hollygolightly - Hello Poetry

You are expected to tear yourself open To be stretched taut to the limit you weren't aware you had The amount of bravery it takes isn't comparable to the pain you must endure And finally when you are able You are exposed, stripped bare of the walls you once held dear Their eyes wide open, yet minds not quite Looking at every minute detail until every shred of you is no more You are resented for what they have seen By the very ones who forced your hand Given to you almost instantly, a golden plaque of solitude For now you are alone Left naked and vulnerable But instead of covering your whisper of a body You open your arms, inviting anyone who dares On display is every bit of you Like an exhibit Let them criticize, you are already judged For every brush stroke, you communicate the truth Darling, you are the art

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Oct 19, 2015

Oct 19, 2015 at 5:16 AM UTC

hollygolightly

Abstract

You are expected to tear yourself open To be stretched taut to the limit you weren't aware you had The amount of bravery it takes isn't comparable to the pain you must endure And finally when you are able You are exposed, stripped bare of the walls you once held dear Their eyes wide open, yet minds not quite Looking at every minute detail until every shred of you is no more You are resented for what they have seen By the very ones who forced your hand Given to you almost instantly, a golden plaque of solitude For now you are alone Left naked and vulnerable But instead of covering your whisper of a body You open your arms, inviting anyone who dares On display is every bit of you Like an exhibit Let them criticize, you are already judged For every brush stroke, you communicate the truth Darling, you are the art

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What is this tide they speak of? What consists of the tide? Who is the all knowing entity deciding where it shall turn and break? How exactly does one follow it and go against it? Which truly is the lesser evil between the two? Every mundane urge forcing you to be either or Society splitting you in half Bleeding and confused merely trying to decide which direction to go Why do you have to choose just to go this way or that? For both you will be frowned upon The tide controls anyone who lets it This vast deep blue breathing creature wrapping its swelling tendrils around anyone close enough You don't give it the chance to ensnare you You are you and who you are is the type of person who plants your feet firmly where you stand and wiggles your toes in the sand.

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Oct 19, 2015

Oct 19, 2015 at 4:57 AM UTC

hollygolightly

Everyone is their own tide

What is this tide they speak of? What consists of the tide? Who is the all knowing entity deciding where it shall turn and break? How exactly does one follow it and go against it? Which truly is the lesser evil between the two? Every mundane urge forcing you to be either or Society splitting you in half Bleeding and confused merely trying to decide which direction to go Why do you have to choose just to go this way or that? For both you will be frowned upon The tide controls anyone who lets it This vast deep blue breathing creature wrapping its swelling tendrils around anyone close enough You don't give it the chance to ensnare you You are you and who you are is the type of person who plants your feet firmly where you stand and wiggles your toes in the sand.

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I would like you to think If someone's life was on the brink Would you stop and stare Or help if you dare Would you put yourself first Or give water to those who thirst Give up your food For the common good Would you risk your life To save someone from a knife Would you not eat for a month If a hungry village could eat lunch To **** a few is to save many Would you sacrifice one to give life to plenty Would you endure the pain If someone somewhere had something to gain

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Dec 17, 2014

Dec 17, 2014 at 12:06 PM UTC

hollygolightly

For The Common Good

I would like you to think If someone's life was on the brink Would you stop and stare Or help if you dare Would you put yourself first Or give water to those who thirst Give up your food For the common good Would you risk your life To save someone from a knife Would you not eat for a month If a hungry village could eat lunch To **** a few is to save many Would you sacrifice one to give life to plenty Would you endure the pain If someone somewhere had something to gain

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What I would not give If time did not deceive I would retrace our steps Go back to our silhouettes Hold me once more Whisper to me once more Make me smile once more There's only you I would fight for Let us be what we were Say the promises we swore If only I could I'd make you love me once more

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Sep 13, 2014

Sep 13, 2014 at 2:51 PM UTC

hollygolightly

Once More

What I would not give If time did not deceive I would retrace our steps Go back to our silhouettes Hold me once more Whisper to me once more Make me smile once more There's only you I would fight for Let us be what we were Say the promises we swore If only I could I'd make you love me once more

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You walked pass me You did not notice You did not even shift focus You went by you heard a sigh But your head was held up high You were right in front of me I was in your periphery Yet you failed yo see All those times you did not look I was always looking

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Sep 13, 2014

Sep 13, 2014 at 2:32 PM UTC

hollygolightly

See Me

You walked pass me You did not notice You did not even shift focus You went by you heard a sigh But your head was held up high You were right in front of me I was in your periphery Yet you failed yo see All those times you did not look I was always looking

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Never have I ever saw a person like you With your messy brown hair And your skin unbelievably fair Your eyes wandering and deep A face with secrets to keep Never have I ever met a person like you Funny and serious at all the right times Your mistake or mine you paid all the fines Adventurous, kind and sarcastic Getting the chance to know you was fastastic Never have I ever loved a person quite like you Loving, caring and sweet My knight to sweep me off my feet I tumble and fall Everytime you catch me with no fail at all Never will I ever fall for a person like you I made that mistake once In the end, I was just a nuisance All the happy moments you forgot Our memories, you threw out the whole lot

