A beautiful angel with broken wings
Darkening her lips with painful things
Swirling thoughts within her brain
Hurt and bind like iron chains
I want to free her from those things
But as loud as I may scream
She cannot hear how the truth in my voice rings
And though it break my heart
I can only watch as the angel pulls herself apart
Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 12:11 AM UTC
There are days
Full of pain
That remind me of my cage
Things that break
Just by whispering my name
I'm not so important
But, you see
I am a destroyer
Of everything surrounding me
Aug 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015 at 9:17 PM UTC
I hate this emptiness
Inside of me
Because I know how to fill it
I know right where she'll be
I just can't reach her
I never knew
Distance
Could be such a painful thing
Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC
Once upon a time
A star to wish upon I did find
Shining in the dead of night
Out of deepest black, a beacon bright
I would not say that I've been saved,
Rather, that for this I have been saved
And maybe every moment of uncertainty and pain
Were necessary
To truly understand the beauty
Of these moments
Now streaming in front of me...
Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015 at 3:30 PM UTC
Lightning from a bright blue sky
Wildfire dancing on ocean waves at night
Chaos pure and clear
Is the one I hold dear
A gentle brush of butterfly wings,
Wildflower perfume on a summer breeze
Sunlight shining on the sea
Peaceful and deep
She sets my soul at ease
Storm surge rush across the sands
Crashing thunder shakes the land
Breathless desire
Sets my heart afire
At thoughts of taking her hand
All these things
She stirs to mind
And gives me hope
With her broken edges smooth against mine
Apr 27, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 at 11:01 PM UTC
I feel a little lost within,
Everything under my skin
Has started to spin
Forgive me if I don't make sense
I feel as though I might break again
I'm not sure where I'm going
The wheels in my mind won't stop turning
All in different directions
- I think I feel something burning
Is this mental self-destruction?
When I stop and think,
I begin to shiver and shake
Frustration, fear and pain
Hope and loss have left me drained
So I spin, out of control, down the line
It's dark and cold
So hot it burns
Losing my mind
But still it churns
Out reckless thoughts
(Oh, it hurts!)
...Yet all the while
A little voice sings
At the edge of the darkness
Calling me
Calming me
Reminding me
Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 3:13 AM UTC
Every day
Another scene
Of the same **** thing
Painted smiles
Plastic words
Everybody talks
But nothing gets heard
And one thing
Blurs into every other
And the price we pay
For no real prize
Is to **** our hearts
Our whole **** lives
Till we're just vacant eyes
With no soul left inside
May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014 at 12:30 PM UTC
There's a beast inside my chest
Trying to claw its way out
I turn on the music trying to drown out the sound
But I keep hearing its voice
It doesn't speak with these words
I feel its hate when I go numb
Its whispered doubts have left me dumb
"You know that you're the one,
The one that's failed everyone"
So I walk up to the edge
Look straight out and take a breath
Try to silence it with a step
And leap into the sky
With no wings to let me fly
But even though I'm falling down
I never reach the ground
I just wake up in this bed
Made to start this day again
Fight this battle in my head
I just wish it all would end.
Nov 1, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 at 10:23 PM UTC
Just tonight I called to talk
I wanted to wish you best of luck
You're starting a new school year tomorrow
It breaks my heart how fast you're growing up
But when you cried out "NO!"
When your Mom handed you the phone
It shattered into dust
And blew away on a frozen winter wind
Screaming through, stealing the heat of September
"I don't want to see him"
"I don't want to talk to him"
"I don't want his name anymore"
All these things, I heard you say
The words ring through my head, never going away
And I don't even know why you feel this way...
I just want to fix it
- but I need to know where it's broke
Friends and family say it's just a phase
And in time, you'll change your mind
But in that time, I may cry myself blind
I already knew
You are one of two,
The ropes that keep me tied
To the shore of this life
Thoughts of you,
And your sister too
Kept me steady in the storms and rain
But now I feel that line begin to fray,
As in your pain you saw away
I feel the seas begin to toss
I pray that I can hold them off
Long enough to heal this rift between us
When you're ready,
I'll be waiting
Trying to do my best as a father...
I love you, my darling daughter.
Sep 5, 2013
Sep 5, 2013 at 2:04 AM UTC
Not all of these lines
Are going to rhyme
Maybe it's not poetry-
But this time, that's fine.
I have to write this
Even though I'm still not sure how to say it
Why do you talk to me?
Do you honestly even care?
Or is it just somehow better
than listening to dead air?
I hold no great secrets
My philosophies are pieces picked from different puzzles
and even I don't know if they really make a picture
Or if they do, that it's one you'd want to see.
I'm not as interesting
As certain people make me out to be
Talking with you who shine bright like stars in midnight blackness
Just serves to remind me
How great my lack is
And I can't help but wonder
What it is that drives this-
Do you need my shadows
To remind you how bright your light is?
Or are you really trying to cast rainbows
into dusty corners
Bringing color into places that lack this...
I only feel this:
I have nothing to offer you.
So, please.
Leave me be.
Don't try to make me think I might mean something
to you.
Because
In the end, I know...
I won't.
Aug 24, 2013
Aug 24, 2013 at 1:15 AM UTC