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sleeplessnxghts
sleeplessnxghts
American poetically manifesting myself around the words that keep my heart beating.
She wasn't the type of girl that took things lightly When she felt, she felt with the intensity of a hurricane When she loved, she loved deeply like the unexplored depths of the ocean When she broke, she broke like a million glass houses shattered by a hailstorm When she cried, she could drown the universe in her tears And overtime she's numbed herself To teach her heart how to stop feeling And she would laugh and dance like she was a feather in the night sky She would live as if she was the only one alive But every beautiful sunset is followed by A mask of opaque darkness-- And she couldn't see the stars Because there was nothing to wish for Until the morning sun rose And she felt nothing but a bitter loneliness And perpetual emptiness
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Mar 30, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 at 6:38 PM UTC
Perception
"I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me” High tides, wash over the footprints, carries them deep into the abyss. I kissed the shoreline, waiting for the salty taste to wake me up, revive me. Warm breezes, shuffle my hair, winds it up in knots. I brush it slowly, knowing the pain would soon be over, once the knots untie. Blistering heat, burns my skin, turns me red from the inside out. I am filled with love, heartache, anger, and pain, I let it explode. I watched the sand sift through my fingertips, unable to hold on, unable to keep my promises. I watched the clouds drift mindlessly in the pale blue sky, no heart strings tied down, attached to each other. I watched the people, move slowly, like small ants, no pain, only smiles. My heavy sighs are my song to the sea, the waves are my home, they sway with me. I notice how the rocks in the ocean wither, but my ability to love does not. Unconditional— like the sun and moon’s straining love affair. The world spins, I stay steady, quiet. Gravity keeps me on the ground, but my mind is up in the clouds. Or maybe it’s all a simple passing of time I can’t tell anymore. What is real, I am not sure. All I can feel is your lingering smile, Knowing it’s somewhere else, long gone. All I can see are masses of people, moving, loving, breathing the same air as me. Where are you?
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Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 10:26 PM UTC
Revival // Survial
Overhead the stars glimmered and the moon rested and all I could feel was a soft embrace, carrying me in tune with the wind. There was nothing left to lose, except life itself. I felt the heavy weights glide off of my shoulders and onto the pale green meadow beside me. A sweet mellifluous hymn sounded in the near distance, in tune with the Sun's descend toward Earth's core. Leaves rustle, the water ripples, so much movement around me, but I lay still. The tranquility is intoxicating, I don't wish to leave. This is my grand finale, yet somehow I find the exit signs exhausting to follow. I wished I could listen once more to the sound "I love you" makes but it's been years since I've heard it. It's been years since I felt anything but numb. All this time my mind has kept me isolated and trapped-- unable to find a solace. I couldn't make a home out of a person because I did that once and I was never able to recover what I lost from myself inside of him. This peaceful meadow is my one true love, nature being the ultimate constant in my life. It is, has, always will be around. Trust the whispering trees and dance to the swan's song. This is the chorus of my life, this is the final chapter of my book, I am free, I am free, I am free.
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Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015 at 9:09 PM UTC
Swan Song
You were the moon, the stars, and everything in between But we fell apart like houses shattered by devastating hurricanes And were trampled by the panic of tornadoes rumbling our hearts and cluttering our minds But I swore I'd never see another sunrise Without your hands occupied around my waist Smiling with such certainty and elation Sandcastle monuments glittered in the risen sun And dancing waves met the shore infinitely And that's how I envisioned our love- Like the ocean's unfaltering meeting of the shore every time it breaks away Like our lips and your cola residue Dripping onto my tongue I swore I tasted happiness when I kissed your smile And I swore I felt alive when we jumped off of the edge of the Earth together Free-falling into life's copious fortunes and misfortunes I was lucky when I was with you And now that the waves have swept you under the riptide we no longer meet Forever was short, forever has ended Separated by the fallacy of consistency and routine I am embodied by bad luck in the form of face down pennies And black cats circling my yard while lie outstretched on the ground, consumed by the dewy grass Looking for you somewhere in the sky The stars are my source of light Since you no longer provide this commodity I glance into the immense and mysterious abyss and beg for your voice Like a foolish attempt to save the collection of memories and conversations and store them inside shooting stars The salty floods rush to my eyes like devilish waterfalls Sliding down my cheek with such ease And every now and then ill look up at the moon And see happiness resting inside the tiny sliver presented and I come to realize that I may have just been a crescent in your sky But you were my whole moon (You promised always)
