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matt-carey
matt-carey
Student at Nottingham Trent University, studying History. Aspiring writer and music fanatic!
As I sit by the heater on a cold winter evening I cast my mind back to the summer When the skies were blue and the trees in bloom When it felt like anything could happen I remember sitting opposite you As you smiled and played with your hair Looking into your unspoiled wonderful eyes As you gazed back into mine As we talked I hoped it would last forever Forever Autumn was fated to come As the leaves fell and the sun began to fade The light behind your eyes faded too Summer warmth just a memory Now met with icy looks and cold words Once I felt I could tell you everything Show you what dwelt deep within Now it feels like a stranger greets me I can hardly recognise the one who once held my embrace Now I'm left just hoping Waiting for the spring When the flowers will blossom anew When the clouds will part and the sun will return And I'm left just hoping That you'll return too
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Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 1:42 PM UTC
Winter
Returning back to this town The place I find so familiar But after travelling so far It seems so bizarre Walking down the same old roads Past where I used to live The memories echo through my mind But I see it now in a different light After waving goodbye to the place I love Set sail for a distant land A whole other world, thousands of miles away Where the mundane, to me, became surreal And now I've returned I don't think I'll ever see home the same again And I wouldn't change that, not for the world
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Sep 17, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 at 12:02 PM UTC
Journey
As I sit here on my own Staring at the posters in my bedroom Can't escape the thoughts in my mind Picturing your beautiful eyes Knowing that you're so far from me Knowing you're half the world away Remembering the last we spoke The way you smiled made my heart jump Remembering how it felt when we kissed The way I couldn't contain my joy And as I sit here on my own Stuck back in the same old room I close my eyes for a while, and wonder If on the other side of the world You're sitting there, thinking of me too
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Jun 12, 2016
Jun 12, 2016 at 3:57 PM UTC
Distance
Don't know how you cannot see That the person you wish to be Is already stood in front of me Blinded by the fog of doubt and fear Just keep waiting for you Maybe one day your eyes will be opened And what's so clear to the world Will finally be revealed to you Maybe you'll understand The desire, the sheer ecstasy The feeling of gazing into your eyes And beyond their clear blue sparkle Lies something much more pure That has taken over my very thoughts And ignited a passionate flame
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 4:44 PM UTC
Desire
Temptation greets me once again The way your presence is felt around the room I can't avoid the gaze of your beautiful eyes Although I know it will lead me to ruin I feel drawn to you like a moth to a flame My mind pulls one way and my heart another And I cannot help but wonder if you feel it too But still I tell myself that you'd never betray him Despite these things you whisper when no one's near Those forbidden things that are only for my ears I run to find the door but it's nowhere to be found I realise now that once again I've fallen for you Ship set sail on stormy seas yet another day I suppose I'll have to play the waiting game Praying for the day the rain will pass and leave blue skies Praying for the day I can leave all of this behind
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Feb 2, 2016
Feb 2, 2016 at 4:08 PM UTC
Temptation
Silence deafens me as I lie on my side Out of the light, the darkness is where I hide I stare intently at the bathroom mirror Past the stains and fractured glass I see my demons face to face Shame of failure, always the case I always find myself back in this place This dismal scene, so far from home Surrounded by people, but still alone From the outside, they'll never know Spent too long submerged in darkness The sunlight blinds and burns my eyes I only wish you could understand Follow me as I take you by the hand Take you on a tour of a nightmarish land The sole inhabitant stands before you I see the fear and disgust hit you too Screaming and clawing, trying to avoid Fight it now, before it takes hold Before the past is but a hazy memory And the future, a terrifying void
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Jan 25, 2016
Jan 25, 2016 at 4:16 PM UTC
Void
Getting closer, when I should pull away Can't bring myself to close the door Can't look you in the eyes anymore It's never happened like this before All these things I'd like to say to you Wondering if you feel this way too Or if you even have the slightest clue But to tell you would tear us apart Keep it locked away inside my heart Maybe in another time and place Maybe if we could have some space Maybe then I could look into your eyes Without this sinking feeling of disgrace I wish I could tell you this face to face Didn't mean for it to end up this way I feel it creeping in, the rust and decay But I know deep down, I cannot stay
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Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 5:31 PM UTC
Fantasy
Lying next to you We don't say a word Enjoy the silence Caress your soft skin Breathing gently You smile in your sleep I close my eyes Take it all in In case it's the last time Live for the moment That's what you'd say If you were awake And not blissfully dreaming The sounds and smells Linger in my mind When I open my eyes again Night has turned to day Autumn leaves are falling And the sensations I felt Are now a world away Maybe you should know When I lie on my own That sometimes I wish I was still next to you
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Sep 13, 2015
Sep 13, 2015 at 11:17 AM UTC
Silence
Flashing before your eyes your life unfolds Racing by, reaching out for something to hold Faster than the speed of thought It crumbles to dust, all that you've sought Our lives are like footprints in the sand At the mercy of the changing tide You can deny it but you can't hide Buried deep within you the truth resides Searching for order amongst the chaos Without it you'd be alone and lost Trying to outrun your destiny, no matter the cost All this I know, the burden weighs down on me But there's more to life than this, I also see I'm no genius, I'm no brave fighter Just looking for the candle, to make the darkness a little brighter
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Sep 2, 2015
Sep 2, 2015 at 9:33 AM UTC
Footprints
New dawn breaks across the sky The sunlight's creeping in through my curtain The first rays of light hit my eyes A better day is coming, of that I'm certain Knowing what I know today I've seen sunshine, and I've seen rain No use in being brought down by dismay There always has to be another way Stormy clouds aren't here to stay Now I've finally found my way The sky's not always bright and blue Can't deny this, I know it's true When there's nothing around but wind and rain I keep going, I have to make it through the pain On the other side, I know the sun will shine again
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Aug 23, 2015
Aug 23, 2015 at 3:45 PM UTC
New Dawn