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82 · Jun 23
93
Austin Jun 23
93
Standing
At a fork
In the road
Wishing
That the answer
Would come quickly
82 · Jun 18
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
82 · Jun 6
S.o.S
Austin Jun 6
I don't know
What to say
The words
Caught in
My throat
Tears trapped
In your eyes
You need to
Hear me
Say it
Yet I can't
Suffocating
On syllables
81 · Aug 4
valley
Austin Aug 4
softly
Slooooowly
SLIPping
I feel as if
I've been here
Far too long
I feel as if
You just don't
Want to see

And now
I start
To

Fall
81 · Jun 24
98
Austin Jun 24
98
You
So patient
Me
So clueless
Now
The universe
Feels
So right
Let's
Get lost
In
Each other
81 · Jun 10
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
81 · Jun 25
99
Austin Jun 25
99
Its the way
You turn and look
Straight into my soul
The way you caress
The steering wheel
Like its my face
The way the sun
Seems to radiate
Off of you
And you ask me
"Why are you smiling
Like an idiot?"
80 · Jun 29
Č̣ (Happier Version)
Austin Jun 29
You are so
Cute
Cuddlaeble
Captivating
Clever
Compassionate
Considerate
C­reative
Confident
Classy
Consistent
Calm
I Could go on
But you get the gist
80 · May 19
Inbox Not Setup
Austin May 19
Let me sleep in peace for once
Let me not feel this way ever again
Let me have the strength to carry on
Let me find my way in this world
Let me see who I really am

I keep asking for these things
And no god answers my calls
But I can't blame any of them though
I don't even answer my own soul
80 · Jun 25
100
Austin Jun 25
100
It only seems fitting
That the first poem of this series
Was one of heartbreak
And that the last poem
Be one of happiness and hope

So here's to you
For taking a chance
On a hopeless romantic
Here's to the journey
We are embarking on
And here's to whatever happens
Along the way.

Fin.
(Of the Numbered Series)
80 · Jun 5
Contrition
Austin Jun 5
Sometimes I
Wonder if
Nothing that
Has happened
To me
Did happen
Would I
Be different
Maybe better
Offered salvation
Everything that
I'm not
Guess I
Won't know
80 · Jun 12
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
80 · Jun 20
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
80 · Jun 11
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
Austin May 9
I hate the calm
And yet exude it
Appearing aloof
And yet pulling my hair out
When things appear fine
And I know they aren't
I suppose it's because
"In a quiet pool, the devil dwells."
79 · May 26
38
Austin May 26
38
Decadent smiles
And even richer lies
False hopes
And even more misled dreams

Love at first sight
That needed a second glance
79 · Jun 30
Haunted
Austin Jun 30
Being remembered
Forever
Sounds like like a tall
Task
That I'm not up for
Nope
I just want to be
Forgiven
For all that I've
Caused
79 · Jun 5
47
Austin Jun 5
47
A jar of tears
A handful of sorrowful years

Cried so many rivers
Body chock full of slivers

I can't stop the weeping
I can't stop the bleeding

A scratch never finds the itch
A cry never finds the reason
78 · May 26
Unsteady²
Austin May 26
I hate the way my hands shake
The tremors rule
When anxiety doesn't
I hate the way my brain works
The emotions rule
When ideations don't
78 · Jun 23
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
77 · Jun 25
Ɓ
Austin Jun 25
Ɓ
Breakthrough
Found at the
Bottom
Or in depressive
Basements
Don't waste away
The days
For a dead man can't
Be saved
77 · Aug 10
the nod
Austin Aug 10
felt like i lived
and died
for your love
and acceptance
always suffocating
gasping for your words
racked up so many wounds
when you were holding me
since then i wish i could say
that things have changed
oh how they haven't
still waiting for the day
i hear you even softly mutter
that i'm enough
77 · Jun 3
43
Austin Jun 3
43
Feel my body failing
Look at my hands and
They aren't even mine
Writing all these words
Stare at the paper and
They aren't even mine
75 · Jun 7
51
Austin Jun 7
51
I remember
My first attempt
And the second
And even the third
A different method
Each and every time

Been bailed out by fate
And still
Haven't made anything
Of myself
75 · Jul 12
Disguised Benevolence
Austin Jul 12
For those who have stuck around
I should be grateful
Yet often I've been wounded
By those who are close and dear
Their intentions virtuous
And their results malicious
All comes back to
If familiarity mattered
Water wouldn't boil a fish
74 · May 15
Thx!
Austin May 15
I would say thanks
for showing me your truly colors
I would say thanks
for showing me where the line is
I would say thanks
for showing me what love isn't
I would say thanks


Thanks for nothing
74 · Jun 11
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
73 · Jun 13
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
73 · Apr 5
Fault
Austin Apr 5
Crawl for acceptance
Beg for indifference
You're just an investment
A mere disappointment

Never going to be
Everything you want me to be

How can I change
If I'm the same person

**** me if you desire
Let me see the brightest hellfire
73 · Jul 29
shrug
Austin Jul 29
At that point in life
I don't have a will
But I do have suicide notes
For each person I love
Close enough.
71 · Jun 7
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
71 · Apr 28
San(in)ty
Austin Apr 28
Some find their sanity
On the edge of a blade
Some find it in an ocean
And they just calmly wade

Some lose their sanity
All because of love
Some find it in the air
Sight of flowers or a dove

Some simply never had
Some pretend to always have
71 · Aug 1
Jaundiced
Austin Aug 1
I curse my apathy
It will be the death of me
Want to hide in the darkest cave
Where no one will dare to save
Clearly lacking in all possible departments
My heart just one of many empty compartments
71 · Apr 1
50/50
Austin Apr 1
Haven't been myself
But who am I kidding
I don't even know who I am
I want you to stay
Want you to leave
I'm hoping I'm forever
And hoping you realize I'm not it
You call it sabotage
I call it suicide
Is it honesty do you think?
Depression or regression
Either way I don't like this
Don't pick me up
You wouldn't understand
Please I just want to bleed
Don't let me drown
Please I just want to breathe
You know this need
I know I'm ****** up
Won't even deny it
Do what you have to
Say what you want
I can't believe it nor want to
I love you coming off your lip
Fifty fifty but please
No coin flip
71 · Jun 21
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
70 · Jun 12
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
70 · Jun 11
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
70 · Jun 25
Å
Austin Jun 25
Å
Sitting here
In a hotel
In Albuquerque
In Awe
Of how we got here
It really is just
A series of chances
Events that dictate
Outcomes
As you sleep
I Am granted
The time to realize
I like this outcome
So far.
The intro to a new series following the Number Series
70 · Jun 13
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
69 · Jul 25
Ф (F)
Austin Jul 25
I has't been
F'rgotten in Flowers
Drossy in Pardon
And Fearful of Fate
I has't nay events
I consid'r F'rtuitous
Many I consid'r Fruitless
And few to none Fulfilling
Austin Mar 3
I'm back to the time
Of writing myself letters
Bargaining with myself
Reasoning with myself

Reminding me of all the things
I am
And all of the things I am not

My biggest critic has always been me
I just know I can't live in make believe

Just wishing I could see someone else.
69 · May 6
10
Austin May 6
10
"Find what you love
And let it **** you"

I had found what I loved
And yet it refuses to show me mercy
69 · Jul 9
×
Austin Jul 9
×
I wake
In the same pain
I sought to
Escape

I revel
In the same addictions
I sought to
Disown
69 · Jun 20
83
Austin Jun 20
83
Am I enough?
The anxiety crept in
Is this happiness?
The depression slept in
69 · Jun 17
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
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