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 Sep 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
How often do you
fight with yourself?
How often do you
realize you are
fighting with
yourself?
(c) Brooke Otto
 Sep 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
do you ever wonder
why people don't smile
at you? people tell me
I'm intimidating but
always take advantage
of my kindness once
they know I'm not
a threat.
(c) Brooke Otto
 Sep 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
im not
brave
enough
to delete
the last
text you
sent me
(c) Brooke Otto

i'm not the only one right.

("I just passed a woman wearing your perfume, I can't do this.")
 Sep 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
it is perhaps most
difficult to want to
see past the mask they
wear.
(c) Brooke Otto
Once upon a time
You left
A big hole in my heart
Completely bereft

Once upon a time
You returned
Only to find
An empty house

No longer a happy home

Missing your laughter
An ache in my soul
Yet I can't let you in
For I'd lose my self-control
 Sep 2013 Alvira Perdita
Eunice
Look, look you say
Look at these lines and swollen shapes,
My hands that can cover your tiny waist,
And my size that is twice as your slim form--
But baby,
I want more.

But look, look
You say as you cover your eyes
And grimace away
A thunder of a thigh,
And the rest, can die—
God knows how long I’ve wanted to change.


So look, look as I kiss your face
Every part of your body I won’t erase,
Haven’t you heard
That "your body is a wonderland"?
A gift that I cannot reprimand.
But—

Look, Look I say
Look at these beautiful shapes that
Fit perfectly into my arms as I lie awake,
Because baby, we have found our balance,
Our chi, our feng shui,
The yin and the yang,
And so baby, change for “I” rather than for me,
Because this is where I want to be.
I originally ended the poem with the line, "Goodnight. Let's fall asleep". Initially I was fine with this but as I kept reciting the piece, I found "Because this is where I want to be" flowed out instead. If anyone like the original one better, by all means, tell me!
its not the pain i feel each and every day
its not the loneliness that creeps up from behind
its not the darkness that surrounds me
its not the people who left me behind  

its not the sky, the birds, the breeze
its not my friends by my side
its not the voice inside my head
its not the fact that i tried

none of these things even matter
no one really cares
so why do you even bother
when you're not even there

dont try to tell me its what you wanted
dont try to tell me it was true
cause you and i both know
i was not meant for you
He stuggles to hold himself up
His last moments left in this life
Why should he move on
When he can end it with a knife

He takes one last look at her beautiful face
Its the last he'll ever see
Tears run down his cold face
Now that it can no longer be

He looks at the sky for a reason why
Blank, empty clouds stare him back
He gives out one last yell
As the blood in his veins turn black

The life he thought, The life he had
Wasn't worth a single breath
But what awaits him true and real
As he's now faced with death
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