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 Oct 2014 Tony Oquendo
Twinkle
Wish I could reach out and hug all of you.
Just to spread a little love today.. I'll stick to my promise.

My 1st 10 words write.
When I look in the mirror -
Is there a reflection?
Or am I just a ghost,
With no purpose,
No motivation,
And with only one realization -
I am lost...
 Oct 2014 Tony Oquendo
Haydn Swan
Lost my way in these salad days,
started to drown in your salad ways,
this distance keeps me from feeling whole,
causing disparity of the soul,

Cordially invited to share my fate,
you didn't show up,  you were fashionably late,
Id packed my burdens in a trunk of desire,
but you stamped on the embers, put out the fire.

And if credence could talk and was given a face,
it would be my companion in this fall from grace,
but for now I’ll just accept my plight,
take a walk in the shadows, avoiding the light.
 Sep 2014 Tony Oquendo
Melinda
what if the person that gave birth to me
the one that was supposed to love and accept me
used to be the monster i was afraid of at night
the one that told me i was worthless all the time
what if the person that gifted me with my life
*is actually the person that made me want to die
 Aug 2014 Tony Oquendo
g
I'll never forget the way the sun
Hits your eyes, but I've
Forgotten the shade of
Ocean they resemble.

I fell in love with the trail
Of flowers that led from
Your grandmother's garden and
To your father's old wooden
Front door, through the kitchen
We once danced in and into
Your bedroom.

On days I cannot forget you,
I scrub a little harder in the shower.
I'm sure you no longer have
Your fingertips lost somewhere
Between my pores
(Better safe than sorry,
Like you always said).

You left me breathless from the
Day you told me I never
Deserved what he had done,
To the day you told me I never
Deserved you, either.

I sometimes catch myself
Screaming your name
In my dreams.
Ink smeared pages where I tried to write out how much I painfully loved you
But the words are impossible to read through tear stains

Walls crumbling from all the times you just couldn't take it and said you wished it was me
But I could still feel every hit as your chaos ran through my veins

Screaming over the sounds of your hopeless expressions
Because your eyes always said too much
And I know the end is close to my fingertips

Vacant spaces between my fingers where your hands used to be
And my chest feels hollow without the feel of your heartbeat
Now there's an emptiness in me aching for your company
I never understood how the palms of your hands felt like home to me
Or how your smile was the only thing bright enough to light the darkness inside my soul
But you built up castles from my broken pieces
And I never thought anything so damaged could look so beautiful
 Aug 2014 Tony Oquendo
Elise
Diaries
 Aug 2014 Tony Oquendo
Elise
As the awkward silence of a thousand heartbeats pass
I am left to think there is nothing left for me
I don't like diaries they feel far too personal
they speak of pain, bitterness, shattered hopes and dreams
Mine no better than others
All consuming love drowned out by the angry waves of grief and misery
Buried by the storms you left behind as you walked away
 Aug 2014 Tony Oquendo
Elise
See what you have done
A broken wall of hopes
A small tear across my heart
I am left to think
I have nothing more
You turned and left
Not a hug, word or thought
Now often down and sad I roam
Watching, Waiting
For things to end
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