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L H R Sep 2015
My life is full
Of hollow wood
And 4 strings

My ukelele
Is a better cure for depression
Than any drug

You've taught me to sing
You've taught me to laugh
You've taught me to be alone
And not to be lonely

You hear all of my bad thoughts
And hide them away from me
Where they stay
Forever trapped as I play

Every scratch
Every dent
Every broken string
Every note off key
Has changed me
And fixed me
And restrung me
And painted me

Until I'm like new
L H R Sep 2015
Please
Take care of yourself
My old friend

Although we are separated by roads
and pavements
and rivers
and towns

I still care.

I need to know
That you are looking out for you
Instead of me
And starting your life
Over again
Without me.

I let you go
And I don't regret it
Summer is over
And autumn is near
Our time is over
But your time is here

But I'll never forget
The love
We pretended
Was real

Take Care
Of yourself
Because
I can't.
L H R Sep 2015
12 Months
Spent trying to make you love me
For me.
The way I loved you,
For you.

12 Months.
You ignored me, and left me alone.
By myself.
The way I wouldn't,
Leave you be.

8 Months.
You've apologised for treating me,
So badly.
When I showed you the good
In yourself.

8 Months
Is 8 Months too late.
For me to forgive
The harsh words,
You threw at me

20 Months
Of hurt and heart ache
On both sides

So just leave me alone,
before I can admit
to you

and myself

That I still need to know you're ok.
L H R Jan 2015
'Frozen' is a perfect picture,
of the childhood I lived.
To have an older sister,
who will not take or give.

Shut the door in my face
when I wanted to play,
Locked in her room
telling me to go away.

She was not scared of magic,
or ice that could hurt me.
She never opened up,
like Elsa in the movie.

I wish I could help,
go and find her in the snow.
I would go anywhere for her
no matter how old I grow.

I want to build the snowman,
I want to save the day,
But true love can't conquer
when I'm pushed away.

She remains locked up,
with a spirit so mean
She will always remain
My sister: The Ice Queen

Okay, Bye
L H R Jan 2015
If this is love,
Love is not enough.

I want to love you
But your skin is too tough
But if this is all love is,
Love is not enough.

I want more for you.
You've been knocked-down before,
I'm willing to pick you,
Right up off the floor

You won't let me in,
and you won't let me out
We have a connection
You might be better without

Because love may not exist,
But if you don't let love in
If you continue to resist,
You won't let it begin.

And we will both waste our years
Wondering
Why love felt so similar to fear
L H R Jan 2015
Love does not exist,
not for me.

I can see, why some think it does,
but all good apples go bad.

Pick a place, I'd be there,
Near or far, I don't care
You pick the wine, and we share
Cheers to us

May you find a love forever,
I hope she's kinder than me.

We're a long way from summer,
In some ways we're still there,
I etched our names in a pub one day
and left our lust to wander round there

We'll never stop fighting,
But leaving's not an option now,
I can't remember the last time you stayed
Love does not exist
This is a tribute to a great poet, if you know him, you're a friend of mine
L H R Jan 2015
I missed out on that young love
the love that is new and exciting,
growing up in the world full of hope

Thinking you'll be together forever
I was always thinking how I'd be on my own
At such a young age. Love never appealed to me

It's too late for young love
I'm old and haunted, by a feeling I never felt
This heart beating in my chest, goes unused

Stay together forever, school sweet-hearts
I believe in you,
I believe in your love
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