We've come so far

Chasing butterflies in the sky

Wandering valleys and mountains alike

But as the road splits we must depart

And bid a farewell to our fateful partner

In light that perhaps we may find another

So dashing and handsome such as she before our conclusion

- SkullsNBones

Assume
assume
to always
presume
makes me
feel just
awful
- SkullsNBones

To live is to coexist

with your demons,

the biggest challenge that

has the strongest

people of all.

You are strong.

We are stronger,

together.

- SkullsNBones

To you,
the past
defined me.

The way I spoke
offended you.

If there was such
a light as you
described then
why did you attempt
to change me?

Change my entirety,
change who I am.

Perhaps it was the
way I whispered
my anxiety and doubts
that scared you,

or perhaps it was
just your own.

I know now that
you cage me still
under your daggers
and soft feathers

I use my light
to carry on with
my life,

now ridden of
your awfulness.

But you continue to
push me down,

even from afar.
Oh so cruel.

It is not I
who needs to
change,
it's you.

- SkullsNBones

There's love in this hate
Passion in the flames
I'll be the monster that hurts you,
The lover of your desires
And you the change that makes me better
To be the guardian and swear to protect you,
Shield you and have you as mine
There's others that deserve you
Your sweet eyes and caring soul
But no one will love as strong as I
We tear down the castle walls
Storm the castle and conquer our siege
Oh of course, darling,
I still love you,
Though you're in his arms instead of mine
- SkullsNBones

Swiftly I'm carried
by malevolence

Floating away on the
ferry by Charon

Thrown away by
the stained hands

Forgotten into
the darkness

- SkullsNBones

Your scars may run deep
Like the water among rivers
Your pain etched deep
Like the deep crevices of stone
Your heart may be failing
But I'm here to revive it.

You said you cannot go on
Yet you've traveled a thousand miles more
You say you're all alone
I can hold your hand, side by side
You think you're nothing
Yet your living, standing, breathing, beautiful

You feel trapped within your mind
Like a dove in a cage
Yearning to be free
From the ribcage confining you
You want to go to the extreme
But that is not the answer

Your life is so confusing
But all trails lead to the highway
Your mind is lost to darker thoughts
Yet there is an edge to the forest
Your mind tells you no
But what does your heart truly believe?

You feel like your floating through life, endlessly
Yet your feet stand on the ground firmly
You think you hear the drums of death
Yet I can only hear the sound of beauty
You think I cannot help you
I don't, I want to support you

I do not know how your life is or the issues it concerns
The twisted roads and dead ends your life has come to
How many times your heart has been staked or your body in pain
How many friends have abandoned you on a single plea for help
I can understand your mistrust, but believe
Believe in a tomorrow, a tomorrow with me

Do not intend to relive yesterday,
What has been said is done
Actions are like leaves drifting away
There is a tomorrow your eyes have not seen
Though it may be rough how else can it be?
If not for you then do it for me

How many people can your mind keep count
Or the many places exquisite with beauty?
How many lovers can your heart keep count
Until you find the one safe and happily?
How many adventures can you go through
Until you find a home content with life?

If not for you then do it for me
What friends love you will surely be sad
What family will weep, cry at your loss
How will their lives be changed
Without your light by their side?
You're not alone, little dove.

This is not the answer so
Please step away
Put the hurt down and walk away
Run into my arms and feel safe
I won't tell a soul if you
Promise to be safe

You only live once
So why throw it away?
For something you don't know
If it'll be better
So please stop drinking
And be sober with me

Put the gun down and
Surrender to me
If not for you then do it for me
Relive all the good memories
And come with me
Don't let go of what you know

Please, don't go..
And never know of what you don't

Darling, don't you cry because it'll be better soon.

It may hurt but the pain will pass away.

If you feel alone, hold my hand tight because I'm never letting go

The world may be ending but it's just another beginning

So dry those tears off your beautiful face and smile Because darling I know you'll be alright.

Devour

The angel called my name
So I invited her in
The demon now posses my soul

What sweet melodies
Now make me want to bleed
Bury me six feet under

My body is numb and
I've lost control
Carry me through this dark world

Let me devour you
Consume you and take your soul
What have I become?

You can't ****** it or bury it
I am unstoppable
Let me persuade you

Fight the beast
Break the human in me
Cage the monsters

Devour

I'm awake in the moment
But I'm dreaming of you

My eyes may be open
But to me I'm right beside you

By wrist may be empty
But I'm waiting for you

I see your happy smiles
Clouded visions in my mind

What joy it brings me
The thought of being with you

- SkullsNBones

Empty home

White sheets over furniture

Stains on carpets with

Cobwebs in corners

//

Echoes of a life

Happy and loving

Now ridden and gone

Only memories lie here

//

Your smile and laughter

Now shadows and pain

This was once a home

But I linger no more

- SkullsNBones

Exposure

I can't hide my skin
Clothes cage my body
Gnawing to be free

Exposure to the mind
Ensues fear inside of me
I hide behind concrete walls

I cannot hide my flesh
In layers of cloth and lies
But my mind is already layered

Break apart the walls
Break apart the mind
Expose me

Exposure

How am I supposed to express

what I cannot feel?

