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Ashley Rodden Sep 2015
As we make mistakes I can see the light come around
And strange as it seems I’m bursting at the seams
For things to turn around
My photos don’t turn you on anymore
My stone washed jeans are darker than they seemed
It all tastes the same though, so you say
But there’s something different about my mouth
You try chasing dreams but it’s harder than it seems
I can’t express my mixed emotions
About thoughtlessness
But I’ll be forever in your debt
And I try to understand the little boy inside the man
As I lay my heart in your hands
All I ask is you please just hold me close to your heart
Don’t let distance keep us apart
After all this is written in the stars
So lets teach each other again and again
I love you now and forever
Never meant to cause you sorrow or pain
Just let me explain
My heart aches
Trying to find it’s place

Sometimes I don’t know why I care
I sit down and take all my makeup off
I lay down but you don’t wake up
Sometimes I wonder if you even know I’m here
I can’t remember the last time we had a real heart to heart
But I’m a woman
And I deserve your all
I’m not some girl who doesn’t know what she wants
I need to be touched
And I need to be loved
Because being just your girl isn’t enough
I hope you wake up before it’s too late to make up
No one will ever replace me
And I miss what we had
All I really need to hear is I’m your only one
Instead I find so many more
I’m not a friend who only needs you sometimes
And if I’m truly your lady
You got to treat me like it
I’m a woman with a heart
One part love, one part wild
Skin, hair and eyes
That are only mine
Why don’t you appreciate all that
I thought you adored?
I don’t just want to be a part of your world
I want to be what your universe is made of
Don’t leave me in all this pain
Come take these tears away
Un-break my heart
Time is so unkind
And life can be so cruel
So why do you have to lie to me
Just be a man about it

For I so love you I give you all of me
But you no longer appreciate a single thing
I’ve tried to tell you a thousand times
But you don’t listen baby
I think you want other women
I think you play around on me
Maybe I drew first blood
But if you want to keep this real
You were the first to hurt my soul
You told me everything was cool
So how come I feel like such a wreck
How come I’m all alone
You say everything will be fine
Why am I losing my mind
How come I feel like a fool
Why do I keep loosing you
Why do I love in despair
When you’re not there
There’s no me without you
I try baby
Really I do
But I’m only a woman

So before we have a bigger problem
Let me take it from here
You should think about the time you waste
Because my last name isn’t going to change this way
So can we just take it all back
Back to all the moonlit nights of making love
I just need to know I’m all you want and more
The odds are clearly stacked against us
We’ve been in this storm way too long
There are many things that test us
But the only way to win is to pick up a sword and stay storng
So I need to know
Do you want to take this back…?
We can’t stay in each other’s lives without making some sacrifice
And you don’t take this serious
Because I give my all
And that’s never good enough
For better or worse I’ve kept all my promises intact
I honored love
But it becomes so hard when my hands are tied
Everything you could want or need lies within me
It’s staring you in the face
I love despite the heartbreaks and being left out
You’re not the only one who’s been around
Of all the others you’re thinking of
I’m the one who’s showing you all about love
I don’t need my hands to feel the things I feel inside
I know that which is inside my heart is right
And they won’t hold you like me
They won’t touch you like me
And I manage to love you with hands tied behind my back

There’s cracks in our hearts and heads
But your smile sticks a kiss that could stop it
I just want to be better than all that came before me
Do you need to go and find everyone who cared for you
To know this
Because that will be nothing more tomorrow
You say you couldn’t do the things you did before
You won’t leave me ever again
Because you can’t stand to be alone for long
There’s always something missing in the after glow
But I’m always here to save you from the dark
Even after you take away my halo
Jun 2015 · 578
Undesirable
Ashley Rodden Jun 2015
Trying to find my way into you
I let you have your way with me
Begging from my knees that
All I want is you
Am I so unlovable because that's true?
