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Anthony Esposito Sep 2017
I wrote you a letter but never sent it.
I still have the envelope.
I'm burdened by older days
Can't seem to push these thoughts away.

A dark room in a local bar.
We shared secrets we went to far.
I wrote it all down so I wouldnt forget.
Put it in a letter but didn't send it.

Why can't we ever say what we mean.
This life's to short to be discreet.
Why can't we ever say what we mean?
Sometimes this life feels like a dream.

I bought the stamp and everything.
I wrote the address so easily.
But when the time came
I couldnt do the deed.

And when I'm lost in thought it's always with you.
We promised things we couldn't make true.
What's wrong with us?

Why can't we ever say what we mean.
This life's to short to be discreet.
Why can't we ever say what we mean?
Sometimes this life feels like a dream.
Anthony Esposito Aug 2017
These days our youth has so many excuses.
Girls so young doing things so wrong that older girls would never have done.
Boys loving boys,
And people marrying young.
What happened to harmless fun?
They keep their secrets safe from their parents.
But they always seem to know their bad deeds.
They plants the seeds so young,
Of bad deeds and bad decisions.
They've got the problem but it becomes ours.
Their scars are real but we keep brushing them off.
This story is real.
So real you could touch it.
Our youth is drowning, stuck in the mud.
Their heads filled with poison we feed them ourselves.
Anthony Esposito Aug 2017
My cigarettes almost done.
And when's it gone I'll be threw with you.
Every memory of us I'll drown in alcohol or something worse.
I'm staring up at the moon
Wondering if that's what your doing.
I'm so at peace with where we lay.
But I'm still wondering who's laying next to you.
Burn the pictures and leave no evidence.
It's best for everyone involved.
Just keep your thoughts to yourself.
Trust me your better off.
Tonight just let go of your demons.
Thus don't control who you are.
Tonight just be happy for once
You owe yourself that.
Anthony Esposito Aug 2017
Since when did kids start listening to disco again?
Since when did divorce become a trend?
Since when did the beginning become the end?
Since when did we start tearing houses down?
This neighborhood is starting to turn around.
What's wrong with the world?
When did our enemies become our friends?

The worlds so big for us to feel so small.
Just keep your head up kid you may just conquer it all.

Your a king!
Your a god!
Your the man with the plan!
You've got it all figured out.

When did we start bragging about nuclear war?
Since when did we throw our bibles to the floor?
Since when did we all become so bored?
Why do we joke about things that affect us all?

The worlds so small for us to feel so tall.
Just keep your head up kid you may just conquer it all.

Your a king!
Your a god!
Your the man with the plan!
You've got it all figured out.

Your home town tore down the markets and stores.
Put up skyscrapers and wanna build more.
The people are screaming and pleading for change.
They want the government out!!!

Your a king!
Your a god!
Your the man with the plan!
You've got it all figured out.
Anthony Esposito Jul 2017
"Don't you get tired of it all?" she said,
As we passed the bottle around again.

The same old faces in the same old basment not doing anything.

We all get high just to pass the time,
telling stories of when we were young.

And with each past shared we lose a bit of ourselves.
We sit there collecting dusts like books on a shelf.

And we laugh about how we'll never change and how we won't turn out like our parents.

The night time comes stirring up our spirits.
And with each passing moment we wonder if not now then when?

We used to call each other friends,
now we're miles apart and barley keep in touch.

It takes so much to bring it up in a sentence,
now we interact with post cards dated for a special occasion.

Like ghost inside our former selves,
Envious of who we used to be.
We sit alone and contemplate when we decided,
If not now then when?
Anthony Esposito Jul 2017
The lights start to flicker,
As the breaks begin to screetch.
But nobody bothers,
looking up from their feet.

The rush hour crowd,
Screams to be noticed.
But no one pays any mind,
They're to busy to notice.

Tired faces and crowded minds.
All different in different ways.
But when the subway doors slam shut,
We're all the same.

A passenger on a train.
Anthony Esposito Jul 2017
I'm alive!
I cried out to the midnight air.
Whispers of wind answered me back.
I'm alive and I want to live.

I'm alive!
I shouted to the loud crowded street.
Arms spread out and both feet together.
I'm alive and I want to live.

I'm alive!
All alone on a rooftop in my city.
Contemplating life and it's meaning.
I'm alive and I want to live.

I'm alive!
As I shake my hands in the air and scowl at the moon.
Today is not my day to die.
I'm alive and I want to live.

— The End —