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May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014 at 8:48 PM UTC
Epiphanies
You were the moon, the stars, and everything in between But we fell apart like houses shattered by devastating hurricanes And were trampled by the panic of tornadoes rumbling our hearts and cluttering our minds But I swore I'd never see another sunrise Without your hands occupied around my waist Smiling with such certainty and elation Sandcastle monuments glittered in the risen sun And dancing waves met the shore infinitely And that's how I envisioned our love- Like the ocean's unfaltering meeting of the shore every time it breaks away Like our lips and your cola residue Dripping onto my tongue I swore I tasted happiness when I kissed your smile And I swore I felt alive when we jumped off of the edge of the Earth together Free-falling into life's copious fortunes and misfortunes I was lucky when I was with you And now that the waves have swept you under the riptide we no longer meet Forever was short, forever has ended Separated by the fallacy of consistency and routine I am embodied by bad luck in the form of face down pennies And black cats circling my yard while lie outstretched on the ground, consumed by the dewy grass Looking for you somewhere in the sky The stars are my source of light Since you no longer provide this commodity I glance into the immense and mysterious abyss and beg for your voice Like a foolish attempt to save the collection of memories and conversations and store them inside shooting stars The salty floods rush to my eyes like devilish waterfalls Sliding down my cheek with such ease And every now and then ill look up at the moon And see happiness resting inside the tiny sliver presented and I come to realize that I may have just been a crescent in your sky But you were my whole moon (You promised always)
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Wake up! You're dreaming! Let incense fill the air and infiltrate your nostrils, flowing to a composed set of lungs retreating from the scene The anchor's overweight- You stand no chance In a ship with no sails, and a current so strong The pirates on your tail overwhelm the anxiety brewing inside your soul Stop the madness! A world with no thought- Insanity pursues and seduces an open opportunity, Setting chains around your wrists and ankles, locking you down The bare white walls- Immaculately maintained A room filled with emptiness And your ears consuming silence, Which echos the panic to your slow-paced heart Run away! You're dying- Feel it's cold breath beating against the frail hairs on your neck Invisible hands grasping for your throat, but your lips won't allow any words to espcape it Paralytical agents readying your imminent fate Whacking willows- an unfair fight Feet that fail you and wings that disappear No weapons of retalliation or even the speed of a jaguar for assistance You're helpless, and alone Abandonment strikes you in the heart as Death catches up Scream! Call for help! A lifeless corpse hovering above like a satanic ritual is ensuing But a thin film of haze separates you from the rotting corpse The knife, an inch away from your ski-slope nose, And the pre-pain sets in before the action Repetitive cycles of death and rebirth- Exhausting the energy out of your once lively heart Sinking to the depths of the sea And buried in the ground of a vast and perplexing woodland- You learn of your extremeist fear Wake up!- You're dreaming! An alarm set for 5 a.m beeps while your breath is caught in your lungs and your sweat forms like beads on your forehead Anxiety, Insanity, Abandonment, and Fear are the leading actors in every dream you have If only you weren't such a manic insomniac.
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM UTC
While You Were REMing...
Wake up! You're dreaming! Let incense fill the air and infiltrate your nostrils, flowing to a composed set of lungs retreating from the scene The anchor's overweight- You stand no chance In a ship with no sails, and a current so strong The pirates on your tail overwhelm the anxiety brewing inside your soul Stop the madness! A world with no thought- Insanity pursues and seduces an open opportunity, Setting chains around your wrists and ankles, locking you down The bare white walls- Immaculately maintained A room filled with emptiness And your ears consuming silence, Which echos the panic to your slow-paced heart Run away! You're dying- Feel it's cold breath beating against the frail hairs on your neck Invisible hands grasping for your throat, but your lips won't allow any words to espcape it Paralytical agents readying your imminent fate Whacking willows- an unfair fight Feet that fail you and wings that disappear No weapons of retalliation or even the speed of a jaguar for assistance You're helpless, and alone Abandonment strikes you in the heart as Death catches up Scream! Call for help! A lifeless corpse hovering above like a satanic ritual is ensuing But a thin film of haze separates you from the rotting corpse The knife, an inch away from your ski-slope nose, And the pre-pain sets in before the action Repetitive cycles of death and rebirth- Exhausting the energy out of your once lively heart Sinking to the depths of the sea And buried in the ground of a vast and perplexing woodland- You learn of your extremeist fear Wake up!- You're dreaming! An alarm set for 5 a.m beeps while your breath is caught in your lungs and your sweat forms like beads on your forehead Anxiety, Insanity, Abandonment, and Fear are the leading actors in every dream you have If only you weren't such a manic insomniac.
