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joanna-ross
Scotland 5"10 and as gay as hell. Here to write and forget.
If I am to die, tell the world a lie on my last day. Tell them I was gentle, good. Tell the world that I cared, that I loved without conditions. Tell the world that I always spoke my mind, that I was fair and kind. Tell the world I believed in goodness, that I had hope for all the lost causes. Tell the world I was bright, like a falling star that crashes down from the Heavens. If I am to die, do not tell the world the truth about me. Do not speak of my bitterness. The hatred wrapped under my skin, that put me in an early grave. Do not speak of the three am desperation when I wanted the world to end. Do not speak of the broken hearts, broken bones, broken dreams. Do not speak of all the blood spilled, time lost on stupid petty pointless things. Do not speak of how I raged and raged and wore myself thin over people that never cared. If I am to die at my own hand, Tell the world that I was always hopeful. Tell the world a lie, so I may be beautiful in death, even if I was not in life. Tell the world that I will be missed, even if the world is so loud it will not notice one more quiet voice slip away. Tell the world that someone loved me. Do not tell the world that I died because the world did not care. If I am to die, do not write the truth on my headstone, for it is such an ugly thing.
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Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017 at 1:13 PM UTC
On My Headstone
You scrape along the space between my eyes A maelstrom in my brain Fury that beats against my throat All these words that drip with hate Trapped under my fingertips I want to let them out In one stream of hate That will blacken the world around me And turn you shades of purple and blue I hate you With your smile that makes angels sing But your hands make them scream You scratch at my nerve endings A supernova of feelings running up my spine I am lightning Painted vivid across the sky You seem to be the thunder that follows me Heavy and unforgettable You take my breath away A permanent necklace of fingerprints around my neck But I rip your heart out You just stand there and let me We have an understanding We destroy each other In the most beautiful of ways Sin shining through paper like skin How long has it been Since I have prayed? It's like you stole the air from my lungs We walk the way devils do So full of pride We tattoo onto our skin So filled with a bitterness because we can't have love Greedy lips that sip on the leftover of hope Just to lose in within ourselves It's like I will never be able to let you go A reflection of myself That I fell in love with Before I knew you were the starburst of pain beneath my skin Before this is went wrong Before.
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Feb 4, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 at 7:28 PM UTC
Aggravation
You are the name, trapped between my liars lips You are the sensation of scars Bumpy under my fingertips You are the memory of a dream Faded and out of focus You are the noose of reality around my neck Choking me You are the fire in my icy shell Cracking my shelter You are the monster under my bed Pulling me into a nightmarish helter skelter But I I am the flame The spark The memory of all those twisted things in the dark I am the calm of the storm But the eye of the hurricane And I loved you and I loved you I painted it for all the world to see With blood from my thighs And tears from my eyes But you weren't looking at me
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Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016 at 6:44 PM UTC
Contradiction
Leave me alone with my thoughts So I can twist myself into the perfect doll girl Smile And pretend it's lipstick on my teeth and not blood And yes Doctor I ate this morning (I hate myself for it) And no Doctor I haven't being doing the badnastywrong Laugh And laugh So no one can see last nights dinner bloating me Turning me into a grotesque monster Laugh so hard my belly aches Enable me to hate myself more Lie about me Lie to me Say that you love me So it's easier to fool me I just have to be thinner Skip breakfast, lunch and dinner Smirk through the tears because soon I'll be the perfect size I can see my ribs My spine Battered body that I call mine That's betraying me And making me the opposite I want to be the Princess, not the Witch Instead I'm turning into a stone cold ***** That can't walk And can't stand I'm drowning in my own quicksand.
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Dec 10, 2016
Dec 10, 2016 at 5:45 PM UTC
Doll Girl
I begin as porcelain Soul filled with something foul I open my mouth and the Devil pours out I turn to ashes And drown in the rain Diluted and weak I will not burn again I become ivory Rare and hunted Once again, my life is stunted I am reborn as flame I bring destruction Still I am weak So chaotic I cannot function I am left as marble Cold and sharp Still so many hammer blows Will breaks apart the marble shard heart So I build myself from what I once was Now I wrap silver around my heart And work gold into my soul I am glass Cleansed by the fire that once destroyed me am marble, and i carve myself into art I am the ashes, and the things that hurt me once will never get that close again At last I am porcelain   I am free in my fragility I guard it with twisted spikes of steel I hold the key to my hear So I keep it unbreakable.
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Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 3:44 PM UTC
Unbreakable