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Sky Feb 2015
When I woke up,
my fish was dead.
His eyes were dull,
and his soul had fled.
I didn't wonder, I didn't cry,
I didn't sit and wonder why
Why did that dumb fish
have to die?

He will not swim
Nor does he float
Instead he sits
like a sunken boat
It seems that belly-up
is not true
He dies just the same
as me and you
Sky Jul 2015
When the world caves in
And the sun fades to black
When the skies crumble to ash
And teardrops soak our skin
When the water is a poison
And more really is less
When a smile is a frown
And a scowl is a cheer
When everything turns upside down
You will find me
Standing straight and tall
Sky May 2016
Well, maybe I'm a broken doll,
A bird who's lost her heart
I don't know where home is,
Where I was born or where I keep my heart.
Sky Feb 2015
Whispers sneak through my head
Tip-toe softly, cat's paws for feet

They summon thoughts of darkness
Lock them up inside my mind

They exhale bad memories and devour bright smiles
Grin hungrily just before they bite

They place me in a bed of cold fog
Tuck the corners so I can't fall out

They shove my screams back down my throat
Mold them into a choking ball

The whispers are evil and subtle
They make sure only I can feel their torture
Sky May 2016
Shh!
Say nothing,
Just sit with me
And watch the white flames burn
around us
They shimmer iridescent colors,
They gleam like a thunderstorm rainbow,
Glitter like fairy dust in an opal stone
Those flames dance for us, love
Hold me tightly, hold me close,
We open our mouths to let the flames rush in
Fire burns through our veins,
Shatters our bones,
Melts our hearts
I look into the deep brown of your eyes
And you look into the luminous green of mine;
Hold me tightly, hold me close,
We kiss and go up in flames.
Sky Sep 2018
A small lie
has torn us apart,
broken my heart,
and left me in the dark
again.
Sky Jan 2016
White sorrow stained
my midnight blue heart
Unreasonable, no truth behind the pain
“Just normal feelings,” my mother tried to explain
But is it really normal
to feel like my heart is being torn apart?
Is it really normal
to spend every day suppressing a scream?
Mother, dear,
these are not normal feelings,
these impulses to bleed and die.
They are curses sent down
from an unknown hand
They are chemicals staining my blood
I swear I can see the colors on my razor blade
These feelings are certainly not normal
they are a cruel disease
And my cure is waiting behind the shadows
I take his hand, and I fly.
Sky Jan 2019
I would love to sprout
a pair of wings,
flowing from my spine.
They’d be feathered,
and black as night,
and could carry me to the stars.
Sky Feb 2016
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Sky Aug 2018
I worry about forgetting -
my memories aren’t sharp
like they should be,
everything is out of focus.
I can barely see what happened
one,
two,
three years ago-
My past doesn’t feel like mine.
I am losing my history.
Sky Oct 2018
The excited shout of a “Happy birthday!”
is my reminder that someone still thinks about me.
I always love getting birthday wishes on my special day, it reminds me that people do still think about me.
Sky Dec 2016
Hush
take a moment to think about a smile
Is it real, is it fake
or is this just a mistake?
Return a smile with one of your own
just in case
Because
you never know,
maybe a smile can fix someone's day
make their rainclouds go away
maybe no one ever smiles back
just wonders why and walks away
so maybe
just maybe
you could save someone's life
with a smile.
Sky Feb 2017
I don't think you realize how big of a hole
you really left behind -
I'll be bleeding forever unless you return.
There is no cure to this,
the worst withdrawal.
Without you, it's hard to breathe
To walk
To love
You're my drug, and you've been taken away
I think the symptoms of this withdrawal
might **** me just before the day
that you return, and into you I once again fall.
Sky Feb 2018
I woke up today,
   and my aura had a
      sad silver tint.

I woke up today
   feeling a weight
      where my heart should be.

I woke up today,
   and immediately
      wanted to cry.

I woke up today
   with depression
      nibbling on my bones.

I woke up today,
   but I don't think
      I'm really awake.

I woke up today
   so now I must
    move forward.
Sky Apr 2016
What are you hiding
Behind that mask?
What lurks behind your love-struck eyes,
What threatens to smash through you gentle facade?
What terrible beast is waiting to be unleashed?
Let it devour me, for I must feel every part of you.
Sky Apr 2015
Stick a hook into my heart
Barbed end piercing arteries
Reel it in and
Yank the ***** out of my chest
I'll scream until I cannot feel
anything
  anymore.

  Shove a needle into my brain
Thread on the end drifting through gray
Sew up the weeping chasms
Where I have gone mad
I'll scream until I cannot make
a single sound
  anymore.

  Pierce my skin with a blade
Shining silver coated in crimson
Slide it through the thin white and
Let scarlet rivers flow
I'll scream until I cannot hear
the words they say
  anymore.

