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Jun 23 · 81
93
Austin Jun 23
93
Standing
At a fork
In the road
Wishing
That the answer
Would come quickly
Jun 23 · 65
92
Austin Jun 23
92
Shaking like a leaf
In a bitter wind
Trying to just hold on
To what's holding me down
Knowing if I can't
I'll float to a place
I don't know
And just skitter around
Jun 23 · 77
91
Austin Jun 23
91
Can I be honest now?
Not like you care anyways
Have I made you proud?
Had to sell my soul
Just to make it out
I lived in your hell
Changed and yet I still drink
From the poisoned well
Jun 23 · 150
90
Austin Jun 23
90
Been so caught up
Trying to be more
Than my past
Haven't even given hope
Or leaving chances
For my future
Jun 23 · 98
For Prof.
Austin Jun 23
You chase
Till I fall
You watch
As I tumble
You leave
When I hit
The bottom
Jun 21 · 71
24 Pt. 2
Austin Jun 21
To Whom It May Concern,

This soul has found
No rest
These eyes have seen
Horrors beyond belief
These hands are covered
In blood that is not theirs
These legs won't hold
For much longer
Please be there
I'm counting on you.

Sincerely,
Me
Jun 21 · 173
89
Austin Jun 21
89
Feel like
I woke up
To a brand new car
Only to find out
I'm going to be
Chained to it
And dragged along
Jun 21 · 90
88
Austin Jun 21
88
I wish I had
The words
The time
The tears
The heart
The will
The love

But I don't.
Jun 20 · 61
87
Austin Jun 20
87
I can't feel a thing
I hope you're wishing
It was still your hands
Wrapped around my throat
I'm so ******* numb
I hope you're wishing
It was still your body
Intertwined with mine
Jun 20 · 80
86
Austin Jun 20
86
You
Cover your tears
With makeup

I
Cover your fingerprints
With tattoos

What if I
Just covered your eyes

What if you
Just put your hands back on me
Jun 20 · 85
85
Austin Jun 20
85
I confess
That the days
Have passed
While I've sat
In regret and turmoil
Don't wanna do this
No more

I confess
Please
Put me to rest
Jun 20 · 83
84
Austin Jun 20
84
I always thought
It'd be fun
To survive in
A dystopian society
And then it
Hit me like
An Orwell book
To my head
We already are
Jun 20 · 69
83
Austin Jun 20
83
Am I enough?
The anxiety crept in
Is this happiness?
The depression slept in
Jun 18 · 82
82
Austin Jun 18
82
I wisheth to waltz
On the lunar sphere
And stretcheth amongst
The stellar lights

Just taketh mine own handeth
Do lie thy headeth
On mine own chest
And we couldst floateth f'rev'r
Jun 17 · 69
81
Austin Jun 17
81
Lost in your eyes
Akin to standing
In a field of wheat
The curves in your face
Reminds me of something like
Venus de Milo
I focus so desperately
On things like that
And everytime I reminisce
I get lost just to
Lose a little bit more
Jun 17 · 226
80
Austin Jun 17
80
To me
You were an ideation
A daydream
Then you became reality
A blissful presence
Then you became a story
One I hate to tell
And now
You pride yourself
On thinking you're even a memory
Jun 16 · 439
79
Austin Jun 16
79
I feel no high
And feel no low
You'd think that I
Would be in control

The days still fly
The nights still go
You'd think that I
Wouldn't want it so
Jun 13 · 91
78
Austin Jun 13
78
I don't care if
This is right
You've got me for
One more night
We could take a picture
But even the memory won't last
Jun 13 · 89
77
Austin Jun 13
77
Get through the day
Fall into intangability
Cry tears no one cares about
Wonder where it all fell apart
Pop pills till the stars come down

My eyes open
And the day starts again
****.
Jun 13 · 72
76
Austin Jun 13
76
I hear the axe
Hitting what is me
I can't move
Or scream
I can only watch
As you
Chop chop chop
Till I fall down
And then suddenly
I'm below you
Jun 13 · 69
75
Austin Jun 13
75
I just want to bargain
                                       with the devil
To make everything
                                    better forever
But even he won't
                                answer my pleas
****** even before
                                     hell can greet me
Jun 13 · 85
74
Austin Jun 13
74
The hands
That controlled
The needle
Are the same hands
That control
The knife
Not so long ago
Our hands were stitched
Together
And now?
Jun 13 · 434
73
Austin Jun 13
73
I'll learn to breathe
But only as soon
As your back is to me
Jun 12 · 70
72
Austin Jun 12
72
Show me how
To love myself
And I'll make
The world yours

Show me you
Actually want me
And I'll give
Myself to you
Jun 12 · 87
71
Austin Jun 12
71
I have no hate
In my heart
I just sometimes
Hope your tongue
Tastes like a lemon
And your garage door
Won't close
Jun 12 · 94
70
Austin Jun 12
70
This feeling
Like I'm defective
That you wanted me
When I was of use
And now
That I'm showing
Signs of wear
I'm placed back in my box
Taken back to the store
Just to repeat
This hopeless cycle
Jun 12 · 84
69
Austin Jun 12
69
I conquered my demons
For you
I built everything
For you
I tried anything
For you
I pleaded and begged
For you

