Please don't fear my storms,
For they are needed in order to grow
The flowers.

The Earth's tears cover the trees
in the forbidden courtyard
where everything
even time
stands still

It’s getting late now
So pull me in tight
Whisper I love you
And kiss me goodnight
Before you go

Will you remember me
When you go away
Cause I was kinda hoping
that you would stay

Won’t you stay my dear
I promise it’s worth it
We’ll be together
Like it’s the last night of the earth yeah
We’ll sit and watch as the stars explode
But they’ll never shine as bright as your soul
And I promise that I’ll never let you go

It’s getting late now
So let’s look to the sky
Make wishes on airplanes as they
Float on by
I’ll run away
The moment you say so
Just take my hand
I don’t care where we go

Won’t you stay my dear
I promise it’s worth it
We’ll be together
Like it’s the last night of the earth yeah
We’ll sit and watch as the stars explode
But they’ll never shine as bright as your soul
And I promise that I’ll never let you go

So don’t change your mind
We’ll leave this town behind
So don’t change your mind
We’ll leave this town behind

Won’t you stay my dear
I promise it’s worth it
We’ll be together
Like it’s the last night of the earth yeah
We’ll sit and watch as the stars explode
But they’ll never shine as bright as your soul
And I promise that I’ll never let you go

And when your demons
Are stealing the air
From your lungs
I will put my mouth
To yours and breathe
Life into you

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
I don't think that is true,
Unless this is a sign that
You don't feel the same way I do.

It’s an odd thing
You know
Having a front row seat
To my own self destruction.
Being so mentally broken
Yet so painfully self aware

I won't tell you to not be sad
Because someone out there has it worse,
Because often times, there's nothing worse
Than being stuck in your own mind.

The harshest words will always be
The ones left
Unspoken

I hang on your every word
Your every breath
Every syllable
And hope that one day
You'll do the same to me

I used to spend my nights
Talking to you.
Now I spend them alone
Listening to sad music
Reading sad poetry.
Blood dripping down my hands,
Thinking about all the things
I would give to be in
Your arms.

I wonder how many of us
Would cure our loneliness
And depression,
Heavy nights of silent tears,
If it meant we would never write
A truly heartfelt poem again.

I let you in.
You are free to go
But please
Don't break anything
On your way out.

And then I start to think
Maybe I was made to be
Unlovable.

Standing late at night,
Your arms wrapped tight around me
It all stopped falling

They say scared keeps you
Alive.
Maybe that's why I feel so alive
When I'm with you

Mirror mirror on the wall
How much longer must I fall?
When will the night fade to day
When will the sadness go away?
When will my house feel like home again
When will all the secrets end?
When will I find someone to love me
When will this life stop being lonely?
I don't know how much more I can take.
My mind's a levee that's starting to break.

Caught in between not wanting to give up on us
Because everyday could be our last
And
Caught in between wanting to give up
For the exact same reason.

You stand at the top of the diving board
we all ask you to come down
but I've found that you can't save someone
who is convinced that they should drown.

How stupid of me.
To think that something good
Could stay and be mine.
How stupid of me
To think that I deserve to be loved,
How stupid of me to fall so hard
So fast.
Cause almost everything that falls
Breaks

I think that often times
The most beautiful people
Are the ones who see beauty in
Everything but themselves.

And my list of people who have left
Is ever growing.
I never thought I would have to add
Your name onto it
So soon.

I wish I could hold you in my arms
Late at night
And whisper I love you,
The moon and stars the only witnesses

No.
Oh my god.
No.
Just breathe.
You'll be fine.
You're not alone.
I promise
You are not alone.
I can't do it
Without you.
Please.
I need you.
Don't let go.
I love you
So



Much.

The curtains close
And leave me in suffocating darkness.
My senses shut down
As I scramble for some semblance of safety.
Only once the curtains have lifted
And the light shines through
Am I able to see the extent
Of the chaos and destruction that I’ve created
It’s like a dissociated nightmare
And a lucid front row seat
To the brutal and ugly aftermath

I didn't realize
How long I had walked
Through life numb,
Until you came along, and
Suddenly,
I felt
Everything

One of my friends asked me why I got up so early.
I just told him I didn't know,
When really,
It's so that I don't stay up late,
And miss you.

I wish I knew how to
Tell you how I feel.
Whether it be
In person
Or through writing.
But instead when I'm around you
My thoughts get jumbled.
I become incapable of forming
Coherent sentences.
Maybe the best way for me to tell you
Is to not tell you at all,
But to show you
What you do to me.

I long for the days of in between.
The days where I don’t feel like I’m drowning
Or dying of thirst.

Take my hand and close your eyes
Together we will learn to fly

I was too stupid
I let myself soar too high
And I let you in
Only to say goodbye

I hate myself for what I've done.
I promise I will get better.
I promise I will try harder.
I promise I will BE better.
Or just say the words
And I will let you go
Forever.

I loved you with my entire heart
my entire soul
my entire existence.
Every broken part of me
belonged to you.

You say you will break my heart
But I don't care if it breaks
As long as it's broken by you.

My ink starts to bleed
as I sit here with
tears rolling off of
my cheeks.
My words telling stories
of heartache and pain.
Maybe as it bleeds and
washes away,
it will take the pain with it.
If only...

No one ever stays
Silly me,
Thinking you would
Be an exception

My world is falling apart at the seams.
I thought that I had you,
But I guess I stand



Alone.

Late last night
I learned that
Even a broken heart
Can break once more.

You pulled my walls apart
And brought me out of the dark
You shined light on my heart
Right from the start.

The other day you knocked me down
with your harsh words etched in stone
as I let the rocks cut into me
My thoughts screamed
you're alone
you're alone
you're alone.

I think our lucky number is
17.
Age 17,
17 pictures,
17 kisses,
On the 17th of
July.

I try to chose my words carefully because
One wrong word can change
The whole meaning of the
Cranberry.

Show me you care,
Because I'm starting to feel
Like nothing to you.

Do not fall in love with a poet
If their lifestyle will grow old
Do not fall in love with a poet
If you do not want your story told

I truly love the rain
and the dark grey skies
I love to sit and watch the Earth
as it gently cries.
It is cathartic
and artistic
it's peaceful.
it's simplistic.

The loneliness
Is swallowing me
Whole

You are not driftwood, so don't go with the flow.

Don't tell me you know me
Until you have known my scars
Until you have met all of my demons
Do not tell me you know me
Until you have seen all the missing pieces of my soul
Do not tell me you know me
Until you have danced with me on the flames that are my heart
And do not get to know me
If you are too scared to burn.

If you want to keep me in your life
Then prove it to me.
I want to be there for you.
But only if you let me.
Say the words and I'll let you go.

As we watch the rain hit the ground
you ask me "why does it keep coming down?"
With a sad and dull look in your eyes,
one that reflected the mood of the skies,
and I tell you, "The bigger the clouds grow,
The brighter and more beautiful the rainbow"

Eat
Sleep
Think about you.
Going
too fast
I'm falling for you.
They tell me you're toxic
I know that it's true
Hell, I'm in trouble
I don't know what to do.