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American You got me bent like elbows.
Through a foggy shame A road that leads to nowhere Not that I have anywhere to go Or maybe I am running away Pretty sure I should not stay There's truth to every story But some are fantasy Move me if I've fallen down We like to hold onto what we make Faded memories I can't shake All the time I hear No more time to steer Away from troubles that are your past Some things weren't built to last Roughed up down and out Shaken and rather delicate Drinking up to keep warm Point at who's to blame Wishing it were new it's still the same All the time I hear No more time to steer Away from troubles that are your past Some things weren't built to last Broken glass, torched black Scenes from youth, please no more Do not call, Overcooked Feel the line, Forsaken Bored with all of this Dancin' with life's razor blade They say just turn the page Or write yourself a new song I just need to play along Sunlight fades today Find a road to somewhere Not that I have anywhere to go Or maybe I am running away Pretty sure I should not stay All the time I hear No more time to steer Away from troubles that are your past Some things weren't built to last
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Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020 at 5:58 PM UTC
Built to Last
Oh these days are just lonely ones Oh these days we sit and watch trains Oh these days are just lonely ones And these days bring terrible pain And these days I know you know how I feel How much we'll pay to cry So we just lie down and think And try not to say goodbye Oh these days are just lonely ones Oh these days there's no morning sun Oh these days are just lonely ones And these days you sit all alone Hear their call-grit your teeth hard And you draw those blinds closed Listen to the silence in your room and mind And try to say goodbye It doesn't have to be that good And no one really owns this world Life isn't over just yet Until his living is done Oh these days are just lonely ones Oh these days we sit and watch trains Oh these days are just lonely ones And these days bring terrible pain And these days I know you know how I feel How much we'll pay to cry So we just lie down and think And try not to say goodbye
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Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020 at 5:09 PM UTC
And Try Not to Say Goodbye
Police cars, sirens screaming There's no way gettin' through A mob now gathers peering in Panic stricken Old boy blue Shimmering glass on sparkled streets Newspaper news comin' right for you Whoa (drag out) Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down Whoa (drag out) Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down Bulldozers Work til morning Diggin' up thoughts goin' in and out For a dream you'd lost long before Public servants, two time cheats The sun is setting into stone On a plan you thought lost long ago Whoa Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down Whoa Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down Maybe I should scream out loud Turn these thoughts right into jail Silver spoon Here I go As I watch my life burning on the stove Whoa Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down Whoa Looks like your world is crumblin' all the way down
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Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 at 8:49 PM UTC
All the Way Down
Her eyes are changing colors But mine have always been brown She's got soft kisses for others Been knocked down since time began A black eye and heart that's true A black heart looking out for this I get all jumpy when I look at you Send my *** to the jailhouse again I've been lookin' for forever now In a room full of mirrors for my gal sure is hell ain't how I felt all this would go down Just the thought of you my heart skips And I think my stomach is doing back flips I always thought you were the one I knew I'd always get you back But now that I'm here you're not mine So I left again and you still weren't mine Here I am again, please be mine I'm so sick of fighting I've been lookin' for forever now In a room full of mirrors for my gal It sure is hell ain't how I felt all this would go down She's a southern belle without a drawl She's a good girl who ain't wearing no bra She's the only one who has made me cry She's so mean and I am too sweet She's got the spirit of a gypsy And a **** mouth I've never heard She can't sing  all that well, see But maybe she'll write a song for me I've been lookin' forever now In a room full of mirrors for my gal It sure is hell ain't how I felt all this would go down
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Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019 at 11:20 AM UTC
Her Eyes are Changing Colors
Your vibrant eyes they cut me to my core It gets so hard I can't leave you alone any more You want to be here with your pain Giving your love to someone who you won't drain The cause is lost on me The cause is lost on me Honey, this cause is lost There's too many people you used to show They know where you've been and want to go All of those secrets you had are now theirs This place isn't yours, it seems only I care The cause is lost on me The cause is lost on me Baby, this cause is lost I'm sick of fighting I'm sick of fighting I'm sick of fighting for you There's a place that you'd like to go But you know you have already been there before And there's no one left to pick you up And no one left to fill your cup That's all my love was for The cause is lost on me The cause is lost on me Baby, this cause is lost I'm sick of fighting I'm sick of fighting I'm sick of fighting with you
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Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019 at 12:30 PM UTC
The Cause is Lost
When I moved out to Colorado I had a friend out there Met my mountain girl, only I was a desperado She had so much love to share I took a lot of turns on that snowy mountain side My heart just wasn't it I wish it was for you I tell myself that life just isn't very long and I keep on moving even when I hurt someone It's just not very long Then I met someone else, someone new I very rarely got my rest I stayed so high with you I drank from your cup and did my best You weren't ready Going too deep Nothing fit my soul You needed lightness All you got was something heavy You tell yourself that life just isn't very long and you keep on moving even when you hurt someone It's just not very long Still looking for direction This whole thing felt like balloons once Maybe one day I'll strike gold I know I will Strike gold Striking gold I need someone (something?) to believe in Someone to hear my voice I looked at religion But they don't give much of choice I keep writing my own verses And praying up above Am I exactly where I am supposed to be Looking for the one I love?
