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Simone Jan 2020
I took a look
Into the Abyss
And I saw my reflection
Staring back with a smile
Simone Dec 2022
Flowers on sale at the food mart, she walked on by, bye bye, buying groceries is on the todo list in the car’s cup holder, chicken scratched on the back of a receipt…stuck together with a 1980 penny, I don't know when she can find the time, when can she… why can’t she…she’ll do it when she can… canned peaches on the shelf a day past expiration, on the list it goes…her favorite pen… where can she find it… where can she find her… her...she can find it if she can… a can opener… does she have it? she thinks she does have it… she does have it…the store…the time…has it been too long or has it not? where is it… the pen… the opener… she swore saw it somewhere but did she? when did she see it? frustration… she's there, she’s not there, she’s a zombie movies do well in theaters. She doesn’t like it, but her friend does, he wrote one and a similar movie came out two months after, believe me…her… is it believable? they think it's lies, she likes to be believed but when is she is speaking she is not lying, though she is gullible enough to trust others, to believing, leaving, I want to leave, if she / her / they want to leave…want help with this… help with what…she won't be believed… so she leaves. they want to help them, they want to buy peaches are better freshly cut with cool whip
Blockpoem based off of struggling with ADHD
Simone Feb 2020
She has a smile like Persephone
Eyes like Medusa
And the lure of Helena
But beware,
For she also has the fire of Athena
And weaves webs so twisted
Arachne would be jealous
Simone Oct 2022
im sorry
I know it takes a while for my thoughts to reach my mouth and
im sorry the delay gives you the
         wrong impression
im sorry I've been hiding how bad my trauma really is because i don't want to be known as the one with depression
im sorry
im sorry
im sorry I tried to reconnect and try to mend the bond when I know you wont change the single frozen sliver of ice in the warmth i know you have.
im sorry
im sorry
im sorry that im no longer sorry for leaving
your ice is contagious and fatal
im sorry I gave up trying to convince you that it is there
im sorry it hurts me more than it should
and im sorry i wasn't tough enough to bear the cold for longer
Simone Nov 2019
Climbing                                                        
        Climbing
Climbing
Blisters form on my fingers as I reach from one ragged stone to the next
                  Climbing
         Climbing
Climbing
"I can do this" I tell myself. My palm is numb, the pain does not matter.
                   Climbing
         Climbing
Climbing
I smile, the top is near. Reachable. It does not matter that the air is thin up here and I can hardly breath
                    Climbing
          Climbing
Climbing
I reach up for the final time and pull myself up onto the top.
"I did it," I tell you smiling brightly. "I've finally reached where you are."
I want to shake your hand but mine is filthy with blood and gravel
You come closer, it frightens me and I back away
"You had it easy, I have suffered much more than you." You say. But I can see your hands are smooth and beautifully clean. Your nails painted and pristine.
You turn away. Your long hair slaps my face. My foot slips.
Falling
       Falling
               Falling
Simone Mar 2020
Take me to the Candy Cemetery

Where we can find Lavender bones and chocolate grave stones

Oh how I wish to be close with the cotton candy ghosts

As I lay I ponder would something arise, like a bruise, if you used a licorice noose

Or what kind of pain would be ingrained to be stabbed by a mint candy cane

I dream of glazed sugar dolls mourning in delectable sorrow, shedding caramel tears underneath the candy apple tree.

And when I open my eyes at this world and taste it's bitter tasting breeze, I find myself wishing for sweet.... sweet.... release.
Simone Jan 2020
My suffering feels like
I'm in a wasteland
searching for shelter
in acid rain.
Every step hurts,
but I'd run a hundred miles
if it was for you.
Simone Feb 2020
You maybe dark
You may be down
You may be mean
But the hat that sits on your head
Is a Crown
So hold your head high
You Melancholy Queen
To all of my fellow Queens and Kings! You don't need to try to be a Diamond or Heart. There is nothing wrong with being the Queen of spades or the King of Clubs for they are just as fabulous, OWN IT.
Simone Jan 2020
Why do I sleep but it gives no peace
Why do I need the darkness to breath
Why does the poison which is supposed to **** me, make me feel more alive
And the more I live, I wish to die
Why do I love those that are taboo
You say the future is bright
But all I see is blue
Simone Nov 2019
Take nothing but my heart.
Leave nothing but a gaping abyss of where my love once was.
Take nothing but my trust
Leave nothing but my soul, a vessel of despair that once held the life stone of my being.
Take everything but my shell
Leave nothing but nothingness itself, a gaping abyss where my essence once resided.
Simone Oct 2022
Sound
Solid,Ground
Grinded, Gravel
Grand - pa
Grotesque, Grievance
Gives, Grim
Show, Shower
Rain, Refrain
Hold
No, Grow
Flow, Flower
Leaves, Leave
Grieve
Release
Simone Dec 2020
My mind
My eyes
Hold the weight
Of a grey winter sky

