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1.9k · Aug 2017
I always choke
Aleah Aug 2017
I want to tell you,
Everything,
But I'll never,
Get the chance,
Because,
When I see you,
(Almost never),
The words catch,
In my throat,
My hands,
Won't stop shaking,
And when I look at you,
Your eyes burn me,
Alive.
1.2k · Jul 2017
Dysphoria
Aleah Jul 2017
I'm either too much,
Or not enough,
It's never in-between,
And when you,
Look at me,
I don't know,
What you see.
Aleah Dec 2018
I miss the way,
Your arms,
Wrapped around me,
When our fingers laced,
And I could tell,
You were nervous,
By the way,
Our hands started,
To stick together,
I miss your heartbeat,
Accelerating,
Every beat,
Pressed into my skin,
Those were,
The only moments
I ever felt safe.
631 · Sep 2017
why can't you see
Aleah Sep 2017
I felt,
My lungs,
Collapse,
My heart,
Stopped,
And all you did,
Was look,
At me,
With blank eyes,
And no thought.
535 · Apr 2017
Escapism
Aleah Apr 2017
Do you feel the urge,
To go new places,
See beautiful things,
And fresh faces,
I dream of feeling,
The surface of the earth,
Around the world,
And knowing my worth,
Falling into new waters,
From the ocean to the sea,
Wrapped in liquid comfort,
Where it's good to be me,
I want fresh air,
To strike my cheeks,
And leave color in my face,
That'll last for weeks,
But mostly,
I just want to feel free,
Where nobody knows who I am,
And it's okay to be me.
496 · Jul 2017
Uncertain
Aleah Jul 2017
So purely obscure,
My longing stays,
Hidden from you,
I meet your gaze,
And I am frozen in place,
My thoughts lead me astray,
I try to find the words,
That are locked away,
There are no truths,
In the things I say,
I am always uncertain,
And you look the other way.
446 · May 2017
the set up
Aleah May 2017
I want to make this right,
But how can I,
It seems impossible,
Unreachable,
I set myself up,
Just to
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404 · Aug 2017
Machine
Aleah Aug 2017
Maybe they don't care,
Because I'm always,
Lying through my teeth,
Every time they ask,
If I'm okay,
The words come quick,
Because they're programmed,
Behind my lips,
I always say,
I'm doing just fine,
But my fake smile,
Hides my constant denial,
The lies shown on my face,
The words so mechanic,
Driven just the right way,
Always make them think,
I'm okay.
389 · Feb 2019
why can’t you stay
Aleah Feb 2019
On nights like these,
You make me fall to the floor,
Dragging my body,
Just to get to the door,
You hover above me,
I don’t know what to do,
You gaze into my eyes,
And I feel anew,
You intrigue me,
With your tender ways,
I hope that finally,
This is how everything stays,
But here I am,
Crumpled on the rug,
My body unmoving,
The feeling hit me like a drug,
I showed you the pieces,
I was afraid to show before,
You opened me up,
Then you locked the door,
My nails worn down,
From clawing at the wood,
I never meant to be this way,
I wish you understood,
My love for you,
Is a sinking hook,
Lost in the ocean,
And you will never look.
354 · Sep 2017
Unamused
Aleah Sep 2017
I think about it,
A lot more than I'd like to,
What it felt like,
To be beside you,
I wanted everything to stop,
So that the moment could last forever,
And I know that,
It doesn't sound very clever,
It's a common analogy,
That's been overused,
And I'm sure if you're reading this,
You're unamused.
350 · Oct 2017
blue haze
Aleah Oct 2017
You stand by me,
On my darkest days,
Even when I'm trapped,
In a blue haze,
So I want to show you,
What you mean to me,
Open up your eyes,
and make you see,
That I want you closer,
More and more each day,
And I know it seems,
Like I'm pushing you away,
How can I make you see,
When I can't even meet your gaze,
I always lose myself,
Suffocating in the blue haze.
319 · Jul 2017
Endless
Aleah Jul 2017
I can't stop thinking,
Thinking, thinking,
Thinking,
But my mind feels empty,
I feel empty,
Sinking,
S l o w l y,
I look into my eyes,
And I don't know,
Who's looking,
Back.
309 · Dec 2018
In-between
Aleah Dec 2018
Sometimes,
I spend entire days,
Wondering why,
I can’t retreat,
Into the dark night,
Leaving the pain,
Of the physical plane,
And losing,
This sense of,
Fear.
Other days,
I see the beauty,
In the sky,
And I don’t,
Have to find,
A reason why,
I want to,
Survive.
305 · Nov 2017
Slipping
Aleah Nov 2017
I slip up,
(from time to time)
and I still find,
you on my mind.
