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 Feb 2020 anna burns
Darcy Lynn
I am adept
In the art of being okay
I have mastered the craft
Of covering my troubles
I use all sorts of fancy facades
Acrylic, oil, watercolor
You name it.

I can paint over nearly anything

You will never know
How late I was up last night
Or why.

My eyes flicker
Like candlelight
But you couldn’t see
You couldn’t possibly see
I’m too good
For that.

I can dance, too
Waltzing away my sorrows
Carefully tip toe-ing the
Pas-de-I-am-fine
I get a standing ovation every time

I’m very talented, you see.

But my all time favorite
Is my disappearing act
I’m still perfecting it
Right now
But one of these days
I’ll show you
How I
Slip
Slip
Slip
Away

Right through your fingers.
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Simoné
It took me seven years
to realise
the words in my mind
were too deep for
my mouth to dig up
I thought it was easier
to open my skin
and let the truth
pour down my arms

It took me seven years
to realise
nobody should be allowed
to touch parts
of your home
or hold pieces  
of your heart
that you don't yet understand

It took me seven years
to realise
I will wear these scars
forever
I'll carry them
through every smile
every kiss
every concerned gaze
I'll carry them
to my grave

It took me seven years
to realise
the pain carved
into the walls
of my castle
etchings of
attempting to disappear
are not a story of weakness
but a tale of
how I survived
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Lela
Weird
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Lela
Isn't it sad that we're so broken inside that we're suspicious of everything that makes us happy?
A hug shows a feeling of love and protection for loved one
It is a best cure for loneliness and distress of everyone
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Cj
someone
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Cj
i want to be able to be held
by someone i love
i want to be with
someone i love
i want to laugh
with someone i love
i want to cuddle
with someone i love
i want to feel alive
with someone i love
i want to have
someone
someone to be with
someone to love
someone to adore
someone to make me laugh
i want someone
Sometimes
It's really lonely knowing;
"And other times?"
It's really lonely not knowing.
Like knowing I'm not perfect
and yet still wondering why you're not answering.

You know why.

Maybe so do I.
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Bones
M.R.A
 Feb 2020 anna burns
Bones
Her hair turns brown during the spring
her eyes are still ocean blue
she expresses her emotions to me
she is so special
why can't she notice it too
she look so perfect to me
we facetimed last Tuesday night
for hours at a time
she looked so good,
with her natural love on
she's so special to me
why can't she see it too
I really really want her to

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