To show love and compassion

where I have none.

What I don't speak

I show through tears

Tears of sorrow

and the pain I suffer.

- SkullsNBones

Lay your
head
on my
shoulders
and let us
rest this
endless
war

- SkullsNBones

Fly away with me
allow me to extend
my arms around
you snd keep you
safe
make you happy
make you loved

- SkullsNBones

I want to be
free
as the
birds in the sky

To feel the
breeze
brush against my
scarred flesh

To have my
heart
no longer pound
in fear

No longer
feel
my skin squeezing the
life out of me each and every day

I
want to
be
happy

I
want to
be
free

I am a
caged
bird yearning for
freedom where there is none.

- SkullsNBones

Goodnight little moths,

flying home to the moon

When the sun sets,

I welcome the stars

Little fireflies dance,

my heart intertwine with yours

The crickets chirp softly,

Our hips sway with the song

As dawn sets and night fades away,

Our lips touch one last time

Goodnight to the love of my life,

You are my night and sky

- SkullsNBones

I'm left to wander the night alone
Cloaked in darkness with my hands reaching
for a glimpse of hope

I feel nothing except for the robes of death
wrapping their arms around me in the cold

Quickly I call your name yet you do not hear
You are not here

You are there in a land of color
Vivid and full laughter with your mind
distracted on beautiful things

You forget the goddess you swore to protect now comforted by death's hold because
of your betrayal

- SkullsNBones

Take me back to a place I call
home,

Where the hill rolls and the sun
shines,

The birds coo and the crickets
sing,

The hearth that burns with a uplifting
warmth,

To a place beside
you,

A place I call
home.

- SkullsNBones

You cloud my mind vividly,
dancing with me in the clouds
and holding me close in your arms

Your voice that calls my name
in the wind and your smile as bright
as the sun setting beyond my eyes

The emotions that spark my
body as your lips touch my bare
skin and your hands that brush me

The love and passion that
flamed between us and connected
us like chemistry

You were everything to me.
Like the setting sun and
the embers that embarked us,

I will never forget you,
how could I not?

- SkullsNBones

Is it possible
to not love
someone so
smart,
talented,
perfect
and handsome
with the
most
radiant
smile?

I think not.

I love you as
simple as that
because the love
we share is wild
and passionate,
describing it
would never do it
justice to the
way I feel for
you.

Under these stars

I lay by your side

Love is a metaphor.

Love is being able to understand, care, and give

unconditionally

I hold your hand in mine,

My heart would give its entirety to you

Love is a home and a safe place

To me you are perfect

I smile whenever I'm near you

Love is sacrifice.

Love is loyal.

Love is patient.

Love is strong.

With my entire heart,

I love you.

- SkullsNBones

You gave so much
yet left too soon,

I took your love for granted
and now my goodbyes are
only my own.

I can still remember
our good times,
vividly and happily,
I loved that so much.

I walk in your steps and live
in your memory,
My heart not of sorrow
but of love.

My love for you that
never ceased.

- SkullsNBones

Darling,
I'm tired
Tired of long nights
Yearning to be free
Tired of an aching heart
Unable to be pulled out
Oh darling,
My feet bleed from
trying to catch up
Darling when will
I be free?
Oh darling,
I'll be free when I reach the stars
Reach your burning smile
When I actually mean
something to you...

- SkullsNBones

I can't bear you being in pain

Weep on my shoulders
and let me hold you.
Let me comfort until
the pain fades away
until you can see that
you are safe and sound
beyond my arms and
in this vast world.
I hold you by no bounds
but safety until you
are free to fly away.
That you may soar free and happy,
for that is all I want for you in this
miserable life.
Be free,
love.

- SkullsNBones

Perhaps it could be,
will it happen?
The anticipation is killing me
for something that
won't happen
And all my hopes
will be for nothing
Yet I still dream
Wishing for the moment
it'll happen

You loved me
just like the
rest
Singing melodies
and soft
spoken words
Woo me and
entangle
me with hate
into your
web of
lies and
deceit

- SkullsNBones

I was a king sitting on a

bed of stone

Without a crown,

without wealth and prosper

But then I remembered

the most valuable and

rarest gem of all

Her hand in mine I

knew I was blessed to

call her mine

- SkullsNBones

You'll be okay,
Take my hand and follow me into the water
Swim with me into the depths
Feel your body become the waves
Pretend to be the light that
Shimmers from above
Everything will be alright
Until you forget how to breathe
Suffocate and drown
- SkullsNBones

My stories
may be untrue
but trust
that my
bleeding heart
isn't lying
- SkullsNBones

/ˈlōnlēnəs/

feeling empty,
unwanted,
unimportant
or isolated

.
.
.