  Stab sharp-edged swords into my soul
Vicious syllables tearing me to pieces
Rip me apart and scatter the shreds
Across the roiling ocean
I'll scream until I cannot live
in this cruel world
  anymore.
Sky Mar 2016
With no rhyme or reason
I suddenly feel
furious and angry and frustrated and enraged
This is a time when my emotions
will destroy everything in my path
if left uncaged
It is a time when
I feel like a wrecking ball;
No, not the Miley Cyrus song-
A real wrecking ball to tear down the walls
Break through it all
Screams echoing down the hall
To fall on nonexistent ears
This is a time when I just want to
scream and cry and scream and cry,
and then cry and scream again
But my screams went silent long ago
And my tears just don’t fall
Crystalline in the lamplight
And maybe that’s why
Once upon a time
Blood stained the grimy bathtub floor
Dripping from the chasms that I opened
on my arms and legs and hips
Bottomless holes to set my demons free
Stop the screaming
The blood flowed the way the tears would not
Clean and strong, keep flowing on
Not afraid to leak past the surface of my skin
But blood is not an option anymore
A promise made, broken, made fresh again
I will not break my promise again
And I just wish that the tears would flow
clear and clean, emptying me
But I’m afraid to cry, splotchy red face
embarrassing me
Someone once told me
that I am strong
because I was brave enough to just go on
But bottled-up emotions and blood in the bathub isn’t strong
And I feel like an old Linkin Park song
So someone just tell me what the **** is wrong with me
‘Cause everytime I try to figure it out, I’m wrong
Older faces, wiser than me
tell me that nothing right now will last permanently
But anxiety like this, crippling heartbeat,
That doesn’t just go away
And I think the only reason I’m here today
is fear and true love;
Hope saved me so I may one day see
Sunlight on my child’s face, lighting up green eyes, my eyes
But I have to survive the hardest part first
and this is just the beginning
Fear pinning me down won’t let me move on
But love keeps me strong so I can still live on
But the darkness keeps nipping at my heels, so I run on
And sunlight brightens my scars.
Another emotional one...my emotions have been all over the place the past couple of days...and I’m amazed I haven’t had a panic attack yet this week. My anxiety right now is sky-high, and depression is tearing up my mind so that I don’t even know what to think or feel anymore. I feel like the only rock I have to cling to right now is my boyfriend, and maybe my sister. Even the rock of my family has been covered by the stream I’m trying not to drown in.
Even though I am starting to open up more about my emotions, it’s still hard, and I’m still not saying everything, still not letting it all out...except for in my poems. My poetry is my only truth, my only real release.
I just want to take a moment thank my readers and followers for taking a couple seconds out of your daily life to read my poems, and to repost or leave a comment for me. You’re all awesome, and I couldn’t be happier for my 81 followers. :) It always brightens my day to see one of my poems trend, or to see good feedback, see a new follower, or even to see just a single like on a poem. So thank you all, you rock! It’s with the support of all of my readers that I’ll keep writing ‘till the end of my days, which will most likely be in 70 years or so. Yep, 70 more years of Sky. :) Look for me on those book covers, people. I’ll be there one day. :)
Sky Oct 2016
Write again
(Right again)
He wants me to write again
(He wants me to be right again)
My soul is in my words, my blood is the flowing ink,
And I must write again
(I must be right again)
If I wish to be me
(If I wish to be free)
Sky Feb 2018
Everything is wrong
Why is it all wrong
Why
are they all looking
at
me
Is something
wrong?
Why am I shivering
inside my bones
my heart won't stop vibrating
what's wrong everything is wrong


Voices are being dumped on my head like
cold water in the early morning
startling me awake and afraid
I feel every
single
gaze

on
my
back

I turn to look
but all faces
are turned away

*look away
Sky Apr 2016
What is this, this sudden craving?
for you, love, for you
I've never felt anything quite like this
What is this, this burning desire?
for you, love, for you
Well, it's lucky that you are already mine
*if you weren't I just might be chasing you
yes
Sky Oct 2015
yes
i'm trying to tell you
yes
i'm trying to banish your fear of
no
but you cannot seem
to hear it.
the answer is yes.
Sky Feb 2018
Hey, you!

Yeah, you with the eyes you thought were brown
until I gazed in and found that they are hazel.

Remember when
movie buddies
became
more?
When we shared a bed for
the first time
with only the intent to sleep
but then
you rolled over and I rolled over
and magnets formed in
our lips

sweet kiss


You
are
boisterous blonde curls
soft lips
endless laughter
warm hugs
subtle and strong

"The sky is so beautiful tonight!"

**"Yes, she is."
For my love <3
Sky Jan 2017
Ah...
Talking to you again, seeing you smile, hearing you laugh
is like
stepping into an old library
that was once a favored childhood hideout
Taking a deep breath
and letting the warm scents and memories wash
over me and remind me
How it feels to be content.
Memories stain the paper
and I smile as I read.
Sky May 2016
I will be your Earth
When you need stability,
Your Water when you need clarity,
Your Air when you need to breathe,
And your Fire when you need to live and love.
I will be your Sun and Moon
to guide you through life,
And I will be your stars in the dark night
To bring you hope.
Sky Jan 2017
You're tearing me into pieces
in an attempt to save yourself
I hate it, I hate it
Just stop, please, stop
I see that you're happy
I get it, okay
Just stop, please stop
I can't bear this pain.*

And I love you still,
I love you still,
I love you always and I love you still,
but you're destroying me now that you're gone.
Sky May 2016
You're not here,
but I still feel
your arms around me.
You're not here,
but I'm still high
off your breath.
You're not here,
but you've left an
imprint.

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