Alicia Strong: Favorites

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Mike Fashé

This black & white world
With no little delight
The concept of beauty
I have no sight
Wrapped around a needle
Ends that keep you near & dear
My fear, my dear
To be sincere,
Never age, never to be changed, don’t burn
This chapter that is our page
I’ll keep you from being caged
Leave this land away with me
Youth & beauty
Is an illusion
Our bodies will
Wither away
To dust and bones
To fertilize
A never ending cycle
We call life
My attachment
My devotion
Come to life!
I give you motion
Breathe my life in
I’ll give you life
Streams of water
Flowing through my eyes and out my veins
My state of reality no longer
Exist or nor to survive
Goodbye?
No, I’m not delusional
This emotion is unusual
A dark feeling
With no heart
Or soul
A creature that surrounds my every movement
A lifeless body that stares
Down upon me
Stitched from the ends of my skin
Dangling helplessly
I’m a slave to it’s every
Command and I know I’m truly ******
Hope or not
I see a bright light
I feel comfort
I feel… well I don’t know what to feel
No longer amongst the dust
That creates life
No air to inhale
The memories of long & gone
Treasures of beauty & perfection
I stare at this bright light
To ensure what I had near & dear
Is alive, but I curse this white light
Because it’s the creator & death eater
How can you ****** me with love and affection?
While your poison spreads through me like an infection!
It’s like a love hate relationship
How can I simply accept you?
The one thing I had purpose for is long & gone
How can you simply create life and just take it away?
Is there a point to your logic?
Maybe I don’t understand, yet.
I beg you, reconstruct me
Send me back to this dreadful
Black & white world
With no texture & structure
The inability to preserve life
I plead to return what was near & dear to me
For it’s worth something to have
In this cruel fate
It’s something that brings me ecstasy &
Ecstatic coloration to my soul
I simply plead to have
What was near & dear to me
To feel the alabaster tone
Ascend through my heart and soul
A winter land of desire
To watch flocks of black ravens
Land on my chest
To stare at the crystal blue diamonds
To assure peace between
The crimson river that flows through us
To seal a deal
With a red wave
With what is near & dear to me.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Murder me darling

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Jane Kelsey

****** me darling

Your image in my eye

dries and dies;

what could live in this desert place of mine?

One day you’ll have the death of me

splattered all over your stark-white shirt

the most soft and tender breath

could be lost on your face.

-She’s sitting between crumbled sheets,

bones squeaking like a cat;

the illusion of happiness-

I could never stitch you back

head and heart and limbs together

properly joined-

it would take more than my life

to make you whole again.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Nothing is Perfect

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

Nothing is Perfect

Maybe I’ll
Let a man take me on a date.
Maybe I’ll
Tell him to drive slow, just so I’d get home late.
And maybe I’ll, maybe I’ll give in to just one kiss,
On imperfect lips.
‘Cause nothing is perfect if,
I’m not by you.

Maybe I’ll
Admit to falling hard for you.
Maybe I’ll
Tell you that I know, the truth about you, too.
And maybe I’ll, maybe I’ll let go of getting caught,
In all of your distraught.
But nothing is perfect if,
I’m not by you.

Maybe I’ll, maybe I’ll, maybe I’ll
Get called right back to you.
And maybe I’ll, maybe I will sing
And keep to my heart true.
I need to run from you.

Maybe I’ll
Go back to a me that’s free.
Maybe I’ll
Tell myself to forget, the feeling of your arms around me.
And maybe I’ll, maybe I’ll move on.
Or maybe I won’t.
‘Cause nothing is perfect if,
I’m not by you.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Use Me

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

Use Me

Use me.
Abuse me.
Cheat me.
Beat me.
Fight me.
Bite me.
Tease me.
Just don't leave me.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Pills

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

Pills

I'm fine.
Happy even.
I do not cry for death any longer.
But I don't want to be here.
Not numb,
But feelings weak.
Like a smile plastered zombie running.
I felt so alive back then.
So low,
But I got high.
Emotional pendulum swinging.
Never stopping for a break.
Was it depression?
Or was I just confused?
Was I just feeling?
All I know is I don't,
and never will like
the way I feel.
Even with pills.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

300 Cuts

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

300 Cuts

One for saying that stupid thing.
One for feeling so ****** for no reason.
Two for being the grossest thing alive.
So many for the sake of feeling something.
300 little cuts.
In places no one will see.
Covering me.
Scarring me.
Reminding me that this is not a dream.
I am alive.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

F**k It and Die

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

F**k It and Die

Love is ******* sliding down your throat
Something to come out so bad you hope
No one will notice the stench you breathe
And your skin sticks to your bones for all to see.

Love is a blade dancing on your wrist
Scarring the skin that your lips once kissed
Blood leaking out dripping down your arms
‘cause no one ever warned you of this type of harm.

Love is a gun barrel on your teeth
Cold and complete in a solid piece
With a pull of a trigger it will all be well
‘cause you truly believe this is worse than hell

Love is a hand clamped down on your mouth
Hushing your words as you're screaming out
No one will help you if they can’t hear
So you might as well take it and deal with the fear

Love is a fist crashing with your head
Just one more blow ‘fore they leave you for dead
All your teeth crumble and lips they bleed
But they swear to you this is just what you need

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Giving Up

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

Giving Up

I can't get these ******* voices in my head to stop.
I'm begging someone to just cut them out.
They keep screaming.
They keep whispering.
They won't leave me alone.
They torture me.
Someone please just get them out,
before I do.

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Run

Sep 2013 Alicia Strong

Katelyn G

Run

So I run.
So I run from something.
So what?

I bet you,
I bet you wouldn't stay.
I bet.

Ever felt like dying?
Ever felt like you couldn't stop?
Maybe you have.
Or maybe not.

But try,
But try please, for me,
to stay.

And I'll return the favor.