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Sep 2017 · 441
You've Changed.
ashlee layne Sep 2017
You've changed.
I don't have room to say that, do I?
I know I've changed too.
But there's a difference in changing for the better and for the worse,
and you, my friend, have chosen the latter.
If it's not in the way you move, it's in the way you speak.
It's in the way your heart has taken to another form- one less affectionate than before.

Who did this to you?
Was it me?

You used to light candles in darkness, but now you blow them all out. One by one. I wonder how it makes you feel.
One of those candles resides inside of me, you know.
Do you dare to blow it out?
Maybe my light will burn your lips before you can even gather the breath in your lungs to expel the force that brings death to my flame. Maybe you'll feel the pain as it is inflicted against your body and you'll think to yourself;

"I've changed."

Maybe one day that self realization will hit you. And maybe that will be the day that you realize;

You were wrong.
Jul 2017 · 579
a book you'll never read.
ashlee layne Jul 2017
"but i don't see you how
the rest of the world sees you,"
he said as the tears fell from her eyes.
"...and it's a **** shame that the world took such a beautiful girl
and broke her down the way that it did."
she opened her eyes
and asked him,
"how do you see me
if not through the same eyes as everyone else?"
to which he replied,
"i saw your soul before i saw your skin...

...and so suddenly my idea of beauty became much different."
ashlee layne Jul 2017
But darling,
those flowers will die one day
no matter how much you care for them.
No amount of sun,
or water,
or love
can keep them alive forever.
And I,
I am one of those flowers.
My time is coming,
so let me wilt.
ashlee layne Jul 2017
to love
is to plant flowers where the sun doesn't shine and never
forgetting to water them.
Jul 2017 · 235
a song i never finished.
ashlee layne Jul 2017
i've got shelter and warmth and i will keep you safe.
i've got all of my flaws but my heart still loves the same.
i've got room to improve, i've got love to reclaim.
i've got scars on my skin but my heart still loves the same.
Jul 2017 · 382
Note to Self
ashlee layne Jul 2017
Love thrives through struggle.
Jul 2017 · 338
Sauve Moi de Moi-Même
ashlee layne Jul 2017
You lit up inside of me
Like a match that wanted to burn
But my heart was already on fire
Creating it's own light.
A light that kept me warm and out of the dark that you once left me in.

No, I didn't need you anymore.

But it sure felt nice to glow with you for a while.
Feb 2017 · 415
ambiguity
ashlee layne Feb 2017
january 11th, 9:44pm

and as i write my last words out
in hopes of someone listening,
i find that you were listening
and holding onto everything
i thought no one wanted.

i thought no one wanted me.

i knew that no one saw the signs
that i drew through my words,
until i met you
and you showed me the parts of me
no one saw.

not even me.

-a.h.

— The End —