You are not alone,

there are people who care

and want to see you happy,

even if you don't see it.

This is only temporary.

You can do this, be strong.

I believe in you.

I grow
lonely
by the
second
without
you
here
- SkullsNBones

The lonely knight wandered the endless dark valley and rotten carcasses,
heavy and exhausted he continued on.
He crawled away inches from death for the princess of his life,
his lover,
for he'd do anything for her.
She was his everything.

- SkullsNBones

The destruction of this family has
since been long overdue

The clock has stopped moving since
six o'clock

The grandmother died of illness
The father ran away with a *****

The mother collapsed from overworking herself
The child left untended for too long

Why this happened no one knows
Since six o'clock they all left away

Abandoned,
forgotten,
dead.

The clock stopped at six o'clock,
it was long overdue.

Tugging at the empty void,
In hoping there might be something else
Something more to call your own
You keep your eyes open,
As if the more you look the more you see

But the more you see,
All you see is darkness
Your failures and incorrect fragmentations

Oh woe with me,
these scars run oh so deep
What hope is there for me?

Perhaps I can call someone "friend"
hold their hand and
have my first kiss

I dream, I dream, I dream
I dream of something more
Beyond the realm of truth

Tugged this way and that
I'll be stuck in my own discretions
My own damages, my own keys

A singular phrase breaks my wounded mind
As if someone actually cares
About what lies beneath this wickedness

Carry on,
Breathe
Smile.

Carry on,
Breathe
Smile.

and repeat.

Repeat.

Repeat

repeat.

Until the feelings I have lost
The warmth of your embrace
The hope I find once again

Time and time again
I become more numb
to the pain by each
passing day
The more I forget
the warmth and
passion I once had

Midnight is slowly slipping away from my life

Desperately I try to hold her close but she slips away between my fingers like grains of sand

The moon disappears behind the rolling hills that I quickly run to, wishing Midnight to turn and run into my arms

To feel the soft breeze brush against my cheek and the softness of her hand in mine

Our eyes that stared at the stars that guided us home,
now stealing her away from me

The sun rises and my body collapses and only then did I know that Midnight was gone

- SkullsNBones

I am a monster

Do you see my claws and
feel my fangs?

Do you hear the words that
call me a devil in disguise?

I'll hurt you,
so please go away

You say love will keep you
safe but I'll hurt you

I'll chase you,
scare you and yet you don't run

You baffle me,
allure and change me

You say love keeps you here
but why do you look so terrified?

Please, don't go...

you're the moon in my dark sky
the happiness in my sadness

the highlight of my life
the arms around me to hide my fears

your smile that drives me to laugh
the sound of your heartbeat that soothes me

I love you beyond doubt and measure
explicit beyond these tattered pages

I love you,
my moon, stars, and everything

All you need to do
is fake a smile
and move on
with your day.

Hold back the tears,
Suppress the demons
and pretend you're okay

Some days it's not worth
all the effort that's
draining you inside out

Exhaustion follows you
all day for all the battles
you fought last night

You're brave but you
feel so scared
Running in circles

It feels so pointless,
Yet so meaningful
Stabbing you every way
until you give up.

Don't ever give up-
Reread this poem
and know how strong you really are.

I watched her in the gallows,

Her fever rising by death's clock

Her smile explicit yet warm

I could see the pain in her eyes

Glossy and red with age

I held her wavering hand

Her candle exhuasted

- SkullsNBones

I drag my
feet on this
endless
road
with no
direction
and no
sense of
h o p e
a desire
for more
in this
empty
wasteland

- SkullsNBones

I feel so nauseated
I hate the smell
that consumes me,
but I yearn to breathe
I feel trapped and sick
when thinking about them
My desire for happiness is so strong,
my weakness is used against me
I feel poisoned,
heart against mind
I'll die of a broken heart

Your mind is
p o w e r f u l

Your thoughts
d e s t r u c t i  e


Though your
heart is
f a i l i n g

you continue to
c r e a t e

Your lips are
s i l e n t

to the pain
you must
e n d u r e

- SkullsNBones

Can you remember how

things used to be?

How the trees blossomed in green and

danced in the wind?

Your smile that brightened

the entire world and how you

loved the adrenaline of every

moment.

Can you see our fall?

How the red autumn leaves

have fallen and turned brown,

dead to the abyss

Your frown that scares

people away when you want

nothing more than the sun to

banish the clouds away

- SkullsNBones

You know they love

eachother when a

thousand words is

expressed through a

simple smile

- SkullsNBones

Beneath these moon
and stars I love you
forever more
From dusk til dawn we
hold our hands
Our lips and heart
sewn together til we
ever part
- SkullsNBones