Tonight.
I saw a woman walking with earbuds in--one earbud was in--while conversing over the phone with someone. Beauty overwhelmed her mortal body. A piece of her hair had loosely fallen from the right side of her scalp, and her blonde, beach waves blew in the wind.
Behind her was a man in a coral v-neck. He had blonde hair and the body build of a high school **** Handsome. As the woman ahead of him leisurely strolled the streets of Minneapolis in her athletic shorts, which were outlined by gray stripes and dipped up in the middle of the side of her thighs, the wind seemingly spun the jock's face 180 degrees. His eyes were awestruck and full of alive hope, wonder, and desire. Lust. What a picture.
Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 7:41 PM UTC
an excerpt from "Honey" by Andrea Gibson
"Jesus ******* Kennedy
Do you have any idea how gorgeous you are when you’re tripping
Literally tripping
I have never met anyone more clumsy
You walk into a room and turn every head when you crash to the floor
And I’m like ‘that’s my girl!"
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017 at 5:31 PM UTC
Having an anxious soul is worse than pretending to have a patient face. Being someone you’re not will never change the fact that you are who you are. You will never be her, and you will never be him. If you respect yourself, the ones who care the most will hopefully follow suit and treat you better than the most beloved person that they have ever encountered. Life is always going to hurt, but it will only hurt as much as you let it hurt.
Jul 8, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 at 1:37 PM UTC
My tired eyes cry
My weary body lies
And why do my tears
Think they cannot dry?
Shaky hands and nervous throat
Exhausted heart, this stimulated soul
They ridiculously wait, day after day,
For a break from sorrow, a thing called hope.
How is it that I can live, but it is the hardest thing I ever did?
© Melissa Carlson 2016
Apr 20, 2016
Apr 20, 2016 at 6:47 PM UTC
she feels words like pictures that move
reads books solitaire with the afternoon
coffee on her tongue
she turns the page
sets her cup down
and marks her place
in her mind she tries to find
a single place where thoughts subside
and try she may
to drown her lies
only thing wet
her lonely eyes
© Melissa Carlson 2015
Apr 18, 2016
Apr 18, 2016 at 9:42 PM UTC
I love you
even if it hurts
I love you
even if you don't
I love you
even if I have to bear the pain of watching you with her
I love you
even if I shed tears in the dark
I love you
even if I am no longer the reason behind the smile that used to be only mine
I love you
even if it starts to eat me up alive
I love you
even if it turns me into a complete mess
I love you
even if I stop breathing
I love you
because loving you brings out the human in me
Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 9:37 PM UTC
Somewhere deep, inside her soul
She often craved to be complete, to be whole
To be kissed without being judged
To have her bruises loved
Without being hurt.
She prayed to be prayed for
To be sought after
To be longed for
Just for once
She wanted to be, not someone’s leftover or looked down upon
But someone’s one and only one
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 at 5:14 PM UTC
Falling in love with someone
Who loved you first is hard.
To see them look at you as if
You hung the stars in sky & wonder if
You could ever love them the same way. You see he fell in love with me
From the very start & he became
My closest friend, ally and supporter
The man who knew more about me
Then anybody else & who watched
As I tried to give my all to a boy
Who he knew would never value me.
When I finally stopped & accepted
The love he was already giving me
Our entire lives became a bit brighter.
He held his head a little higher now
& I felt a little safer knowing I am his
I fear those thoughts of doubt though
Those ones that may lead him to ask
If I settled for him.
To which the only response for him
I have to give is...
Not at all. He is the best thing I ever allowed myself to have.
He is everything I want in my future.
He was never a second option
He was simply an option I wasn't sure
I was deserving or ready for.
He is everything I could ever ask for
I know we will both grow to be
Better people together.
He fell in love first however
Together we fell in love every day now.
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 5:37 PM UTC