Am i Unreachable because you don't touch me the way you used to
Unsavable  trying to stay afloat
These seas of turmoil and lost hope
Unforgivable when words cut straight through
Leaving  us with these open gapping wounds
No use talking when words fall upon deaf ears
No use crying when you've seen so many tears
Dreams are made of clay when they never quite come true
Am I so unlovable when all I wanted was you?
You lift me up just to watch me fall
**** with head like its nothing at all
Why dont you just hold me baby the way you used to do?
What makes my lonely heart feel this way?
Have we become impossible to save?
You get close to my skin and
I reach to touch you but
You wont let me in
Why wont you surrender?
I'm the only one left when your day is done
And yet my heart bleeds
As I become so unlovable to you
Jun 2015 · 735
Breaking the Silence
Ashley Rodden Jun 2015
Violent breathing keeps the oxygen flowing through these torn up lungs and
My hearts beating but it can’t save you so it seems
And I still have messages to send to the one I love
So I sing into the night
And try to break all the silence between our hearts
With one attempt to rise above this hurt
Avenge my soul and mend your soul
I can feel your heart through my hands
I feel your loneliness and I’m reaching out to you
Give this a chance to lift us up and out,
Bring us above this solid ground
I’ll do whatever it takes,
Whatever it takes to break the silence in our hearts...
Jun 2015 · 555
Clinging to the Past (14W)
Ashley Rodden Jun 2015
I try so hard to hold onto a past
that's already let me go.
Jun 2015 · 1.7k
UnGrateful
Ashley Rodden Jun 2015
You steal my eyes
And it's okay, I don’t even need them
I don’t want to see anyone but you anyways

You take me for granted
You take me for reasons known only by you

You pierce my heart, now it's useless
But, I don’t even really need it
It belongs to nobody other than you

You cut out my tongue,  and I’m left speechless, a defeatist
But , it's okay my lips need only to say your name
And I’ll waste away, to nothing at your feet again

I’m hollowed out, can’t you see?
You’ve ripped out the soul from within me
Now, I have little to show for anything
When you take me for granted the way you always do...
May 2015 · 450
Wishful Thinking
Ashley Rodden May 2015
Imagine that YOU'RE the prize and the safe harbor for him. Imagine that he would do ANYTHING to get into your heart and your life. Imagine that he yearns to be with you because you are who you are. Because he loves you more than anything he's ever loved before....
Then snap back into reality because it's all just wishful thinking after all.
May 2015 · 625
There's this boy...
Ashley Rodden May 2015
Living on the hurting side of lonesome
Miles past anything called fair
Ain't no need to question my devotion
For the man I love, because all burdens I will bare
Where did you go when I just kissed your lips a few days ago?
Now it seems I'm just wasting time.
A hundred miles of empty road
Worn out heart and lies of gold
Feel like I could just lay down and die
A million miles on the other side of lonesome
Years past any kind of plan
A thousand sleepless nights away from pain and
All I know is I could drink an ocean
of whiskey drenched sorrow if I can't see him again.
I just covered a hundred miles
Think I'll sit here now and drink my fill
Yesterday's gone with the wind and
Tomorrow's on its way again
To bring what it will
I kiss the bottle when I should be kissing him....
Apr 2015 · 405
No next time
Ashley Rodden Apr 2015
I tried to save you
Fought for you so hard
I loved you in spite of what I heard
In spite of all I saw
I tried to ignore all the mean things you ever said
Tried to just believe in true love conquering all instead
Constantly lieing to myself that maybe you would change
If I believed enough
If I tried hard enough to make you see that I truly loved you in spite of myself
I've never had to love me if I was loving someone else
Didn't have to take care of me if I was busy taking care of someone else
All I ever wanted was someone to love me enough
Fight for me hard enough
Believe with me that love was truly enough
Now im left alone and numb
Not truly believing in anything
All I have now is all this wasted love
No passion, no one to call my own
No where to really call home
The bottoms where im at
Holding onto extinguished passion, pent up hurt and regret
Apr 2015 · 483
5 Card Draw
Ashley Rodden Apr 2015
Someone once told me, in life yur always left holding the same amount of cards
I never really thought of life as a game of cards until now,
Its true in all things in life you get dealt a hand and its always the same amount of cards its just
Up to you how you decide to play your hand
You can go all in,
Go out,
Check,
Or draw,
U can trade some or trade them all,
But in the end  you're still left with the same amount of cards....