Now you're doing the same
But not for me
Jun 12 · 79
68
Austin Jun 12
68
Take the breath
Out of my lungs
The fear
Out of my heart
The worry
Out of my mind
The anxiety
Out of my nerves
Jun 12 · 116
67
Austin Jun 12
67
I wanted to be
Somebody else's
Before
I wanted to be
Yours

So don't let me
Slip through your grasp
Jun 12 · 116
GB
Austin Jun 12
GB
Its the way
You praise me
Call me yours
Break me down
In the best way
You make me weak
And feel strong
So throw me
And hold me
Call me
Well you know
Jun 11 · 80
The Peanut Gallery
Austin Jun 11
I write sometimes
And feel like
My own audience
I read
And re-read
Until I finish
Then I look at my words
And sometimes
I throw roses
And sometimes
I throw tomatoes
Jun 11 · 92
66
Austin Jun 11
66
To be as capricious as I
And not drive people away
Is a delicate act.
Jun 11 · 70
65
Austin Jun 11
65
Gave my breath
To what I had left
In the dark with a cigarette
An empty bed
And just one barrette
I hope you get some rest
Gave you my best
I know I won't forget
Our melancholic duet
Jun 11 · 74
64
Austin Jun 11
64
I want to change
I swear I do
But it can't
Be a condition
Set on a timeline
Cause I thought
You fell in love with me
For who I am
Not knowing who I'd become
Jun 10 · 115
63
Austin Jun 10
63
I wear goofy
Cause sad isn't in style
And I may not be a comedian
But I'm worth your while
I have memorized
Too many dad jokes
To not make you smile
And when the fun is over
I'll go back to the gloom
Till I can be the idiot
Who lights up a room
Jun 10 · 107
Kalliope
Austin Jun 10
One of nine Muses
"Beautiful voice"
The patron
Of poetry
And heroic song
Homer's inspiration
Never forget who you are
Jun 10 · 95
62
Austin Jun 10
62
I keep trying
To convince myself
That I don't care
Then I catch myself
Thinking about
The fact that you
Are not holding my hand
Not laughing at my jokes
Not enjoying my flowers
So I'll keep trying
To convince myself
That I don't care
Jun 10 · 112
61
Austin Jun 10
61
"I'm trying to be like you."
I didn't know
How to respond
So the first thing
That flew out of
My stupid mouth was
"You've got a long way to fall."
Jun 10 · 325
60
Austin Jun 10
60
Saw an old friend today
He looks so
Happy.

An old friend saw me today
I looked so
Different.
Jun 10 · 91
59
Austin Jun 10
59
Sitting in the corners
Of restaurants
Looking over my back
In grocery stores
Leaving my door cracked
In my bedroom
Expecting you to appear
And wound me again
Jun 10 · 81
58
Austin Jun 10
58
I rarely say
"I'm a poet"
When in all reality
I'm a mere collection
Of words
That I pray
Reaches someone
Jun 10 · 64
57
Austin Jun 10
57
I doth not knoweth
What m're I couldst sayeth
To changeth our loveth
Thy tears
Mine own blood
We has't both poured
M're than enow
To filleth cups ov'r
Thy eyes
Mine own lips
Has't spoken enow
To filleth books ov'r
Jun 9 · 53
Unidentified
Austin Jun 9
Trying to figure out
Who I am
Is like
Trying to combine
Bits and pieces
Of shredded papers
Sound bites that
Don't go together
Videos that
Don't look like me
Or at least
Who I thought I was?
Jun 9 · 88
56
Austin Jun 9
56
When the tide
Brings my body
To shore
I'm terrified
You
Won't
Be
There
Jun 7 · 100
55
Austin Jun 7
55
I can't continue
Like this
Relying on
Liquor
And Benadryl
To help me
Sleep
Begging for
Some sort of
Peace
Jun 7 · 46
54
Austin Jun 7
54
I sit here
Chewing holes in my mouth
Worrying
That someday soon
I'll be begging for the
Mercy
I never gave to myself
Jun 7 · 47
Honestly?
Austin Jun 7
I get asked questions
That I
Have already tortured myself with
For years
I get defensive
While being offered guidance
I get fueled by false hope
That someday
I'll have the wherewithal
To wake up
Look myself in the mirror
And be okay with what I see
But for now
Therapy blows chunks.
Jun 7 · 44
53
Austin Jun 7
53
I let you
Consume my mind
Influence my habits
Control who I am
Only to wake up
From another binge
And realize
You. Aren't. Here.
Jun 7 · 71
52
Austin Jun 7
52
For somebody who thinks
I shouldn't be here
Its awkward to say
I believe you do
Guess I have to start
Listening to my own mouth
Jun 7 · 141
fidus Achates
Austin Jun 7
Daydreaming
About saying hello again
And never saying goodbye

Daydreaming
About seeing you smile
And it never fading away

Daydreaming
About playing in the stars
And never coming back down
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