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Sep 13, 2014

Sep 13, 2014 at 2:10 PM UTC

hollygolightly

Never Will I Ever

Never have I ever saw a person like you With your messy brown hair And your skin unbelievably fair Your eyes wandering and deep A face with secrets to keep Never have I ever met a person like you Funny and serious at all the right times Your mistake or mine you paid all the fines Adventurous, kind and sarcastic Getting the chance to know you was fastastic Never have I ever loved a person quite like you Loving, caring and sweet My knight to sweep me off my feet I tumble and fall Everytime you catch me with no fail at all Never will I ever fall for a person like you I made that mistake once In the end, I was just a nuisance All the happy moments you forgot Our memories, you threw out the whole lot

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Once I longed to disappear It was a solution to make everything clear No one seemed to care Truth was not an option in the game called life Only few could understand my strife Those few never admit it From their high thrones they sit Once I longed to be forgotten To escape a life so rotten It would have been so easy If only everyone failed to see My name would mean nothing Let go of everything I was grasping Wipe the slate clean it would mean To be unknown it would seem Once I longed to disappear and be forgotten Close my eyes Take a breath Cut the ropes With all the hopes But then I took a peek Not knowing what to seek I saw what I could not see Life was magnificent With all its cracks and dents All its wonder and beauty We all have a duty Mine I failed to do Now I long to live Long live me Long live you

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Sep 13, 2014

Sep 13, 2014 at 12:28 PM UTC

hollygolightly

Long Live Us

Once I longed to disappear It was a solution to make everything clear No one seemed to care Truth was not an option in the game called life Only few could understand my strife Those few never admit it From their high thrones they sit Once I longed to be forgotten To escape a life so rotten It would have been so easy If only everyone failed to see My name would mean nothing Let go of everything I was grasping Wipe the slate clean it would mean To be unknown it would seem Once I longed to disappear and be forgotten Close my eyes Take a breath Cut the ropes With all the hopes But then I took a peek Not knowing what to seek I saw what I could not see Life was magnificent With all its cracks and dents All its wonder and beauty We all have a duty Mine I failed to do Now I long to live Long live me Long live you

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Fluorescent lights and tiled floors Uncomfortable seats and printed paintings on walls Fake plants in fake pots And fake people with insides that rot You wait for your turn Burried in the corner The corner of your mind There where no one can find A deep cavity in your heart Too worn out and broken to start Corkboards with wheels Filled with false promises No one needing their services The receptionist staring into space Curtains with dusty lace The clock on the wall keeps ticking Louder than your pulse racing Your thoughts are reeling Never releasing Keep them in Minds full of sin Never forget Relive your regret Tissues in boxes Signs to keep quiet Fishes swimming around You don't dare make a sound Outside trees are rustling People bustling Dried leaves are falling You look at the leaves that keep falling And falling

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Sep 12, 2014

Sep 12, 2014 at 4:39 PM UTC

hollygolightly

At The Shrink

Fluorescent lights and tiled floors Uncomfortable seats and printed paintings on walls Fake plants in fake pots And fake people with insides that rot You wait for your turn Burried in the corner The corner of your mind There where no one can find A deep cavity in your heart Too worn out and broken to start Corkboards with wheels Filled with false promises No one needing their services The receptionist staring into space Curtains with dusty lace The clock on the wall keeps ticking Louder than your pulse racing Your thoughts are reeling Never releasing Keep them in Minds full of sin Never forget Relive your regret Tissues in boxes Signs to keep quiet Fishes swimming around You don't dare make a sound Outside trees are rustling People bustling Dried leaves are falling You look at the leaves that keep falling And falling

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Inhaling clouds of promised dreams Life more perfect than it seems Flying high into the night We were unstoppable We were free Under the influence of Cannabis We were inching towards the abyss We lit sticks between our fingers With no guaranteed future Making our lungs endure We consumed the liquid Into the unknown we drifted We were light as a feather Slurring words into the ether We didn't care Smoke wrapping its tendrils through our hair We were eveywhere and nowhere at the same time No one could tell us being happy was a crime

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Sep 12, 2014

Sep 12, 2014 at 4:01 PM UTC

hollygolightly

Corrupted Youth

Inhaling clouds of promised dreams Life more perfect than it seems Flying high into the night We were unstoppable We were free Under the influence of Cannabis We were inching towards the abyss We lit sticks between our fingers With no guaranteed future Making our lungs endure We consumed the liquid Into the unknown we drifted We were light as a feather Slurring words into the ether We didn't care Smoke wrapping its tendrils through our hair We were eveywhere and nowhere at the same time No one could tell us being happy was a crime

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I saw yellow in your smile It felt like sunshine So radiant it went for more than a mile I saw green in your eyes Full of life and sincerity Twinkling and never empty I saw orange in your touch Welcoming and warm It felt as if you could never be rough I saw blue in your tears Rare yet sad Mostly caused by your fears I saw red in your heart Unmistakably true your love was the hardest from which to part Now I realize how fast it all passed Your darker colors I failed to see Covered by all the others I regret what we came to be Now your blinding colors Don't seem so bright to me

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Sep 12, 2014

Sep 12, 2014 at 3:41 PM UTC

hollygolightly

Fleeting Colors

I saw yellow in your smile It felt like sunshine So radiant it went for more than a mile I saw green in your eyes Full of life and sincerity Twinkling and never empty I saw orange in your touch Welcoming and warm It felt as if you could never be rough I saw blue in your tears Rare yet sad Mostly caused by your fears I saw red in your heart Unmistakably true your love was the hardest from which to part Now I realize how fast it all passed Your darker colors I failed to see Covered by all the others I regret what we came to be Now your blinding colors Don't seem so bright to me

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