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  Aug 2014 Elise
Andrew Durst
I've been trying
to convince
myself that I
don't
need anyone
at all.

Just sleep,

and long
intervals
of insanity.
Proud of this one. Been trying to formulate this into words for a while now. Happy with the simplicity.
Elise Aug 2014
I just woke up
and I don’t remember any of this.
I don’t know where I am.
But something tells me it’s all wrong.
I want to wake up another time.
Just not this time.
I don’t want to be visible.
Though many don’t see that I am
I don’t want to see what I can see.
This is all wrong.
Everything should not be how it is.
Instead of mourning lives that are here
we should be mourning lives that our lost.
There are truths being painted into lies
and lies being turned into rumors.
There are people being turned into threats
and ashes being thrown into water.
There are stars being blurred into fog
and stars being turned into what they’re not.
It’s different.
and wrong.
I just woke up
and I like where I am now.
Elise Aug 2014
On average we find ourselves dreaming in lives that are not our own
Dreaming of pretend in our lives of luxury and serene marriages
On average we find ourselves reliving our pasts and looking into our futures
Laughing at what was once ours and looking into what could be our next
On average we find ourselves denying what could be ours and taking a step back to what we once were
Going back to when things were filled with quality and pleasant remarks

On average we live in a world of infidelity and insecurity
Concealing our tears and excluding our opinions
On average we find ourselves murdering our futures and rewinding our pasts
Reliving a second of affection and adoration that no longer exists for our now
On average we find ourselves breathing in our doubts and placing ourselves in pasts of denial
When we were all sane and when we found ourselves to be content

— The End —