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Don't touch me--
Not with hands;
Not with sight;
Not with words, as was your custom.
I've retreated into myself,
And you are not invited to ruin me further;
You may not follow.
So please, don't call out to me
With your voice or your eyes,
Not with your hands or thoughts,
And don't include me in your activities,
Deceitful or otherwise;
Exclusion won't upset me as much as you do.
Set fire to the world and hope that everyone is safe;
Hang yourself, then squirm and gasp for breath.
Land the lovely model and then cut your pretty face;
Run five miles when you need a rest.

Love a girl, then leave her at the instant she's confessed;
Act as though it never meant a thing.
Start your hearts to breaking and then leave her to the rest;
Admit it's your own neck you want to wring.
 Jun 2012 OneCorn
Lisa Zaran
love is believable
in every moment of exhaustion
in every heartbroken home
in every dark spirit,
the meaning unfolds...

...in every night that sings
of tomorrow. in every suicide
i carry deep inside my head.
in every lonely smile
that plays across my lips.
love is believable i tell you,
in every scrap of history,
in every sheen of want.

what can be wrong
that some days i have a tough time
believing.
and in each chamber of my heart
i pray.
 Jun 2012 OneCorn
Caroline Grace
Dreams
It must've been dreams
All those things you said to me
Must've been dreams
You left as quickly as you came
Was this just a game?
You had me believing
But I guess you were just teasing me
I'm sorry, I didn't get the memo

Silence
It's driving me crazy
That's all I get from you lately
I was expecting some kind of explanation
But all I got is this frustration
You don't even care
Even if you did
It wouldn't make a difference

I want you to be
In the back of my mind
Because everytime I think of you
I start to cry
I know "us" is impossible
You don't have to rub it in
And yeah, it's impossible
To be just "friends"
You could've just told me
Instead of playing Pretend

Wasn't it just yesterday
That you said you missed my pretty face?
Wasn't it just yesterday
You said you loved me without doubt?
Little did I know
It was just yesterday
You asked her out

Well congratulations
I hope you're happy now
 Jun 2012 OneCorn
Quinn
crumble
 Jun 2012 OneCorn
Quinn
knowing that you
will stand in my place
next to him
wearing the dress
that should have
given me wings
hurts

my ice face
is melting, much
to my dismay
and my stone heart
is crumbling
despite being forged
from granite

i've sworn myself
to a life of secrecy
stuffing my self
in a jar much too small
to contain me
i put a boulder on top
but the strength of that rock
is nothing compared
to the desire i've got
to let it all pour out of me
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