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Oct 2015 · 494
Paper Thin
Rj Oct 2015
I'm paper thin now
Only short flashes
In the car when I drive
Only when certain songs
Come on the radio
Only at certain times of day
I'm paper thin now
Oct 2015 · 328
My Words Can't Express
Rj Oct 2015
My words will never express what's inside
My eyes will never show what's in my mind
My little movements won't show what's in my heart
Darling, you couldn't guess if you tried
Oct 2015 · 153
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
And yeah maybe I don't know,
But maybe that's a good thing
Yeah maybe I haven't had all these experiences that make me more experienced at something. Like when we play never have I ever. Sure it's fun, and sure I've done a lot. But those things I haven't done, maybe it's a good thing I haven't done them, I don't know. Again this is about me, and me only. Not about anyone else
Oct 2015 · 135
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
God has made it quite clear to me now
Oct 2015 · 198
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
I can assure you
That these poems are most likely
Not about you
'You' is relative. Not even to this site, but more to everyone, esp off site. I am just saying I wouldn't assume anything because chances are you're wrong.
Oct 2015 · 187
Rant
Rj Oct 2015
Why can't you just be ******* happy for me?
What's the ******* problem with branching out ******?
I'm not yours, I never will be, and you know that
But you insist on keeping me on this tight leash,
As if I am somehow your property, and you know what?
I'm sorry if you get jealous when I hang out with other people
Maybe you should have thought of that the moment you got a boyfriend? Hmm
I'm sorry but I'm ******. Like my goodness can't have no ******* life
Oct 2015 · 184
Yikes
Rj Oct 2015
A familiar flutter,
This can't happen
Wattttt
Oct 2015 · 199
Shower Lines
Rj Oct 2015
Heart is circling the drain
Water falling hot like rain
lol I was in the shower making up lines and singing and I sang this and it stuck in my head. I kind of like if, I may make a song out of it Idk ignore this
Oct 2015 · 186
Who I Am
Rj Oct 2015
There are those who remind me who I am
Some people remind who I am because they provide examples of everything I am not,
Or do not ever want to be
Some people remind me who I am because they bring out the best in me, quite simply.
My best friend told me something along these lines today. These are the kind of people we need in our lives, people who remind you who you are because of the good
Oct 2015 · 730
Gunshot
Rj Oct 2015
I stuck my finger in the new gunshot hole in the wall
It was still hot, and the gunpowder still lingered in the air
I was still numb, unfeeling, fingers tingling, heart stopped
I can't rightly explain the feeling, but it was weird, uncanny
I remember when I heard the gunshot this morning,
I looked at my mom, and I stood frozen, cold, gone, nothingness
Expressionless, completely numb, listening for a sound
Besides the ringing of the blast in my hollow ear drums
Everyone is okay. It was an accident. A close call, but someone could have died today. And for all I knew, it that moment, someone had.
Oct 2015 · 361
Hurricane
Rj Oct 2015
Dancing as wildly as a hurricane, spinning
But at the center, the eye, she was calm
Oct 2015 · 398
Subtleties
Rj Oct 2015
I gasped out loud laughing, correcting you
But I just realized, you don't see it that way
Maybe you never saw it that way to begin with
Oct 2015 · 170
Momma?
Rj Oct 2015
It seemed like a joke last night,
Didn't it Momma?
The lies seeping from within clenched teeth
Pleading, begging, lying,
How do you deal with the pain
How do you Momma?
How do you pretend life goes on
When it stopped dead cold five days ago
You act like you're doing fine,
But your eyes lie Momma
Dark circles cling to the underneath
And red rims water hesitantly
But we laughed anyway, Momma
Because laughing away the pain
Was easier than crying about it
New information, new pain, new wounds, numbness
Oct 2015 · 370
Lyrics
Rj Oct 2015
You knew who I was with every step that I ran to you
Someone New//Hozier
Oct 2015 · 188
Swimming
Rj Oct 2015
I said I was drowning,
But the truth is, I can swim,
I can swim very well
And I do, I swim like a pro
Just keep swimming. We are all going to make it. Whether you are swimming, or just staying a float.
