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Lu Jan 2018
I'm standing face to face

with the demon from my past

...

all i can do stare it straight in the eyes
.
it stares back
.

this is the final test
-
to see if i have overcome
what i use to fear so strongly

-
it tilts its head
,
thats when the flash backs begin


they spin

- continuously -

around
in the back of my mind


for a second
i think ill crumble

but i resist

something inside me is stronger
braver
more fearless than before
...
i can feel the motivation build up inside me
...

the demon begins to fade
,
slowly at first
then all at once

-
and i feel free

and lighter

and happier
...
i feel undaunted


i feel new
Lu Jan 2018
Enclosed in a glass building

i see the trees
i watch them sway and bend

i hear the birds
i listen to them chirping and singing

but i can't feel

...

the way water runs down off the leaves when rain hits them

and i can't feel

the soft gush of air that pounds off a birds wings during takeoff


i can't because i'm stuck

in a glass building

for everyone to see

,

for everyone to hear
...

but for no one to touch
-
for no one to love
Lu Jan 2018
you
she watched
,
listened
...
but never spoke


she thought that by making herself invisible

she could stay away from it all
...
away from the lies
,
the truths
,
the sadness
and
the regret
...
she thought she was better off that way
-
she thought she was actually alive


soon

she grew so lonely
,
not even my company was enough

and i tried to tell her

"if no one can see you, your not really alive"

but she carried on

ignoring the signs
that told her stop
,
the signs that asked her
to leave the thoughts behind
,
the signs that told her
she needs to live

and i could feel the very moment
she began to doubt it all
...
the very moment she truly let go

-

after that
,
i knew i couldn't stop her
-
for it was all in her head

and her head chose to ignore her heart
...
to ignore me

.

i always thought that i could change her

but
then i met a wise old lady
who told me
"you cannot change someone, who doesn't want to be changed"

and it was hard for me to except at first

i just didn't understand

why she chose

death over life.

but as the year's went by
there wasn't a day where i wouldn't be thinking about it
...
about her
,
my dear friend

and it must have just clicked
because i finally understood

that i couldn't have saved her
nor could have anyone else
...
it was her choice
and that was that
Lu Jan 2018
It tears through me

ripping me apart
inch by inch

,

like a bullet hitting flesh

...
Lu Jan 2018
I wonder

if we'll meet

...

at a place

where everything is perfectly alined

just for us

,

just for what we could become

...

both our sparks

bright in a world of dark

shining with no hesitation
,
with no restraint
Lu Jan 2018
it makes days darker
,
thoughts foggier

...

it makes me feel alone
even when i'm surrounded

...

it makes me wonder
whether it's worth it
-
whether life is worth it

...

but mostly
,
it makes me feel
like i'm floating away

into a place where i can't be saved
,
a place where i'm
cold
numb
...

empty
Lu Jan 2018
He painted her

with colours

that demanded to be

seen
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