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Lisapotamus Mar 2021
Be yourself,
Wait!
Not that much.
You make me uncomfortable.
PLEASE, always be you.
Not when it's inconvenient for me.

So who is it, then, that I am supposed to be?
Lisapotamus Apr 2021
Because my brain in swimming in a goo that is made of me and you.
There are quiet moments loud as screams, but nothing compares to the waking dreams
Where laughter is shared and fun is felt in our own little world
Where we can help but leave all our problems ignored
Lisapotamus Aug 2013
I feel like I am being suffocated.
Nobody has more than 30 seconds to hear what I have to say.
I drop everything and run to these people when they need me, but the reciprocation is just not the same.
I choke on these words that constantly flow through my brain.
By the time somebody stops long enough to hear me, I have shut away the pain.
I listen with open heart and give advice to those who ask.
I try to speak, but I feel like I am choking on glass.
I deal with it by shutting down and growing emptier every day.
My eyes will turn dark and their shimmer will fade away.
My words will eat my soul, and soon it will be lost.
I will sit here in silence becoming an empty shell, and when you come to speak to me you won't be able to tell.
I will answer with a smile and generously give advice, but I will never forget that when I needed you, you were as cold as ice.
Someday I will disappear and nobody will notice I have gone to live with these words in my own eternal hell.
You
Lisapotamus Apr 2021
You
Soft and slow
Hard and fast
I fell for you
In future in past
Distance between
Inches apart
Breath to breath
Heart to heart
Silly nicknames
Lyrics sent
Secrets shared
All of it meant
Soul to soul
Laugh for laugh
My life is changed
I won't take it back
Zen
Lisapotamus May 2013
Zen
How nice it is to feel the zen
When you fall in love with your family again

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