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Jul 2019 · 315
Burn Me
Hi It's Haliyah Jul 2019
i can’t i believe i let you crawl inside my bones,
let you make a home
out of splintering self-worth and shaky breaths.
self-immolation,
i let you take me over like a fire.
burn up my words before you even listen.
use me up until there’s nothing left, just fuel for your addiction.
still i know i’m the sick one,
cause my hands are always shaking,
and i’ve got kaleidoscope vision.
cause sometimes i miss you for hours
and i replay every kiss, every lie,
until they start to taste the same.
cause it’s been a month, and i’m losing everything.
i think my keys are still in the door,
and i think i left my heart on your floor.
and i’m not saying i want you back, i’m just saying
i was doing fine with the wool over my eyes.
but you laid this house of suspicion on top of your lies,
built me in with no way out,
cause you’re a fire,
and my soul is only free once you burn it down.
Jul 2019 · 257
Twisted
Hi It's Haliyah Jul 2019
You pulled out my tongue to garnish the dinner plate of lies
you liked to tell when we were drunk,
but I guess I was an aftertaste you couldn’t stomach.
And maybe I’m a little tired of it,
but it’s not the kind of thing I like to admit-
that I’ve been pulling my guts out,
like some kind of magic trick.
They’re strewn all around this home we share
like an art installation-
serpentine and ****** they coat the walls,
vines and rotten fruit,
a pulpous stump in the center of the room.
Mar 2016 · 2.3k
Reverse Poem
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2016
Perfect.
I was not
insecure, fragile, forgotten.
They said I was
confident, kind, happy.
I was not
my mistakes, my shortcomings.
They'd never forgive
the people who hurt me.
They were my friends.
........................................................­................

They were my friends,
the people who hurt me.
They'd never forgive
my mistakes, my shortcomings.
I was not
confident, kind, happy.
They said I was
insecure, fragile, forgotten.
I was not
perfect.
Mar 2016 · 441
Again
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2016
I'm just a whisper now,
just a thought hovering above the piano key,
just small smile before the bow.
Oh but the encore! Oh the glee!

I think maybe when I'm forty-
when my smile sets in-
I'll be old then.
But not now. For now I'm a song of freedom
from a choir of rebels. For now I am a symphony.

Today I am eighty. I am old again,
just a breath away from a hollow lung,
just a chip away from a smile set in stone.
How unfair, to be young once but old twice.
How disconcerting the down fall
after the curtain call.
Mar 2016 · 881
The Existential Rant
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2016
Welcome
to this pit of stars
you call the universe.
I call the bottom rim
crushed beneath the weight
of a black, breathless bag.

Now forgotten
under the dead and the days,
left in a landfill with
open eyes and outstretched palms.
Gotten over past pains
because they lie
like the dirt on top of you.
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2016
My fingertips are frayed
like my favorite pair of jeans.
My hair is grey
like the faded pencil marks
in my old diary, my book of dying dreams.
My back is bent
like the crook in my couch
where I used to read a stack of books.

My mind
is missing like the word in an
incomplete
Mar 2016 · 383
Waiting
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2016
5 minutes
and maybe 30 seconds
until the world explodes,
until we run, like mice in maze, to the next place,
and the next, and the next...

5 minutes
and maybe 30 seconds
until second period.

--------
Wrote this before second period the other day,
idk just something I felt was worth saving somewhere, like a lucky penny tucked inside your pocket.
Love ya :)
Feb 2016 · 306
Tell Me
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2016
Tell me
How to be pretty
How to be smart
How to be selfless
Or tell me
How to stop eating for a ******* week
How to cheat without getting caught
How to act like anything ******* matters
Just keep telling me how to ******* lie.

------------------------------------
Just venting.

Love ya <3
Jan 2016 · 358
The Season of Silence
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2016
Time falls like leaves in Autumn.
Red. Brown. Gold.
Beautiful,
but mourning the loss of something new.
It's those fleeting moments
of smiles and laughter that make us the saddest.
It's getting used
to the mounds of silence
just have it blown away
by a gust of wind.
Jan 2016 · 607
Ten
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2016
Ten
And to think-
to remember in these ten seconds-
that we screamed till our throats
were torn and tattered.
Now knowing none of it
was necessary
and regretting how righteous
it felt ripping out the pages
we could have written to fill the blankness
before darkness came down with its iron fist.
Jan 2016 · 303
Wouldn't Dream of It
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2016
Tired and sleepy
aren't the same thing