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Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019 at 11:21 AM UTC
It's Not Long
When the sun starts to show that's when I know I'm in trouble now Oh man, I'm in trouble now I smashed your flat screen TV I let all your animals go free I'm seeing double and beggin' for trouble Used to go to church back in the day Now I don't feel welcome no more Used to go to church on back in the day Now I just sit outside and shout Wipe my nose and steady my leanin' I lied all about what I was thinkin' Maybe I'll make it to mornin' Just lookin for some trouble to get in When the sun starts to show that's when I know I'm in trouble now Oh man, I'm in trouble now Used to go to church back in the day Now I don't feel welcome no more Used to go to church back in the day Now I just sit outside and shout
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Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019 at 10:54 AM UTC
Trouble
All these men who have loved you well How do I compare? I have no choice, your voice is ringing like a bell Your beauty lost on yourself ***** out my air Pull me in, let me hold you near Your body is like an ocean Deep and forever filled with life so clear I want to dive in head first drunk off your potion Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love I can see your dress falling to the floor Do you whisper in his ear all your favorite foods? Loving you may not be the right thing for me anymore Wrap your legs around him, lights dim, set the mood I am not going anywhere though, we only just met Your spirit is like a search light Beaming bright and looking for a path, yet I want to find it with you holding you in the night. Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love I saw you for the first time on that cold and snowy night Did you know too that it wouldn't be the last? I love to see you sleeping naked, laying just right Especially from the back, these moments pass to fast There's an uncertainty in you eyes that I know to well Your mind is like a highway Winding and full of surprises that you have yet to tell I want to drive it with you losing the day Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love
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Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 at 11:12 AM UTC
Dreaming of life and love
All these men who have loved you well How do I compare? I have no choice, your voice is ringing like a bell Your beauty lost on yourself ***** out my air Pull me in, let me hold you near Your body is like an ocean Deep and forever filled with life so clear I want to dive in head first drunk off your potion Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love I can see your dress falling to the floor Do you whisper in his ear all your favorite foods? Loving you may not be the right thing for me anymore Wrap your legs around him, lights dim, set the mood I am not going anywhere though, we only just met Your spirit is like a search light Beaming bright and looking for a path, yet I want to find it with you holding you in the night. Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love I saw you for the first time on that cold and snowy night Did you know too that it wouldn't be the last? I love to see you sleeping naked, laying just right Especially from the back, these moments pass to fast There's an uncertainty in you eyes that I know to well Your mind is like a highway Winding and full of surprises that you have yet to tell I want to drive it with you losing the day Bright are your eyes, brighter is your smile Please take this longing from heart Broken on the ground, I lay for awhile My stomach turns when we are apart Dreaming of life and love Dreaming of life and love
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I turned this town into a cancer Now movin' on's my only answer My roots obstruct the exit way You and I both know there's nothing left to say I am making my daring escape I'm sneaking out, my world I reshape I sneak through the door, don not distract I'm looking forward, never looking back Our dreams like whiskey, better with time you see? Rush the drunk, it's not the same There ain't no heaven, not in this world I wish you were begging me to stay One day I'll write a letter Just to let you know I am doing much better Maybe I'll pick up the telephone I don't know why, no way you'll let me come back home Our dreams like whiskey, better with time you see? Rush the drunk, it's not the same There ain't no heaven, not in this world I wish you were begging me to stay
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Dec 6, 2018
Dec 6, 2018 at 1:56 PM UTC
Dreams Like Whiskey
I know these feelings I have not shown Now that time has past they have grown Dear mamma can't you feel my heart beat all alone And I say please let's don't do this We don't feel it And all of the accidents And we ain't curing this Look at this beautiful spinning girl She is lost in this ****** up picture perfect world Some days I can I hear her heart beat along with my own And I say please let's don't do this We don't feel it And all of the accidents And we ain't curing this And all of my nonsense And all of my recklessness Please don't do this We don't need it This love ain't nothing but a ******** love song I'll just go back to where I come from Can't you hear my heart beat all alone? It's just that all this feels so **** wrong
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Dec 6, 2018
Dec 6, 2018 at 9:48 AM UTC
******** Love Song