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sierra-j-van-winkle
sierra-j-van-winkle
If only our words came from our hearts and not our minds Not twisted by our tongues And lack of empathy Then maybe our livelihood would matter And feeling the sting of your cold sheets, again, alone in your bed Would actually be comforting Instead of a constant reminder of how hollow they left you If only we could show each other how we actually felt Whether it was mutual or not Instead of making puppets out of one another Pulling strings for self validation Lifeless and cold If only forever was real And didn't have to start with once upon a time to have a happy ending Wedding bands and the family dog are over seen and under appreciated Values are long gone and family time now revolves around KFC and your laptop If only we could become what we want to see in the world Instead of constantly pushing buttons or sitting in silence Love is no longer a feeling but an verb Describing a trait that died with our grandparents Now a task instead of a privilege If only we could learn to see the bigger picture And realize all those moments we capture on our cameras won't mean anything When we couldn't appreciate who we spent it with
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Jan 4, 2015
Jan 4, 2015 at 10:33 AM UTC
If only
Watching from the side lines, like always Funny how everyone puts me here I wonder if its the way I talk, or my lack of personal space Fading into the background now Silently seeping into the dark You didn't even notice Three words could change our lives for good And ironically, they're not 'I love you' Even though I meant that too Always second, never first Take me by the throat to see That I cried your name and bled your sorrows All without a purpose Breaking down the walls Putting faith in your scars and mine Only to end up right back where I started Typical girl with a typical dream Can't seem to shake it, or grasp it if I wanted to Tried to find a way inside your mind Ended up in your bed instead Stupid girl with a stupid dream You said it like you meant it I believed you, I really did But heavens too good for me
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Dec 14, 2014
Dec 14, 2014 at 8:18 PM UTC
Saturday morning
If time can't heal us the whisky will Stuck between being numb and learning how to feel After all was said and done, you fed me to the dogs Now every time I try with someone new I feel at a loss Drifting without a cause If I could only press pause Or rewind to see where this **** went wrong Tracing back my steps to where I found you What's ****** is I dont even remember.. But I recall exactly when you left The sunshine turned to rain and I've been drowning in it since What's left? Nothing with any substance Empty bottles and getting high is my only constant Life is More than I recall last time I checked Less pillow talk this time around, my heads a ******* wreck With the inability to change I shouldn't expect anything better Been coasting on this road too long Just following the weather With guilt being the glue that hold these bones together My favorite lie you told me was that you'd be here forever
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 10:34 AM UTC
07/21/14
Complicated, tedious Needs more tending to than your garden Passionate but with lesson Always watching but never does the work Sacrifice instilled in its veins It bleeds with every lie Felt by most but not understood by many Our greatest time sake and for most, just a memory We give ourselves to the wolves in hopes we find it When in all reality Its likely already in front of us
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Dec 6, 2014
Dec 6, 2014 at 10:46 AM UTC
Love