That orb
Between my chest
Sunken in the middle
Of my cage of bones
Is hot
And shining dimly
Of a pleasant
Silver
Being tugged
With an untidy
Frayed rope
Gripping that core
Entangled around it
Like enchanted vines
It tugs that orb
Strictly but guiding
No, dragging.
Like a weight
I am heavy
Like an anchor
Being pulled
From the depths
To a ship
Out of view

My eyes
Windows
Fogged with
Condensation
And the sound
Of a gentle rain
Rhythmically falling
From that
Grey winter sky
IT?
Simone Dec 2020
IT?
It clings to me
A fungus
It grows from my decay
and feeds on my body, and soul
It smothers me
and crawls down my throat
to embed itself in my lungs
I choke
I become carpeted in it
and eventually
I am no longer me
It can be anything and everything
Simone Feb 2020
I'm torn  I'm torn
I'm torn  I'm torn
I'm torn  I'm torn
I'm torn  I'm torn
I'm torn I'm torn
Í̷̧̨̡̛̖̹͈̮̭̯͍̞͍̫̟̙̰̤̥͇̹̿͑͒͗̋̈̾͑͛͊̋́̄̍͛͌̓͑͑͜͝͝͝T̸͛́̇̊͆̉͑̓͘̕͝­̢̢̡̹̱͔̝̺̺̻͕̭̝̟̭̮͕̜͙͉͍̯̟̙̻͇̼̽͑̑͗̅̓͗̿͒͂̏̋̍̈͂̏͘͝͝ͅͅ ̸̨̛͇̯̦̩̥̙̠̺̘̝̫̅̈͋̋͒̀̂̍̇͐͒̌̈́̍͐̕͝H̶̡̛̛̜̩͎̟͐͋̓̈͛̋͛͌͗͊͋̐͌̇̅̉̄̏͗̂́̌͘͝͠­̢̧̺̝͉̯̻̝͚͖̳͚͈̦̥͈̮̫̠̰̘ͅU̸̢̧̖̺̼͈͓̹͚̜̝͕̬͇͈̳̗̹̭̜̥͈̦͒͛̍́͒͐̒̑̐͗̇͆͆̍̚R̸̋­̡̣̘̰̮̮̺̳̼̤̙̺̹̻̖͇̰̬̺̃͜͜ͅT̸̢͖̱̦͖̹̰̗͖̣̻̼̒̋̈́̾͗̓̈́͒̿̾̈́̊̅͂̀̄̅̅͋̅̌̚̚̕̕̕͜­̫̖̗̥S̶̢̢̨̢͉͉̦̘̪̯͖̘̩̤͙̣̞̯̑̇̀̄̍̈́̃͑̿̿̈́́͐͘
GIVE IT BACK
Simone Sep 2020
I know it's hard
to differentiate
but I'm a muffin
NOT a cupcake
Simone Nov 2019
I have this fire in my chest
I am certain you do too
Something tells me
They are flames of the same color
Simone Jan 2020
The night and day drift apart
The sun disappears under the horizon
And the moon waves goodbye
                                                  as the twilight cries.
Simone Oct 2022
When she saw him running madly towards her she chocked on the sentence she began to speak. She saw his desperate twisted face with her in his sight and wanted nothing more than to meet him in the middle.
Her body twitched but her reason told her it was not appropriate.

He had abandoned that reason.
Shameless.
Nothing else existed in his sight but her standing on the other side.
Frustrated with every pounding step that only if he were faster she would already be in his arms.

When he finally pulled her into him in the collision the surge of relief, joy, and wholeness overwhelmed him. He exhaled it all in a broken sigh and realized...
Why love was seen as a drug
My favorite kind of love
Simone Dec 2020
I want a love I can dig my wild cat nails into
And a lover that would sink his ferocious canine teeth into me
I wish for a love, that would devour us both in ecstasy
Simone Apr 2020
Her tears taste splendid
Melodic wails of song and sorrow
Melancholic
Broken minds and bitter sweet chocolate
Pools of velvet
you can't embrace the untouchable
you can't grasp it but you won't stop trying
Desperate
Pitiful
And now it's just messy
Dripping
Soaked in the clothing
In your hair
Smeared all over everything
Filthy
A smile
A chill
Her tears taste splendid
Simone Nov 2019
I would offer you my heart
But sadly, it was decayed from the very start
It's phantom pulses of life beat only from the afterworld, unreachabe by your healing touch
You are welcome to the husk that remains but I'm afraid it's fragile form will crumble in your arms
I seem to be the one who was cursed, but I pity you
For in the end, you have nothing to hold
Simone Jan 2020
Im throwing a party
For myself
No ones invited
No smiles
No positivity
No celebrations
Only my demons
And crushing despair
Im throwing a party
Simone Nov 2020
That movie I saw with my friend,
Not realizing that when she held my hand
that it was not because she was scared
And I hugged her and said my goodbyes
When we should have kissed
I can’t get that back

