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emoni-jenkins
emoni-jenkins
American I write because life would be unlivable if I didn't.
I look at him And see eternity I feel the warmth of a thousand sunrises The joy of a thousand smiles drips from my lips And yet I am afraid I fear he sees the darkness that hides behind my eyes I fear he sees the fingerprints on my shatter glass heart left by clumsy lovers I fear being let go again I feel him And the slaughtered butterflies in my belly are resurrected My spirit longs for his embrace To be caressed by his love And yet I am afraid I fear the road map etched into my skin will lead him to my secret places That the convoluted labyrinth of my mind will prove to be a cumbersome burden I fear he'll collapse underneath the weight of my truth I yearn to be who he needs me to be For when I see him He sees me The small flicker of hope inside me burns bright He holds me And washes away my fears A thousand fireflies illuminate the seemingly endless night behind my eyes Warming me Guiding me towards eternity.
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Oct 18, 2015
Oct 18, 2015 at 10:05 AM UTC
Trepidation
It was And then it wasn't. And when it was It was everything. Nothing else could be because it was And when it wasn't It was nothing. And now I struggle to remember that it ever was.
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 5:21 AM UTC
5:17
There are days when I am ashamed of the skin I slink in This brown body With scars as red and angry as I was the day they were born They mock me Remind me of who I was Of who I really am A road map back into insanity. There are days when I am ashamed of the skin I slink in. This brown body With fat hugging hips and thighs tighter than a man ever could It speaks to me Reminding me of who I'll never be Reminding me that they don't make pretty in my size. There are days when I am ashamed of this skin I slink in This brown body A field of land mines Hidden. Broken. Prepared to self destruct at any given moment And leave nothing but a story behind.
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Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 3:30 AM UTC
In My Skin
The night does not belong to those in love. It belongs to those who dared to fall in love and found that there was no-one there to catch them. The night does not belong to the dreamers. It belongs to those who have nightmares waiting for them long after they are awake. The night does not belong to the contented. It belongs to those troubled souls who carry the burdens of this world on their backs. The night belongs to the haunted. It belongs to the lonely. It belongs to those too busy fighting to even think about rest. You can keep your sunshine. Me and mine come alive in the night.
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Feb 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015 at 9:07 AM UTC
5am
He runs. His tired hands Trembling hands Hold each other to ward off the loneliness that follows him. He's taught his heart not to love for fear of cutting his lover with the broken pieces that the reaper left behind. He smiles But there's a sadness in his eyes Masochistic love affair with a needle and a pipe. Fine lines and scarred skin A never ending map for all the places he's been. This boy is an artist He dips his pen in the blood of fallen men Each word he writes the rebirth of a generation His lips make love to rhymes and give birth to revolution. Haunted by the ghosts of the mistakes he's made Soul heavy burden He never stays Once the pain is too great He runs. His tired hands Trembling hands Find peace within each other. He's not lost The space between yesterday and tomorrow Between what was and what could be That is where he has made his home. That is where you'll find him.
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Feb 1, 2015
Feb 1, 2015 at 8:22 AM UTC
Dear Ru
Sometimes I feel like wilting roses Not as colorful as I should be Not as beautiful as I could be Constantly losing pieces of myself Waiting to be forgotten Remembering that I was once the thing that made you smile
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Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 at 2:33 AM UTC
Wilting Roses
I find myself haunted by the ghosts of people that refuse to die.
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 3:42 PM UTC
Untitled
In this room Everyone that has ever rejected me And their new girlfriends. In this room Every mirror is a magnifying glass Illuminating every insecurity. In this room I'm five minutes too late to say goodbye. In this room Everyone is watching what you did to me No one tries to stop you. In this room Every lie I've ever told is written on the walls. In this room It is quiet, dark, and I am alone. In this room The baby I never had Is crying.
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Dec 12, 2014
Dec 12, 2014 at 12:53 AM UTC
The Seven Layers of Hell
I can hear her Her mesmerizing melodies calling me Tempting me I sway to her music Fill my veins with her voice And we are one again. She covers me like a blanket I can feel the warmth of her love In my secret places Its dark inside And I'm afraid But she is with me Holding me And I am safe. When she leaves My soul aches for her embrace I hunger for her touch I want to disappear To leave her as she left me But her lethal love injections Are all that I know And I am weak And I can hear her Her mesmerizing melodies calling me Tempting me I sway to her music Fill my veins with her voice And we are one again. My lover wants me dead But I have given her my heart Sealed our love with a kiss Till death do us part.
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Oct 9, 2014
Oct 9, 2014 at 1:40 AM UTC
******
Come with me In this moment In this space Only we exist Two souls staring into the face of eternity And together Hold me like a prayer Whisper me alive For I am yours to love And you are mine. We will rewrite our destinies
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 3:34 PM UTC
Untitled