This really hit me the other night. I've heard you say it a million times but never really knew what it meant to me, now I know. You are right about "always the same amount of cards."
Ashley Rodden Mar 2015
One day
               You will be the one missing me,
And I'll only miss the man that I hoped
               You would be...
Mar 2015 · 442
2 Loves
Ashley Rodden Mar 2015
My baby just cares for me
But he's never there for me
And its killing me, that I may have to leave
See, he has an artist inside him
And it can't be controlled
No matter his choices its going to show
And if anyone tries to limit that
He'll have to let them go
And now we're having trouble finding a happy medium
Between you chasing your dreams
And providing me with my needs
There's a fine line between it
Love that's colliding in a battle over the use of its meaning
You like to label this as my fault when you talk with your friends
Like you've been living with the ghost of the woman you go to bed with
But you need me to understand that what you've been blessed with is more than just an investment
And isn't here to test me
This is so not what I expected, always feeling so neglected
Our love is a death wish, but I only know one way to say it
I love you and wish for you to stay with me
Miss feeling like im the only one
There's nothing more painful than failing at love
Pack your whole life up and cover it in dust
Baby I feel the tension between us growing and your faith in me is diminishing into nothing at all
And that's so disappointing because I've sacrificed a lot to be with you
Never did I lie to you or stray from you
Yet still you look at me like im the bad guy
And me giving you these sad eyes everytime you ask why
And if that's our past why do you put up with it
And why are you in love with me
If you can't hardly stomach it
Its so fragile and I know im distant
You've dreamt of this for years
So you take it by the handful
But now you have to try and choose
Between the two of us
Mar 2015 · 457
Coming Undone
Ashley Rodden Mar 2015
I want to untie this noose
Break free from the chains that my heart is bound to
Rip away this flesh that still feels you
Destroy the bond that holds me to you
Extinguish our first kiss, dissolve the first time we made love, Ignore the first lie,  negate the first fight, revoke all the bad words we ever spoke,  I just want to stop believing in you,
All of this I wish to abrogate
The sleepless nights, the worrying, the spite, the distance, the heartache that won't subside
I want to put an end to this game we began
Become unaccustomed to your ways
Bust free of this cage I'm in
Longing to undo me and you...
Letting go is the hardest thing ever
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
I've been cursed and crossed
Beaten by the ones who got me off
I've been cut and opened up
Shattered by the ones I thought I loved
But I keep coming back to the crime scene
All the while knowing that the dead can't speak
And there's nothing left to say anyway
I've been left cold in the crypt
Cold as the words on your lips
And yet I recognize your face
What a strange redemption
Your words bled me dry
Now dust falls from my wounds
As downward I'm cast
Feelings of regret permeates me, left always wanting
From these wounds I am redeemed
And I recall with such vivid clarity
The soft whispers of foolish notions
Too late I've realized my wrongs and carelessness
But believe me my regret runs deep,
No longer inspired you are better off without me
My life's been molded
Deceived by the foolish
The weak embody lies and herein lies the truth
This long battle has left me with scars, beyond repair
And time can't heal these wounds inside
Jan 2015 · 347
Home Is Where The Heart Is
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
Once again I'll call your name
When my foolish heart quakes with pain
Mocking embrace, I push away, longing, aching for your company
I wither and decay with emptiness
Glass shattered eyes, bleeding so softly
Selfishness, hollow smile, cracks the foundation
Bleeding me dry
You walk through my halls and tear me down
******* some would say, but you feel like home to me
Winter mood illuminates, a foolish display
The last thing i do, regret
Silver tongue, crystal eyes, follow my piper
With my fear and shield of lies, completing my failure
Now my sins show the way to lasting impressions
Fading colors you have shown me
And your arms have led me astray
But you were always like home to me
I've seen through to what's within
Lost and alone you said I was what you were looking for
So why do I feel so empty
It all seemed so real, but I am nothing in your eyes now
Reaching out, you pulling away, never letting me in
I see you live your life, like a fool I stand here waiting
In letters, words, and pictures
You profess your love to me, but alas it's all lies
And the malice I should feel for your deceitfulness
Somehow always escapes me
And in the shading between all the words you said to me
I know I'd be left empty
Because you are home to me...
