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Sarah Caitlyn Jun 2017
Goodbyes taste like salt.
Or maybe that’s the tears,
as they run into my mouth.
They burn my eyes,
Burn down my cheeks
As her goodbye burns in my mind.
How do I say it?
Goodbye,
It doesn’t feel right on my lips,
Still I whisper it anyways.
It cuts my tongue
Until I can’t talk.
Tears just run into my open mouth.
Still, it taste like salt.
My lips move, mouthing the word
Goodbye.
It hurts more than I ever thought
~Sylus
Sarah Caitlyn Jun 2017
I am sitting in her bed
Her fingers tangled in my hair
She sighs softly as she sleeps
The world has gone dark outside
Streetlights the only illumination
Through the crack in her blinds
I watch
Shadows of memories play quietly
Her body stirs against mine
My eyelids threaten to close
I am afraid,
If I close my eyes now
When will I ever open them again?
Will this be my last memory?
Her ******* rising and falling
Against my bare skin?
Will that be a good one to carry along
As I move on to whatever is next?
Why am I so worried about this
I am not old enough to die suddenly
So why am I so afraid
That falling asleep will be
The very last thing I do.
~Sylus
Sarah Caitlyn Apr 2017
~Deleted~
~sylus
Sarah Caitlyn Feb 2017
You were a statement,
a brick wall,
covered in small pieces of graffiti,
lost in a noisy city.
Barely noticed.

So you changed.
You tore yourself down,
giving away pieces
to anyone who would take them
destroying the subtle art.

I had to leave,
unable to stand the gravel
of you at my feet,
like a part of me
was in that rubble.

They all noticed you then
a small glimpse from the corner
of their eyes,
no one pays attention
to a neon jumble.

When I came back
you had lost all but three
spray painted pieces,
no matter how much I tried
I couldn't recreate you

Nothing will live
in the broken space
you once occupied completely,
so I walked away for good
You are not salvageable.
-S
Sarah Caitlyn Jan 2017
Roses are red
Violets are blue
There goes my heart
Don't know what to do
Today's almost done
Tomorrow is new
And so I'll just sit here
Thinking of you
~Sylus
Sarah Caitlyn Dec 2016
When I’m around you
It isn’t like butterflies
But a whole flock of birds
Rustling in my stomach
And there’s no great way
To tell you this anymore
No tactful options left
Only fluttering hope
You’ll realize I love you
Before it’s too late
Help me please because now
The birds are beating their wings
Against my flesh, trying to get free
And burst out of me
Sick of the shadows that
These feelings bring and I
Have to swallow so you
Don’t see how much it would mean
If you’d just smile
And take my hand
Like the world could revolve
Around something other
Than your ******* book
Or that stupid show
Pay attention for five seconds
And you just might notice
The love in my eyes
That I’m getting sick of
Wasting on you again and again
And that awful habit
Of flirtation without thought
For how it affects anyone else
So  I try to seem like
I don’t really care at all
When my feelings are being torn apart
But, you know what, I’m done
Clawing at my stomach
To let the birds free
So you might notice them
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