Sleepy
is when he kisses her on the cheek
Tired
is when it's too much to speak

Sleepy
is when whispered in her ear
"sweet dreams my love"
Tired
is when she cried into her pillow
"he is my nightmare"

Tired and sleepy
aren't the same thing
Jan 2016 · 295
As the Silence Breaks
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2016
I'm scared
of their cannons,
the bullets they tuck inside their corpses.
I'm terrified
they'll take it all before the dawn.
That they'll put out the fire,
the world's last embers of desire.
That they'll pull the breath from our lungs
till we're all just metal machines
with poisonous tongues.
Oh, I'm always saddest
as the silence breaks.
Hi It's Haliyah Sep 2015
You think love is a potion in a bottle.
It's a bullet in the barrel.

Why break your heart,
when you could break everything in the shadow of a cliff.

You think love is the thread of a tapestry.
It's a knot in the rope.

Why fall in love with perfection,
when you could just put a gun to your head?
Sep 2015 · 383
If Angels Fell for Devils
Hi It's Haliyah Sep 2015
She's always looking past the glass,
into the vacant skies
brimmed with thunder clouds.
So feverish for beauty she can't avow,
and sick with all the lies.

He's never palpable,
a ghost at the table
poisoning his lovers and their wine.
Slithering up the puppet strings,
like a snake on a vine.

She spends days in the grim,
dancing in ballet shoes
on top of broken boards...
For him.
Hi It's Haliyah Aug 2015
He said
the universe cannot feel,
so she
cried Fire with the stars,
and every breathing creature
tasted melody
in our rain.

She said
the universe cannot listen,
so he
fell silent with the sky,
and every breathless creature
heard
the flutter of her heart.
Jun 2015 · 837
Graffiti Boy
Hi It's Haliyah Jun 2015
Splatter paint has stained
His sunlit skin
Blacks, blues, and grays chained
Him to his sin
Painted words have trained
Him on what could have been

His charcoal tears
Paved roads as they fell
And after years
I'm still under his spell
His streets still refuse to disappear,
Still lead me out of my hell
Jun 2015 · 713
Why Are You Afraid?
Hi It's Haliyah Jun 2015
Why am I afraid?
Outside the spotlight,
Do I think I'll fade?
Is that why I feel such a fright?

I'm hiding from the man in the mask.
I'm worried to pass under the arch.
So before I go I want to ask,
Why are you afraid of the dark?
Hi It's Haliyah Jun 2015
I know how to dance
In the pouring rain.
I know there's not a chance
I can fall without pain.

I don't know
The cruelty of scars,
But neither have I felt the glow
Of the midnight stars.

I know how to hold my breath
In the deep blues and grays.
I know that death
Is the only promise of my days.
May 2015 · 411
Where the Sky Ends
Hi It's Haliyah May 2015
To the place where
The sky must start.
Past the gaps, and through the glare
Of a ticking, bleeding heart.

To the edge, to the dark,
To a lonely place I must embark,
And meet a rumored man, who is neither foe nor friend.
To the place where the sky must end.
Apr 2015 · 504
The Tip, The Top, The Thrum
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
I wanted to say something
Off the top of my head.
I wandered in circles, in a spiraling ring.
A corpse that doesn't know she's dead.

I had something
On the tip of my tongue.
I wrung out my hands, ripped out the bones,
'Till there were no fingers left to wring.
A breath that never filled her lung.

I need something
To be the thrum of my heart.
Something -someone- more than a fling
And who won't so soon depart.
Apr 2015 · 351
Waiting
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Slipping, slipping, slipping
Away.
Heart tickling and tripping
Over blood that rushes through the quiet.
Just a ticking pulse, waiting for the last riot.

