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laura-11
laura-11
We used to spend this time together, but recently I just ponder alone, gazing at a dusty photo reel ten years in the making. A flood of scenes uncovered from young swing set drama to liquored up laughter, silly whispers in confidence to creating stories we'd never tell our kids. I've been staring for hours; I wish I knew why, and I wish I knew how, but the film has timed out and you're no where to be found. A solo swing creaking, you're drinking alone, with no one to tell your secrets to, you'll make stories with no audience. You just want to remember it as yours.
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Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 8:54 PM UTC
Kicking Off Rust
I shouldn't have let you get so close, let you pierce me with your eyes, let you own me. I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have been so naive, been so blind to your intentions, believed you meant well. I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have submitted to your sin, the stain I now must bear, I will not wash clean. I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have ignored what they said, they were right. I should have seen the vicegrip that you claimed as love was around my neck and not my heart. I should have! I should have left long before I made so many mistakes, decisions can't be undone. I should have. I should have.
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Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 12:24 AM UTC
I Shouldn't Have
You can't keep this up. I burned the walls of your pasture, I'm no longer yours to herd. And you're right. I am guiltless, free of that pressure you forced onto my shoulders. That avalanche of boulders you hurled at me have crumbled to dust at my feet. Fueled by you. Your constant slugging, endless dependability, fixation on control that destroyed us, and now are about to destroy you. (If they haven't already.) I am freed. I've found solace in something new. And it's about time you did too.
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Nov 10, 2013
Nov 10, 2013 at 9:25 PM UTC
Let Go
A kiss in the rain preludes 
an embrace so long 
they leave a lone dry spot 
in the street. 
Parched. Thirsting for more,
 yet somehow release,
 a “see you soon” leaves
 her at piece.
 But soon is gone, 
later has passed, 
silence screams in her ear 
that it was never meant
 to last. 
The clouds have cleared, 
the rain has come, gone
 and come again, but now
 with a haunting from the ghost 
 of her heart; it hovers 
 over that same empty space, and drop by subtle drop the void fills, never to be visible again.
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Aug 28, 2013
Aug 28, 2013 at 8:01 PM UTC
Call Me Yours
Imagine what the world would be like if those fighting to ban two men wedding were committed to ending global hunger. What would it be like if the time we spent bantering about what firearms we can and can't own was spent ending child abuse? If the energy spent denying the truth about our deteriorating planet was used to fuel green technology, wouldn't the world be different? I guess we can only Imagine.
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Jun 29, 2013
Jun 29, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Imagine
I started one step down from the top, I had weights holding down the bottom so I wouldn't fall. But suddenly a violent gust knocked me down a rung. However most of my supports survived the whip. I climbed back up. But, alas, the storm was just beginning it's brew for the gusts returned, angry, and along with came chilled bones and slick skin. I could not maintain my place, I was knocked down three times as far. With no time to recover I was shocked once more, I clung to the sides as the wind gained strength, but it was too much. The wind howled, the thunder snarled and echoed, a stampede was rolling through. My foundation had been wiped away, rendered useless. A crack roared from the heavens, and just as I looked up in reaction, a giant flash of yellow fried my ladder and sent my body flying, screaming. Unwilled, unforeseen, unforgiveable. I am on my back and my ladder is gone.
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Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 12:49 AM UTC
My Ladder is Gone
I don't want to live in a world where comparison is bedrock, where I feel pressure when I look down. I feel disgusted in front of a mirror, I despise the side view, and the need to shrink becomes eminent. I can't leave the house unless I'm in line, every part. Every eyelash must be individual. No clumps. Every blemish must be hidden. No exceptions. And if one thing goes wrong... I just want to look like her. Or her. Ms. Flat Stomach And Tan Skin. (Soon to be a Mrs.)
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Jun 21, 2013
Jun 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM UTC
Image
Someday your eyes will fixate on mine and they'll never have to part again. Someday the taste of your lips won't linger and fade, it will only stay. Someday from your embrace I'll no longer be ripped, and Someday the worry, fear, and doubt will only be a memory. But Someday can't can't replace what is, and what is can't be faked. Someday.
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Jun 5, 2013
Jun 5, 2013 at 1:20 AM UTC
Someday
They say it's hope that gets us through, it's hope that keeps the heart beating and dreams dreaming. But what they forgot to tell us is that hope also sets us up for disappointment, anger, failure, pain, relapse. It plays a sly little game, dealing a hand of wild cards and wearing a poker face of a thousand different personalities. Call, pass, or fold? The outcome is uncertain, yes, but with only a few penny chips left, it's best to fold. Because it doesn't make sense to have hope when hope doesn't even have you.
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 10:29 PM UTC
Hope
you all **** i hate you all ... bye
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May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 at 12:28 AM UTC
An Awesome Poem by Laura