When I had that conversation with my professor
Asking if I wanted him as a mentor
My mind too dull then, to be truthful and say yes
Instead of freezing, and brushing it off
I can’t get that back

When I met the head of the English department
And she asked me what my favorite book was
And the shock erased the title from my mind
And I seemed like a fool when she asked someone else
I can’t get that back

And that last call from my aunt.
When I said “Love you”
But not with the emotion I should have gave
I can’t get that back
Simone Nov 2019
Tell me what can I do
Because nothing ever seems to go right
You only come home every other night
Tell me what can I do
When people are looking our way, With the strangest face and see your hand around her waist.
I tell you things have got to change.
But you say no way, maybe some other day.
I'm trying my best to hold on to you
Tell me what can I do
I need to rest
Because of all this stress
But maybe things will turn out for the best
I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath
But I still try every day and say that things have got to change
You say no way, maybe some other day.
Why do I even try
Every time I bring it to light
You say I’m just picking a fight
Maybe you’re right
Simone Dec 2020
The instructor said,

      Go home and write
      a page tonight.
      And let that page come out of you—
      Then, it will be true.

And so I sit here, mulling over this blank page and think.
What am I to say, what am I to share? Who am I?
Maybe I should start there?

I am a female, both a woman and a girl or somewhere in between.
I have lived for 21 years and some change, though I am not the same as most my age.
I like to listen to soft melodies, and drink hot beverages.
To stay (safe) inside and happy on most days. Read something, Watch something, maybe create.

I am me. A simple soul, but at the same time not.

Let me explain, don’t worry, it won’t be a lot.
I try...I try to be what I am taught, but trying to be who they want me to be, I’m at a loss.
Because you see, It’s difficult to strive for your dreams in this era, but that is just the way the world spins.
In truth I do not know who I am. Is the me that is seen, the me I believe myself to be? Or the person I try to be? If that makes any sense?
Though, I do believe that we are who we want ourselves to be. And in the end I have decided that all I am, is who I am perceived to be by you my peers and friends.

If you haven’t noticed yet, I think too much for my own good, I lied... I have a feeling this paper will be longer than it should.

One thing about me, is that I think about space a lot, because when I think about earth....
Y’know what...I’d rather not.

I’d like to love, but what I have seen and heard makes me hesitate,
It is up to my luck, or some say fate to find someone who can help me break down this barricade.

Anyway, I have a dilemma, across the street from my window right now is the Uno’s and I have this primal urge for a sweet dessert. Though I know I should not because the idea of going outside right now turns my stomach into a knot.

But hey, that’s just another Friday.

I do not know if this paper is what it was meant to be, but it is me. So In conclusion;
What should I say? Who am I?
Uno’s dessert might literally be to die for, what should I do?

Also, It’s a bit too late but I think I should have led with
“Hello, nice to meet you!”
I created this for an English class assignment modeled after a poem by by Langston Hughes. And so after thinking over it, I decided to share.
Simone Nov 2019
I met a man on the road to despair
He asks why I am standing there
I tell him I am afraid of the path ahead
Something about it fills me with dread
I point to the beyond and explain
I can see something waiting for me at the end of the plain
He looks into me with his knowing eyes dressed in pain
Approaching my soul that has frozen still
"But darling..." He says  "don't you know? if you stare too long into the darkness expecting to see something, you will."
Simone Sep 2021
Maple and
Brown sugar.
Licorice,
and taffy twine.
Mint strips,
Fallen chocolate chips.
A candy apple that is mine
Simone Oct 2022
When the rain showers down for the tree to drink and breath in the foggy thick air,
Do you think it thinks of where it is from.
Do you think it knows that the droplets it cleanses itself in falls thousands of feet uninterrupted to meet and disperse at the touch of its leaves and waits for each one.
Do you think the tears of the sky fall to the earth with comfort or fear?
Simone Oct 2022
When the rainbow showings down-and-out for the treetop to drinker and breather in the foggy thick airbrick,
Do you think it thinks of where it is from. Do you think it knows that the droppers it cleanses itself in falls thousands of footballs uninterrupted to meet and disperse at the touchdown of its leaves and waits for each one. Do you think the tearaways of the skydiver fall to the earthquake with comforter or feast?
Simone Jan 2020
The twittering of birds
Or my morning alarm
The roar of the waterfall
Or the static from the TV
I wonder
Which of these things I'm hearing
Is real

— The End —