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My dear old father,
who always loved me the same;
my dear old father I lament
who died the day before yesterday, just before dawn.

Jesus Christ, it is my daily effort
to observe the precepts
of Thy most holy church in all my acts,
in all words, in all thoughts.
And all those who renounce Thee
I shun.-- But now I lament;
I bewail, Christ, for my father
although he was -- a horrible thing to say --
a priest at the accursed Serapeum.
 Feb 2016 Manic Brilliance
Monica
That time at the beach
When I got caught in
A rip current,
Everyone told me
The same thing.

"You're supposed to swim parallel to the shore."

The thing is,
How did they know that,
And I didn't?

I almost drowned,
I was at the mercy of the ocean,
And all I had to do was

Swim parallel to the shore.

This reflects life,
When it seems like
Everyone else knows what to do,
And I'm missing that crucial
Piece of information.

Now drowning in life,
Drowning in school,
Drowning in work,
Drowning in my thoughts,
I wish I could just

Swim parallel to the shore.

Let the waves wash over me,
And bring me safely home.
I apologize for my own peace of mind
And you don't even mind
You spit words that burn
Shouting my name, cursing in vain
I'm not even getting a turn.

If I could turn around and take it all back
I would run as fast as I could
away from everything
and into the black.

I apologize because I know you can't
You can't own up to what you did
All the scars and ripped up t-shirts
Here I am screaming,
I'm just a kid.

I apologize because it hurts inside
When everything you say turns into lies.
You like the colour red, I remember you telling me that.
I'm like the colour blue.

You turned me lilac,
And I apologize for that because you realized blue and red don't mix
Now it's something you can't fix
And im left a mess.

I apologize, to put my head to rest.
Written for my ex boyfriend when he couldn't apologize to me.
You painted me on with that color you loved
A color never does look the same when it's dry
 Sep 2015 Manic Brilliance
Raven
September 30th 2015 5 am

Unwind, unwind, unwind, unwind unwind, rewind, look at your hands. Do you even recognize your own fingerprints; you never did.
But you recognize theirs, every uneven swirl and pattern.
Now burn them off.
Can you recognize their fingerprints on the body that was found dead behind a 7-Eleven dumpster?
Can you even recognize that the body is yours?
This is what you asked for. This is what you asked for. This is what you asked for.
Hands, fingers, hands, fingers, nails, knives.
You made this mistake.
They found your fingerprints on the shovel that dug the grave just for you.
Your mistake, don't give second chances.
Your mistake, no fingerprint will ever the same.
Thought I could trust you.
Cause you always said
I will never hurt you.
I have a friend,
and a friend she maybe.
Though life’s grasp has a hold on her,
She does the same to me.
We stand at the edge of a forgotten road,
looking back at mistakes of past lives untold.
I have a friend,
a friend she may be.
But sometimes I don't see how she can be a friend to me..
I once blushed golden on a blue watered beach
As the minister held out rings for us to share
Each had it's own meaning for the other
Each heart's deep love laid bare
Those same eternal circles now rest quiet
On ceramic lily pad made especially to hold
Vivid memories of your hand in mine
Happy Anniversary my love, in whispers softly told
September 22, 2010 I married the love of my life. He now is scattered amongst the stars. Each twinkle reminds me of the smile in his eyes and the brightness of his soul. I miss you, Jeremiah.
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