Tick, tick, tick
Infinity.
Mind roaring and racing quick
Through the deep, crevices and cracks.
Just closing slowly, waiting for the encroaching black.
Apr 2015 · 664
Lotus Garden
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
He fills the dry places
And brings the blooms anew
She is the air
Slipping in and out of you
To see what your heart holds true
The burning flame that jumps from soul to soul

He falls like a tear
Quiet
He falls like rain
Wild, graceful
She doused the pain
Like a smile, like a gentle pull
Into the Lotus Garden
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Sometimes we can just sit down
And
Bleed
Sometimes we just need
One more hand
(Maybe a few hundred more)

Sometimes we stand up
And
Fall
Sometimes we need more time to scrawl
A moment for this masterpiece we planned
(So what if it's just the first line)
Apr 2015 · 301
Dear Life
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Dear life,
If you could permit me one request
-my first and very best-
If I could ask only one, it'd simply be:
Can you please inspire me?
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
I like popcorn
Even when it's stuck in my teeth
I like my shoes, though they're old and worn
I like my little tree, though there's never enough shade underneath

I like the rain
Especially when I'm in pain
I like the mornings better alone
Especially when my heart has a heavy tone

I hate death
Every time I need to sleep
I hate feeling out of breath
When I'm swimming in the deep
Apr 2015 · 496
Headstones
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
I hope the words
Will engrave themselves on my lips
So when my words are broken and blurred
I can have one last sip

I'm hardly ready to go with ease
Into your eternal keep
So just a moment please
This is my time to weep.
Apr 2015 · 309
Lucky Feet
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
My foot was stuck.
I had no luck.

My foot was cut, -was struck
right off my leg!-
I had no luck.

But another step and I swear you could've heard
My dying scream from anywhere.
I have all the luck in the world.
Apr 2015 · 366
Fly
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Fly
You wouldn't notice him
Looming in the doorway
Or plastered to your wall

He's a little to dark
A little to ready
To annoy you with his constant buzz

They're high on jealousy to taste his life
It is poison for which we infants are to pure
To ever taste.
They don't pity his disease though it has no cure

So when it's over,
When I still love him, he'll step
Under his spotlight, and only I
Can cry.
Apr 2015 · 294
Wednesday III
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
A day like any other
I am your soul

You were a bump
In the road, a lump
In my sore throat

If I was an ocean, or a single wave
You'd be the moon.
I'd be your slave.
If I was a day, or just the sighing noon
You'd be the night,
Thoughtlessly turn out the light.
Apr 2015 · 264
Tuesday II
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
A day like any other
I am your dream

I wish right now could be
Forever
Because that's how long it'd take for you to see

I'm constantly alone
In crowded rooms
Hoping that you'll stay, that I'm not layered lies to the bone.
Slip on the costume.
I'll grown into it. Can't always be fake.
Just the kind of thoughts
That lead to a mistake.
Apr 2015 · 390
Monday I
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
A day like any other
I am your nightmare

Slither down the canyons
Walk the haunted halls
Break open all your walls

Drip, drop,
down
Drip, drop,
beautiful down
Stained a wedding gown
Deep red, dark blue
Why couldn't it be you?
Apr 2015 · 329
Any Time Now
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Draw a breath,
Getting closer now.
Let it go,
And you're practically hugging death.

All the time
Between getting it and letting it go
Won't slow your climb.
Sorry if you didn't want to know.

You can pick up your feet
When this is all finished and read,
And forget all about that friend you have to meet
As soon as you're dead.
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Search.
Through the clouds and under stone.
The sorrow bird has found it's perch
Inside my heart, nesting with my broken bones.

Ocean.
I apologize for being so crystal clear,
So easily read,
And so easy to fear
If you're not already dead.

Turtle.
Curl up my head in the dark
While you make a worried remark.
Don't fret. I'm just training to die.
Apr 2015 · 442
My Caffeine or My Pride
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
A little lost between
The slipping moments.
Maybe I should try caffeine
Or learn to be content.

A little too found inside
The tireless thoughts.
Maybe I should fight like I always fought,
Or put down my pride.
Apr 2015 · 295
Now It's in Your Head
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
Slipping between your ears,
Threaded in your hair,
Making sure that no one hears.
But would they really care?

Foggy memory, but nothing's wrong.
So it seems. 'Till it's the song
Racing the folds of you brain,
And it's back inflicting pain.

Sliding up your arm,
Curving towards your heart.
Plead with it not to tear you apart,
But does that really protect you from harm?
Apr 2015 · 335
Pure
Hi It's Haliyah Apr 2015
It could be a crippling affliction
Or a twinkle in my stars.
The truth is, I don't mind some scars.
It could all be pure fiction.

Maybe it's my final call.
Maybe it won't pass my lips.
It's got me pressed against a wall
Inside this sinking ship.