Jan 2015 · 860
Midwest Aftermath
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
Midwest love affair
I bend when I'm bored
Late night *****
Lead me to the floor
Can we fake it?
Can we make believe?
I'm so full of love
It sickens me
But all I can do is close my eyes
And cross my heart hoping to die
Because you don't listen
When I'm around
The least you could do is take it back
All the vicious remarks and verbal attacks
Because I can't stand it
Here in this midwest aftermath
Jan 2015 · 436
U
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
U
I don't want a model
Don't want a movie star
You don't even have to win the lotto
I just want you to win my heart
I just want someone true
Just lay with me
And laugh with
I just want the simple things
I just want you
Just be a tough act to follow
Someone real, someone true
I want you baby
Just you
Jan 2015 · 659
Crush
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
Colors fade from gold to gray
Now broken my foolishness is displayed
This violent loving embrace
Lying restful safe in your arms
Steady rhythm trusts I'll come to no harm
Feel your tremble as the nightmare begins
Sleep with horror until it ends
Whispering a sweet sound fanning the flames
Thoughts consume me and leave me wallowing
My fingers tremble your lips move silently
One last I love you crushes my resolve again.
Jan 2015 · 354
Passion
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
Every word from my lips falls upon deaf ears
And I suffocate
How I love you, I should let you go
Strike your name from my mind
Throw all righteousness to the ground
I succeed empty space filled with might of beens
I close my eyes and see you there
But my eyes must be deceiving me
Because every other sense tells me I'm alone
Now all my waking hours melt into sleepless nights
If I could learn from my past
I'd possess the strength to walk away
And let your taste leave my lips but,
You still live in my every dream
And I fall away, but yet it still resonates
I wear my heart tattered on my sleeve
And I can hear you breathe while you're lying next to me
I hold you so dear to let if fade would tear me apart
If I left this behind, turned and walked away
Would the dawns light fall upon my face
And end this tragedy
Deep in the long black behind the shimmering blue
I swear I have seen the last soul that I care to
This is passion and it crawls on my skin
It sinks into my bones, soul, and I am whole again
I feel it filling me and I never want it to end
It burns in my veins and heart as I write in ecstasy
So sweet on my tongue, it burns away and
Blood can never flow enough to sustain
Empty promises fill me with lies
The deepest gray forever lives inside
I live this agony
Be still my tongue, for you know not what you say
The night wears on and so my patience thins
And I walk through this fire to purify the passion within
Jan 2015 · 762
Affliction
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
Show me what I'm worth
When you're facedown, thinking
You're so ******* when you're running your mouth
Got a few things bottled up
Jump on a couple bottles like double dutch
Jager's got your faded when society has me jaded
How do you expect for us to grow
When all you want to do is break
It's time to let **** go
Don't be tough
Just make sure I see you cry enough
Don't bottle this up
The way I make you feel when I'm around
You got to wake up this is the real world
And you're only hurting yourself
When you spend every waking moment
With your fingers crossed
I don't think you can afford to set karma further in motion
Go ahead
Talk **** it means nothing
Ask me what I see in you
I see nothing, I see right through
You're transparent, I know you don't want to hear it
And I don't want to be the one to hurt your feelings
But, I'm not afraid to freak out
Because deep down it ***** to be you
Making small stabs in passing
But the pain is bigger than it seems so,
Stop holding me under and just breathe
Jan 2015 · 380
One True Weakness
Ashley Rodden Jan 2015
It's happened again so here we go
You're afraid to open up or just give in
Because I've hurt you again
Like I've been known to do before
But how don't you see that I'm just here to heal your wounds
To pick up and fix the broken pieces on the floor
And baby you maybe jaded but don't ever fade away
If you only knew how alive you made me feel
Where do we go to find ourselves
When this world brings us so much pain
How do we cope with the things we hate
(the things that made us feel this way)
Can't you see the effect you have on me
You stay inside, try to hide, deny
But I just always want to make you smile
When do we know it's alright to take the jump and not look back...?