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Another case of missing you And all I have are empty pill bottles And broken picture frames Scattering my carpet I've lost the will to suffer the poison of my mind And the frailty of my heart Loose-leaf love notes lay unwritten Begging to be finished The ache that writhes inside my chest is your absence And the miracle of your voice Faded daydreams fight through the nightmares Yearning for sincerity in their actions Inside misty lullabies are arising heart palpitations And thoughts of "what could've been" Ephemeral kisses mask my lips Raging for redemption Unaligned stars failed to hold us together And seal our dearest fate Trite misunderstandings hide my frowns Beneath the surface of reality Half-bitten apples like fragments of my heart disperse on the floor And attract anxious ants Hallow stomaches crave more than the necessity of nutrients It requests psychological fulfillment Swallowed confessions you continue to choke on And repeating apologies Distrusting anchors hold me back from the words I wish to say Begging for love An ocean, of salty tears Drip onto the tastebuds that always adored you And suddenly- nostalgic eyes are all I see In the mirror
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Mar 8, 2014
Mar 8, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
Misty Lullabies, Faulty Alabis
My darling, Life didn't love me like you did- Bringing flowers to my grave dressed in your Sunday best Each night a new memory you'd share As your teardrops flooded the grass above me My skin may wither away but your feelings do not And I'm sorry I left you a mess, I was never all that tidy My last words to you are sewn into your mind And our last kiss's residue remains on your vacant lips I'm sorry that I had to go, I never intended For you to hurt this bad Your diamond eyes and warming smile are the last things I saw Before a blur of confusion took advantage of my fragile state A formal goodbye was too hard And I was a selfish ******* I'll shine the sun onto your deserving soul for as long as I remain alone up here I can do so much more here than I ever could there Know this- You were the love of my short-lived life But I need you to move on Find a girl with roses blooming on her chest And tulips sprouting in her irises My grave will deteriorate But you will not Let me go -anonymous
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Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014 at 11:29 PM UTC
Anonymity
Hell was kinder to me than you were At least Hell's benevolence alleviated the pain you put me through Because you were much harsher and cold You had a knack for being a heartbreaker And my 20/20 vision deceived me I fell under the impression of reciprocation And was dreadfully awakened by the reality of the one way road you never seemed to drive down Hell pulled me under a vicious cycle of agony, but nothing He did could ever Amount to the detriment you caused me And how months later, when I longer am marked on your life's attendance sheet- You still break my weakest points At some point you were my whole moon When you left to pursue your ex yet again I felt nothing but a crescent in the universe if that Please don't act like I am the one in red When you are the one with your hands doused in blood I may only commend you for sending me to Hell Because now I can withstand anything And your words will no longer sting like salt In my open wounds
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Feb 15, 2014
Feb 15, 2014 at 10:08 AM UTC
Hell Was Kinder Than You
The river told tales in an indecipherable tongue Consisting of broken sticks and faulty logs The ability to perceive and interpret hides in the ominous jungles outlining the river Clangorous sounds fill the night with despondency Though the current drags on Keeping it's promise A dense heat swells over the atmosphere as you struggle to find a clear breath And the key to happiness? It wasn't discovered underneath the doormat nor was it found at the depths of the river It flows consistently to the beat of your heart Encompassing every thought you ever wished to withhold But a secret lingers in the undulations of the current- Dragging and taunting, the fear of the unknown Shelter and boats are out of sight and mind But the struggle to hold on is never as arduous as it is now Branch by branch the crackling disrupts the birds rest And the fish swim along knowingly accepting the ambiguity of life's greatest question Frustration piles with the rocks in the sand nearby Alluding Him to believe you're unworthy of whatever the river carries But it takes time to learn a language And it takes time to forget one For so long you've spoken through negative imagery like the Sullen stars begging for love And the morose journey to the fatal waterfall How can one possibly switch to the language of the river! Soft and slow, serene and tranquil Yet as loud and bursting with vivacity as ever Kaleidoscope visions summoned it here, through the power of hope The kind of substance that lifts the heavy burdens away from aching shoulders The river never laughs nor does it cry Respect is mutual and the blossoming flowers agree That an indifferent tone is all that's needed to put faith inside a belief The incoherent sentence fragments the current whispers regarding the key to happiness Can only be interpreted through an individual's own mind Energetic yellow suns consume the vacant blackness of the night sky Optic white clouds devour the essence of cobalt blue skies in the frigid environment Indifference and a sense of direction is all it takes To decipher the rivers message- And it always keeps it's promises