It could be hello
Or a quiet goodbye.
The truth is, I don't even know.
It could all be a lie.
Mar 2015 · 477
Petals
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
Petals swimming in the sunlight
Stained by these evening dreams

Pinks that settle with the emerald shards
And watch the stars gather above
A whirlwind of love

A peaceful heart ache
The letting go,
An anger for the red petals to take

A promise of the days ahead
That beauty and joy will return
A bouquet of flowers for the dead
Mar 2015 · 7.1k
Superheroes
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
Superheroes don't cry
They're not famous
They do not fly

Instead superheroes weep

They walk like you and I
But have a heart that bounds and leaps

Superheroes are the everyday stranger
The dust that stays loyal to abandon houses
The drops of water in a desert
Mar 2015 · 366
Free
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
Like fish
That tickle my toes
Like a wish
That no one else knows

I'm the girl who spent her last token
On a game that was broken

The bugs
That **** my blood
The shower without a plug
That bears the unbearable flood

I'm the girl who hid in her heart
Until he broke it apart
Mar 2015 · 619
Fog
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
Fog
Fog does not crawl
Like people do
He doesn't beg on hand and knee

Fog does not conceal
What is looming there
He just let's it disappear

Fog does not revive
The demons and the dead
He just pulls them from your head
Mar 2015 · 678
Poet's World
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
They'll give you rainbows
That hold every hue
They'll give you greys and blues
From every bruise they can show

They'll give you a part
Of their dreams
They'll hand you a heart
That's tearing at the seams

They'll ask if you heard
The notes in their song
They'll ask if it's wrong
To share a world instead of a word
Mar 2015 · 1.2k
The Skeletons
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
The skeletons that spiral
On the golden stair
    Twin devils headed
Down, down, down...

Sweet fires
To burn out their eyes

The skeletons that spin
On graveyard silk
    Seven hundred beady eyes
Staring, staring, staring...
Mar 2015 · 518
No Sound Like Silence
Hi It's Haliyah Mar 2015
There is no sound like silence
Like the collecting dust
Like the colors on a soul

There is no fire like love
Like a child's touch
Like inspiration's desperate clutch

There is no sound like silence
Like the gathering moments
Like the gathering words
Feb 2015 · 357
Between
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2015
There's a rhythm
To our breaks
          A momentary pause in our song
There's the words gone wrong
That still skip on the beat
          A stone on water

There's no hinting
To a hidden truth
Just a shard of words
         Written in red lipstick
So someone reflects
         Between each s p a c e
Feb 2015 · 381
Before
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2015
I miss the shine before the rain
I hear the sobs before the pain
I feel the flame before the burn
And make mistakes before I learn

I know melody until a song
I know I'm right until I'm wrong
I know I'm innocent until I feel relieved
And I'll miss you long before you leave
Feb 2015 · 489
Ripped, Gouged, but Full
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2015
Ripped her fingertips back
So they could bleed her delusions
Ate her ears like a tasty snack
So she could stave off the intrusions

A nightmarish mist
Curled up behind her eyes
A neglected twist
Crouched behind each of her little lies

Gouged out her souls
So she could feel
Filled in the holes
Of her achilles heel
Feb 2015 · 357
Farewell
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2015
My blank, unwavering sky
Against your whispers
Soft, illuminating

The sun closed up it's face
To let the night keep up it's deadly pace
We were without light
Without time and space

Age has pulled the skin
Tight across our bones
Accept the daily loss, the wins
Those smiles sunk us like stones
Feb 2015 · 427
Lucy Doesn't Die
Hi It's Haliyah Feb 2015
Wearing her whitest wool
And a golden pin, pushed and pulled
Across her best blue coat
Until his darkness pulls it tight around Lucy's throat

Wearing his black mask
Rubbing the pearl between his grey claws
He held the corpse but still no one dared to ask
Just sent him on his way to bear an eternal flaw

They met in the center of their war
Dropping tears in their wake
And again held up the even score
Dissatisfied with the thirst eternity could not slake
Jan 2015 · 493
A Lonely Competition
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2015
Dark, damp with tears
Shivering, shaking with hunger

Alive, alone with the rest of the sky

His whispers are the moon
Soft
Illuminating

"Don't let them see you down,
Don't let Hope die
Before you draw your last breath."
Jan 2015 · 252
Quick thing...
Hi It's Haliyah Jan 2015
I don't know if anyone does (or wants) collaborations, but I would really enjoy writing a poem with someone! Just message me or leave a comment, and I'd be happy to start. :D
Thanks people!
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