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Ashley Haack Nov 2014
he said it
he uttered the words not aloud
but still they were heard
and the meaning was felt as
the cutting edge dug in
and the sound of steel rang
in my ears
while whispers of his agony
drowned inside my mind
Ashley Haack Oct 2014
Sometimes, when it's raining,
I find myself watching raindrops
Collecting on a window,
Trying to merge together
And continue onwards,
Down, down, down,
Until the rain picks up,
And the droplets fall
In steady streams,
Like tears from above,
Pooling on the lip
Of the window before
Pushing themselves over,
Down to the puddles below them.
And then I wonder if anyone else
Ever thinks about the life
Of a single raindrop, or knows
Just how beautiful the rain is,
Or realizes the reasons I can
Never stay upset when it rains,
Because sometimes I feel like I'm
The only one who really notices
The raindrops collecting themselves
On windows...
Ashley Haack Sep 2014
He
He’s so depressed he can barely
Hide it inside himself anymore
The look on his face pains
My heart more than the knowledge
That even I can’t help him
When he gets this way…

The crowed rooms of heartless
Fools add to the battle he wages
Inside the hidden parts of his
Mind where I can’t see him bleeding
Crying alone as I watch his face turn
Cold while his eyes plead for my help...

I’m no doctor, I can’t prescribe him
Pills to drown out his heartache
I’m not a dealer, I’ve got no drugs
To give him an escape from this
I’m not a magician, I lack the magic
Needed to cure him of himself…

I can’t make him like himself
Any more than I can make the
Moon turn into a shooting star
To wish upon. He lets me in
But only so far as the front
Yard to his prison of a mind…

Why won’t he let me see
The wounds he’s created in
His own self-esteem? I’d sew
Them up with delicate thread
And gentle loving hands if only
He’d let me get close enough…
Ashley Haack Sep 2014
I’m so bored now,
You don’t even know,
I’m in the calc-room,
From 2 to 3:30.

We’re all bored,
Just look, we’re sleeping,
In the classroom,
While she keeps teaching
ZZZzzzzzzzz
Ashley Haack Sep 2014
Why do I still worry?
Why do I care where you are?
Why do I care if you still think of me?
Why do I worry at all?
Why do I bother thinking of you?
Why don't I move on already?
Why can't I let go completely?
Why do you frequent my thoughts?
Why do I care you spent several nights at a chick's place?
Why do I care you didn't talk to me for a week?
Why do I keep wondering so much about you?
Ashley Haack Sep 2014
Yeah, it *****,
But open your ******* eyes!
It's not the end of the ******* world!
Build yourself a bridge and get over it already.
Ashley Haack Aug 2014
I still hear your voice, faintly, in the crowded hallways.
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