Oct 2015 · 179
The Bad Guy
Rj Oct 2015
No matter how hard I try to sweep my mind clean
I'll always think of you as the bad guy,
The scary man who introduced me to fear
True fear, fear that has you on your knees, pleading
And no matter how much you apologize,
You'll never make it 'normal' for me, her, us
And for some reason I feel a deep deep pity for you. I love you. I do. I don't doubt that. But it doesn't mean you didn't take something from me, or our family
Oct 2015 · 161
It's Not Normal Yet
Rj Oct 2015
You say i just want to put it in the past
But your words keep ringing,
Conversations keep replaying
Oct 2015 · 229
Feign
Rj Oct 2015
I'm just confused,
Because it's not right,
Or maybe it's just me
But, I'm lost, and sad
I'm torn, and troubled
And I'm really good
And making it look
Like I'm not
Oct 2015 · 282
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
Something is not right,
I'm telling you
Something is not right
Something is off, weird, wrong
Oct 2015 · 135
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
I'm still sick to my stomach
You can't act like its normal
Say it's in the past,
Because the feeling is still
Oh so present
Oct 2015 · 203
Last Night
Rj Oct 2015
Once again, I was riding high
Forgetting, but not really, just pushing it far far back
When things settled down, and the mood shifted
My mind began replaying, like a cassette tape
And I got so sick, I threw up everything in my stomach
For an entire fifteen minutes, I laid on the bathroom floor
Muffling cries as I clutched the toilet, retching  
No one noticed, which was probably a good thing
So I stumbled out, weak, shaky, still twisting inside
And walked to my car, locking myself in,
And I asked God why? I pleaded Him to help, help me please
I sat sprawled across the seats screaming, no, wailing
It all came out, everything, no more smiles or highs
Just pure agony, pure defeat, I gave up and threw my hands up
Banged the windows, shook with violent sobs,
I called for God, I called for someone, help, forgiveness
Anything.
My throat was burnt from the reflux of acid and tears I swallowed
And my eyes went dry after I took deep breaths
Then I sat. There in my car. Silent. Not a sound. Staring
Thinking of almost nothing
And I wiped my face, took another breath, and went upstairs
Joining my friends to watch a movie.
Oct 2015 · 146
Wounded
Rj Oct 2015
Sometimes you can't put yourself in a situation to be wounded
Not very original but for real
Oct 2015 · 297
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
You cannot play that card
You cannot play that ******* card
*******
You *******
Oct 2015 · 115
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
Part of me screams get away
Part of me screams you have to stay
Oct 2015 · 167
No Fixing It
Rj Oct 2015
I'm so used to being able to fix things
To be in control, to tell you what to do
But there's no fixing this, no fixing it
Oct 2015 · 457
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
You know, by law, that is psychological ****** abuse right?
I know
You know that is a form of child abuse right?
*I know
Conversations
Oct 2015 · 214
Broken, I'm Broken
Rj Oct 2015
It was all a high and I knew it and I rode it
But that wave has crashed and its settling in now
My family is broken, my family is broken
And I saw the pain in your eyes, the guilt, the sorrow
And I walked away because I couldnt stare at them anymore
I walked away and left you standing there hopeless
Shouldn't you? Don't you deserve this?
When will my hands stop shaking and when will my breathing normalize
The numbness of trauma only stays because of adrenaline
But now it's gone and the pain is here and I'm left not being able to breathe
As I escaped the horror of inside that broken house
Sitting outside shivering, broken
Oct 2015 · 313
The Flood
Rj Oct 2015
Never thought the flood would come
Even though I felt the rain
Lonely and Gone//Montgomery
Oct 2015 · 260
Mothers Eyes
Rj Oct 2015
I used to see fear, resentment, pain
But now I look into your eyes
And see nothing but empty defeat
And twisted anger
Oct 2015 · 152
Split
Rj Oct 2015
Split in two
It's been this way
For a while
Hasn't it
How do things work now
Oct 2015 · 285
Broken Family
Rj Oct 2015
You cannot just say it is fine
You cannot say it is normal,
It is not normal, not fine
Not acceptable, not okay
This changes so much,
Don't you realize?
