Since the last I saw you.
Apr 2016 · 618
I have
J Valle Apr 2016
I've loved.
I've loved a dead man,
I've loved a warrior,
I've fallen for a doctor,
I've loved a musician.
But it is clear as glass,
That sorrow has
Been my true lover
All along.

So forgive me if I leave,
Close my eyes
And go to bed with
My other half.
And never wake up again.
Mar 2016 · 662
You Were.
J Valle Mar 2016
Do you remeber the last time?
How you failed to love me right,
And how I felt like with no light.

I holded you close
Trying to keep you tight
With my head upon your chest
Begged you to remember.

One by one, tears flowed
And I felt as if I drowned
Between us there was no sound.

Felt your lips
One last time
Swore to keep
You on my heart,
But as I walked
I turned back
And you were gone.
Mar 2016 · 365
Falling.
J Valle Mar 2016
Take me to the edge
Make me feel the light
You'll see I can pass the test
To keep you close and tight

Your words fuel me up
Like burning gasoline
I'll come clean
From all the things I've done

I'll show you a star
For you to compare with
Your smile
So you can see it
Even from afar
Mar 2016 · 590
Ambivalent
J Valle Mar 2016
For you
My best
Won't pass
The test
But if you try
I must not
Cry
If you don't get
What I try
To set
I'll have to change
And start to explain
If you don't set
And I don't get
You won't explain
Even if I go insane
Mar 2016 · 419
What you wanted.
J Valle Mar 2016
When you look at me.

Do you see the boy,
Who played with strings?
Or perhaps,
Do you see the man,
Who'll become a king?

Do you fear,
Of the things I could repeat?
Or perhaps,
Do you believe the things,
I can achieve?

Do you see the life,
I cannot give?
Or perhaps,
Do you see the wife,
I'll never kiss?

Do you see the time,
I've wasted?
Or perhaps,
Do you see the life
I've chosen?

Either way you see
Who I
Was
Or who I
Will be
Will you ever see
Who I
Am?
Will I ever be
What you
Wanted?
Feb 2016 · 696
Come back.
J Valle Feb 2016
I want you to love me
I need you to love me
Calm me
Don't haunt me
Make me whole again.
Don't just pop
And dissappear
Since a word from your lips
Will keep me on my knees
You may go
And be with him
Love him the way
I want you to
Love me
You may come
And make me cry
Then just leave
Without a lead
All I wish is
You could take off
With my memories
Whipe my mind
Hand me my heart back
But all I crave for
Is for your love
Your tender touch
And your voice
In my ears
Filling my heart
Making me feel joy
But all there is
Is what it was
And all there was
Is now there gone
With you.
Feb 2016 · 293
Escape.
J Valle Feb 2016
I keep running every day
To avoid the ghosts,
Being careful with what I say
And with everything I thought of.

Mantaining busy my mind
Working
Eating
Drinking
Expecting
To someone kind
Who can stop me
From crying

But my heart is
A brainless fool
That keeps looking for you
Everywhere I see,
That keeps whispering
Your name
Between sighs,
Yet still inside
There's nowhere
To hide.
Feb 2016 · 547
Am I?
J Valle Feb 2016
Maybe I died.
Maybe my heart couldn't take it.

What if I died?
When you left me for him?
Maybe I'm dead

I may be laying
Two feet under ground
While you lay in bed
Next to him.

What if it killed me?
And my heart gave up
Like you gave me up.

So this is hell?
It must be
Maybe I'm a ghost.

And I'm not haunted by memories
Maybe I haunt them

Was I that bad?
Is this the purgatory?
Did you mourned my death?

Are you even aware that I'm dead?

Maybe I died
Poisoned with kisses
Scorched by your touch
Shot with promises
Feb 2016 · 339
How?
J Valle Feb 2016
There was no love
I loved you
But you did not loved me
How am I supposed to
Let go?

They say
You gotta let go
If someone is not for you

You did not loved me
You where never mine
How can I let go
If you never belonged
To me?
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