282 · Jan 2019
Disintegrating
Aleah Jan 2019
How can you do this to me,
I’ve spent years waiting,
aching,
Disintegrating from the inside,
I compare everyone to you,
The way your touch,
Soothed the pain,
Throughout my body,
Wrapping your arms around me,
And holding me,
Like I would fly away,
If you loosened your grip,
Even slightly,
And now I beg you to see me,
When you used to say,
That you would never leave me,
I don’t know what to do,
I hold on so tightly,
To you,
But you don’t know what you want,
And I’m waiting for months on end,
Just to see your face again,
And every body I touched,
Meant nothing to me,
And you’ve moved,
On, and on, and on, and on,
While I dread the thought,
Of ever loving someone else,
It makes the world around me quake,
But I’m in so much pain,
And I think I have to acknowledge,
That I’m waiting in vain,
Four years,
Of not letting go,
It’s time to,
Finally,
Let myself grow.
254 · Feb 2019
I’ve known you deeply
Aleah Feb 2019
I feel a unique sensation,
When the first hello,
Feels like the thousandth time,
How I look into someone’s eyes,
And know they’re meant to be mine,
Maybe as a friend,
Or a lover,
But I can tell,
By the way their eyes hover,
Closing in on me,
Ready for me to discover,
The life I knew before,
Has become a closed door,
Your hand in mine,
Feels like it never left,
My heart is filled with unrest,
Until we meet again,
And you realize,
That I’ve always,
Known you.
245 · Dec 2018
i can’t
Aleah Dec 2018
I feel my body jolting,
I can't get away,
I'm locked in my bed,
Depression,
Eating me away,
Part of me feels everything,
and the other part,
Stops me,
Frozen in place,
What do I do,
I need to go,
But I can't,
*******,
Move.
Aleah Nov 2018
I know that you feel the weight of it,
You say it doesn’t hurt anymore,
But you’re afraid of it,
To get too close,
To feel the way,
I made you ache before.

I know why you wouldn’t see me.
233 · Jul 2017
Trapped
Aleah Jul 2017
I'm a face,
Lost in the crowd,
A voice,
That never calls out,
A pain,
That is never healed,
A longing,
That is never revealed.
233 · Apr 2018
Fear Turns To Fury
Aleah Apr 2018
I've been thinking about you,
In the ways that I used to,
I can't get you off my mind,
I feel like I'm losing mine,
I've been daydreaming,
About what could have been,
What would have been,
If I wasn't a fool,
I fell for you,
And pushed you away,
Why am I so cruel,
To have punished you,
For the way you made me feel,
I wish I could have,
Let myself reveal,
All of the things,
You truly made me feel.
Gosh, heck, dang. Why are you on my mind.
228 · Jan 2018
surrounded by silence
Aleah Jan 2018
I'm afraid,
That you're gonna see,
The way I feel,
I want to just leave it be,
But you open me up,
In ways that you don't see,
I'm encumbered by feelings,
I can't accept,
I guess I'll be leaving you,
Filled with regret.
227 · Sep 2018
wasted my heart on you
Aleah Sep 2018
I always waste time,
Thinking about what I could have said,
You never look back,
You said what you would have said,
I don’t know why I regret it so much,
The remorse in my eyes,
Says more about how I feel,
Than the words stumbling out of my mouth,
This nagging feeling of inconveniencing you,
Obscures the actions I make,
I feel so lost in the wake of this moment,
It’s as if I had been brought back into a dream,
Turned into the nightmare I felt before,
And I’m wondering if this time,
I’ll end up falling through the never ending floor,
Because I came back to you,
In a state of pure vulnerability,
And this time you truly rejected me.
184 · Jan 2020
the comedown
Aleah Jan 2020
I know that I don’t matter,
Live life like I’m unfazed,
I hear the constant chatter,
Echoing and I am crazed,
Invisibility has been my shelter,
But now it pulls me away,
These feelings begin to swelter,
This time I wanted to stay.
182 · Nov 2017
you & eye
Aleah Nov 2017
Oh, how you always hide,
When I try to jump inside,
The green pool of lies,
Splashing beneath,
Your igniting eyes.
177 · Nov 2018
stubborn feeling
Aleah Nov 2018
She wants me to want her,
But she won’t have me now,
She doesn’t know what she wants,
So she keeps me around,
I know that I want her,
But having her scares me too,
I think about what I’m doing,
And it makes me feel sick,
But I can’t stop myself,
From falling harder and harder,
For the girl who plays with my head,
Who says she wants someone else,
But when I leave her alone,
She needs to be reassured,
That I’m still there,
I try to resist,
But I’ll always be there.

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