This changes so much
Oct 2015 · 121
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
I'm trying to hold it together
Oct 2015 · 136
Untitled
Rj Oct 2015
They are what I put my hope in,
What keeps me believing
Of course God first, but as in earthly things, they are what keeps me going. Without them i know I would have fallen apart again. Everytime I go through something hard I think "if they can keep strong after almost five years of scrutiny and hiding it, then I can make it through this"
Sep 2015 · 253
Selective Visibility
Rj Sep 2015
Sometimes it feels like I'm only visible
When you need me to be
When you want me to be,
Then, I disappear, only to reappear
When you feel like it
Sep 2015 · 249
Surreal
Rj Sep 2015
It all feels surreal
It all feels like it never happened
Sep 2015 · 322
Quicksand
Rj Sep 2015
it was like quicksand
at first I wanted to drown in it
until I realized that it would
really **** me
Sep 2015 · 200
Reset
Rj Sep 2015
Someone pulled the plug
Then someone put it back in
And now I'm just resetting
Sep 2015 · 264
If You Could Read My Mind
Rj Sep 2015
You know that ghost is me.
And I will never be set free,
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.
//Gordon Lightfoot
Sep 2015 · 135
Untitled
Rj Sep 2015
You have to open your eyes and realize
*That could be you
Sep 2015 · 631
Feel
Rj Sep 2015
It washed over me like a giant wave,
Engulfing me, and choking me,
And forcing me to open my eyes
Sep 2015 · 360
Flat Girls
Rj Sep 2015
"Girls are like rocks
You skip the flat ones"
I'm sure whoever made this
Got a lot of laughs
But I promise you
The 'flat' girls...
We're not laughing.
This isn't my idea of a joke. Really though. Like there are funny jokes and there are jokes that can make someone feel like their purpose is to be "skipped" because they don't have extra fat.
Sep 2015 · 306
Car rides
Rj Sep 2015
The top was down
Going fast
Blue moon
Speed through town
Stars sparkle
Lights shine
Alleys darken
Yellow lines
Tree silhouettes
Cold wind
No second guess
Blankets, thin
Guitars strumming
The smell of gas
I feel like humming
The night to pass
In a convertible through old Slidell. Listening to old 70's acoustic folk rock. John Denver. What a night
Sep 2015 · 280
Treaties
Rj Sep 2015
Life is full of battles
And I keep signing treaties
Sep 2015 · 163
Dropped
Rj Sep 2015
And just like that, I dropped it
And just like that, its faded
Sep 2015 · 145
Tired
Rj Sep 2015
I'm tired
I'm tired when I come home, tired when I wake up
I'm tired of writing about the same old thing
I'm tired of writing about wishing about future
I'm tired of writing about love, especially love that never happened
I'm tired of writing about mountains,
I'm tired
I want to be bright, I want to be great, I want to be loved, and I want to be there.
Sep 2015 · 144
Shadow
Rj Sep 2015
They said I was
Your shadow
Maybe I was
Maybe I am
Is that what
You think
Of me as?
Sep 2015 · 401
Monitor
Rj Sep 2015
There are only a select
A very select few
I can let myself go with
The rest I monitor
What I say
What I do
And you would be surprised
To know around who
And it's no ones fault. It's just me. and I promise you I have my reasons for filtering. Most likely you aren't someone I let myself go around. Those people, they are far away. And trust me, I want to. I want to so bad. But like I said I have my reasons.
Sep 2015 · 137
How
Rj Sep 2015
How
It's really not a question of what should I do
I know **** well the answer to that one
It's the issue of *how
Sep 2015 · 112
Untitled
Rj Sep 2015
It's funny because I know,
I know why
And I keep trying
God you're so...
Sep 2015 · 949
Over sensitive
Rj Sep 2015
I'm over sensitive okay?
I over analyze
I over think
But I can't shake the feeling
That I am just not
The kind of person you love
Hold, or care about
In ridiculous. And I'm genuinely sorry for maybe being annoying. Really. Just. Things happen, small things. And they make me really really really sad.
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