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Carley Aug 2014
You light up
Like a cigarette
I want to breathe you in
And have you burn my throat
To wiggle your way into my lungs
And rip them apart
Take my breath away
And replace it with smoke
Poison my body
With this cancer
Stain my teeth
And fingertips
A faint yellow
So I can remember the sun
And forget about my maroon veins
That run sideways
Like the horizon
On the vertical roads
Of my arms and legs.*
-CsR
Carley Aug 2014
Dear friend,
You are somewhat new
But I already like this
This feeling of being normal
This feeling of being happy
These are the feelings you bring.
I take your things because
They are small reminders
Of what it's like to be content
And unfortunately
I fear that one day
I'll fall in love
But I know that you'll
Help me up
Disinfect my cuts
Bandage my broken body
And send me on my way
Until then,
*Love always
CsR
Fortunately, I never fell in love with him.
Carley Aug 2014
Thanks
For making me feel normal again
For talking to me about music
Instead of voices
About movies
Instead of nightmares
About friends
Instead of demons
About books
Instead of the insults
Etched on my hips
And the screams
On my lips
Thanks for
Helping me remember
The good times
And happy rhymes
I owe you one.
Because without you
As my oil
This machine
Couldn't run.
-CsR
This was for a friend but we aren't very close anymore. Regardless, he really knew how to make me feel better and without trying he made me feel normal and happy and for that I am forever indebted to him.
  Aug 2014 Carley
Shelby W
forget to tell her goodnight
after you have
made her cry,
she probably cried in her dark bedroom all alone
while she held her childhood teddy bear
close to her chest

tell her that it's all in her head
and that she is overreacting
when she is starting to break down
and tell her to stop when she starts
having problems getting air into her lungs

tell her you'll call her,
but instead go out and party all night
and make out with random strangers
who you find attractive in your drunken haze
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