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Feb 4, 2014
Feb 4, 2014 at 6:39 PM UTC
The River's Secret
The river told tales in an indecipherable tongue Consisting of broken sticks and faulty logs The ability to perceive and interpret hides in the ominous jungles outlining the river Clangorous sounds fill the night with despondency Though the current drags on Keeping it's promise A dense heat swells over the atmosphere as you struggle to find a clear breath And the key to happiness? It wasn't discovered underneath the doormat nor was it found at the depths of the river It flows consistently to the beat of your heart Encompassing every thought you ever wished to withhold But a secret lingers in the undulations of the current- Dragging and taunting, the fear of the unknown Shelter and boats are out of sight and mind But the struggle to hold on is never as arduous as it is now Branch by branch the crackling disrupts the birds rest And the fish swim along knowingly accepting the ambiguity of life's greatest question Frustration piles with the rocks in the sand nearby Alluding Him to believe you're unworthy of whatever the river carries But it takes time to learn a language And it takes time to forget one For so long you've spoken through negative imagery like the Sullen stars begging for love And the morose journey to the fatal waterfall How can one possibly switch to the language of the river! Soft and slow, serene and tranquil Yet as loud and bursting with vivacity as ever Kaleidoscope visions summoned it here, through the power of hope The kind of substance that lifts the heavy burdens away from aching shoulders The river never laughs nor does it cry Respect is mutual and the blossoming flowers agree That an indifferent tone is all that's needed to put faith inside a belief The incoherent sentence fragments the current whispers regarding the key to happiness Can only be interpreted through an individual's own mind Energetic yellow suns consume the vacant blackness of the night sky Optic white clouds devour the essence of cobalt blue skies in the frigid environment Indifference and a sense of direction is all it takes To decipher the rivers message- And it always keeps it's promises
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Risen sensibility when it came to living life Wiry tendencies to fall before a savior appears in the split second of your head coinciding with the concrete to catch you You live too fast, you cannot die A case of immortality floating through the blue and black veins pumping blood to your weary heart Turbulent tremors beat the pallor right out of your personality Trying to turn back time and see who's fault lies within the deficiencies of your relationship Could it have been the haughty reactions to every novel he wept at? Though inside he was deeply troubled by death and it's casualties in his life? Could it have been the musk that owned his scent, one you used to crave but now repulsed? Pine needles spiked within your perfume drove him off the cliff And mood-congruent memory proves it's theories You are gravely broken inside your chest All you feel is anger for the boy that clipped the wings off of the butterflies that carried you And replaced them with ****** tears sewn together with cheating and dishonesty Irritable noises clamor inside your ears Reverberating throughout your whole body Shaking, like an earthquake, involuntary Clangorous echoing of negativity is constant Unshakable, ineffable, suffocating Your disheartened recollections resonating with your adverse quality of letting go Could it be, a silly girl like you fell for a manic depressive like him? Or did the silly boy fall for the manic depressive girl? Mood-congruent memory, flowing back in streams of discontent and remorse Ambiguous reasonings and faulty evidence collide with your incoming tears He was not, the problem (You were)
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 12:24 AM UTC
Mood-Congruent Memory
Risen sensibility when it came to living life Wiry tendencies to fall before a savior appears in the split second of your head coinciding with the concrete to catch you You live too fast, you cannot die A case of immortality floating through the blue and black veins pumping blood to your weary heart Turbulent tremors beat the pallor right out of your personality Trying to turn back time and see who's fault lies within the deficiencies of your relationship Could it have been the haughty reactions to every novel he wept at? Though inside he was deeply troubled by death and it's casualties in his life? Could it have been the musk that owned his scent, one you used to crave but now repulsed? Pine needles spiked within your perfume drove him off the cliff And mood-congruent memory proves it's theories You are gravely broken inside your chest All you feel is anger for the boy that clipped the wings off of the butterflies that carried you And replaced them with ****** tears sewn together with cheating and dishonesty Irritable noises clamor inside your ears Reverberating throughout your whole body Shaking, like an earthquake, involuntary Clangorous echoing of negativity is constant Unshakable, ineffable, suffocating Your disheartened recollections resonating with your adverse quality of letting go Could it be, a silly girl like you fell for a manic depressive like him? Or did the silly boy fall for the manic depressive girl? Mood-congruent memory, flowing back in streams of discontent and remorse Ambiguous reasonings and faulty evidence collide with your incoming tears He was not, the problem (You were)
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