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264 · Jul 2018
Off Balance
Kalliope Jul 2018
Better off now than I ever was
Better space, better place

Richer now than I ever was
Richer space, richer place

Safer now than I ever was
Safer space, safer place

Lonelier now than I ever was
Lonely space, lonely place
Everyone disappears when you're doing good
263 · Apr 2018
Faulty Limbic Systems
Kalliope Apr 2018
I've shown you all my favorite things,
But you never remember.

I could tell you something yesterday
And you'd act like it had been forever.
You don't remember trivial things about people you don't love.
Kalliope Apr 2018
I tried to disappear a few times,
You always found me.
I don't know if that makes me
Love or hate you.
255 · Oct 2018
Abort Mission
Kalliope Oct 2018
You can be full of life
Bursting with it
Growing hope inside you
Nauseous with happiness
Heart beating with uncertainty

It takes 5 minutes to strip it away
One choice
One decision
To throw you into a lifetime of
Pain and over thinking
Little sacrifices cause big waves
249 · Apr 2018
Menthols are Lonely
Kalliope Apr 2018
Whenever I flip my lucky cigarette
I always wish for you.
You don't like the smell of them.
249 · Apr 2018
Contour Baby
Kalliope Apr 2018
She spent so many nights wiping off smeared make up she won't even put it on anymore
249 · Apr 2018
Shut Out
Kalliope Apr 2018
When you wouldn't hear my words
I tried to show you with my actions,
You just stopped looking at me.
Open your eyes please
247 · Jan 2019
No Vacancy
Kalliope Jan 2019
With an open palm
And out stretched arm
You grasp my hand
But once again you take no weight
Intertwine your fingers with mine
Make my heart skip beats
Just long enough to transfer
Your demons
They play well with mine
I've got no space
I'm filled to the max
I take them anyway
With my heart in cracks
You're never here for me
But I can't tell you no
246 · Apr 2018
Unsolved Mysteries
Kalliope Apr 2018
I never fully understood why you felt the need to beat me into submission when I'd already surrendered myself to you after you said you loved me.
245 · Jan 2019
Frosted Flakes
Kalliope Jan 2019
I miss Sunday mornings
On the couch with coffee
After a long Saturday night
Spent with nicotine and your body

I miss your t-shirts on my skin
With nothing covering yours
Your head on my lap
Just ignoring all our chores

I miss riding in your car
Cozy in the passenger seat
Windows down music loud
Soaring down the street

I miss the day I left
Fighting over how it all began
Lighting up my cigarette
Promising you could be a better man
It was hard to walk away
But I knew we wouldn't get better
I'm sorry I couldn't stay
242 · Apr 2019
No Measuring Cups
Kalliope Apr 2019
I fell so easily
Into your mold
What I thought would be warm
Is now so cold
I set the oven
To 300 hundred degrees
The only thing I feel now
Is your bitter freeze
You didn't follow the recipe
235 · Apr 2018
Flawed Dreamer
Kalliope Apr 2018
I broke my own heart dreaming I could deserve someone as perfect as you are.
228 · Jan 2021
panic
Kalliope Jan 2021
Frantic and crazy
Everything happens to me
Calm and relaxed
Everything happens for a reason
In the moment vs reflection
220 · Apr 2018
Toxic
Kalliope Apr 2018
Our good days were good but our bad days were **** near catastrophic.
218 · Mar 2018
A Thought
Kalliope Mar 2018
I'm sorry I didn't understand how to love slowly,
It's a shame you didn't have the patience to show me.
Kalliope Apr 2018
I fell in love with love long before I ever fell in love with you.
197 · Oct 2018
Conscience Whispers
Kalliope Oct 2018
I'm stuck in my head
Can't get out of bed
You leave me on read
You don't care what I said

I can't feel love
Not even heaven above
Your hearts I will shove
I'm someone to dispose of

It's all good and well
My hopes have all fell
My soul I will sell
I'm going to hell
Some deals are made to stop pain
191 · Apr 2018
Awakening
Kalliope Apr 2018
I was familiar with rough hands but I'll never forget how gentle she was when she touched me
188 · Apr 2018
My Mistake
Kalliope Apr 2018
I've always been in love with who I hoped you could be, not who you are.
176 · Apr 2018
Nice
Kalliope Apr 2018
A word used only to be polite.
You don't love her if you think she's "nice"
Kalliope Apr 2018
You can't find love in the arms of someone who doesn't love you,

That didn't stop me from searching  
 all night.

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