We may never know and
That's what makes this life worth living for
Taking chances, loving, giving yourself away
And I can't stand this state you're in
I just want to make all your fears go away
Because you make me weak every single day
I've been trying my best to figure this out
But I'm tired of pretending I'm doing okay
I sold my soul to the idea that we'd be better off this way
We've had all the conversations leading up to these frustrations
Now I'm lost and it's enough to drive you away
I thought I was doing just fine
But I've lost my crutch to lean on
You're the only one who can rescue me now
On you I don't ever give up, even when I'm fed up
You're my only hope
My heartache's melody, insuring all this pain inside of me
Distance overwhelming me, I'm lost without you
We both know these times are heavy
I've played it back a thousand times in my head
The perfect scene I want to keep living
It will all pay off in the end, I just want to see us through all of this
Because I'm not ready to let you down
So, tell me can you forgive me now,
For ******* you up, for bringing you down?
And it's a sign the way your eyes reflect in mine
We'll be just fine, you and me, if we just stay us the way we were meant to be
Because I'm blown away every time I see your face
We keep shifting from the foot to the head
Shaking the frame of this bed where we lay
Catch our breathes and wonder what's to come next in the common tasks of a day
You're all talk and you've been teasing me enough  and
You hate it when I call your bluff
But it  doesn't really matter in the end
Because all I ever really want is to stay in your arms, safe, take the force of the blow
You said it, I meant it, but we don't seem to notice anymore
Tried to prevent it, but how do you stop what you can't control?
And we've been here before, feeling like we can't take much more
I try to put myself in your shoes, but it's of no use
I'll never know what it's like to be you
And when we say now that things will get better,
Does it mean anything at all?
Wish I could take you away from everything bad and erase all the pain
But I always tend to bite off more than I can chew, and things don't work out the way I want them to
And I know it's not your fault, just hands we get dealt in life
with always the same amount of cards
But my luck has turned to hell and it's made me a skeptic now
But you still manage to leave me breathless somehow
You think I don't get it when your world is crumbling down, but  I'm always around, trying to make you smile
This doesn't make sense
It's not fair and it feels all wrong
But regardless you still mean everything to me
And I don't know how to let you go
Because you are my weakness,
The only one I ever truly love.
Times get hard and you feel like giving up but when you find true love, the kind that makes you weak, the kind that makes you feel things beyond belief, you should hold on for dear life and never let it go because the pain is just proof that you've found something real, a love worth falling into.
Dec 2014 · 377
Giving In
Ashley Rodden Dec 2014
Lets forget what we said and give this pain a rain check
Like before,when we stood tall over callous sins
See,all your demons became mine
When i decided to fight on your front line
But now we're oceans away and
Our glory days go up in flames
And I, don't remember where it all changed
Feels like we're getting close to  an end now but,
Was there ever a doubt...?
We used to talk for hours
But u don't even hear my voice now
Can we forgive and forget
If only for the weekend?
Ain't it a shame how we let life change us?
We broke our promises
So, just cut to the chase now don't keep me waiting
Tie the noose and kick the chair away
At the start i was wishing I could be anything you 'd want but
I've been living with ghosts that haunt my thoughts and
Can't change it now, running straight from my past
We walk these same streets, but have different views
I see change, you see cavalier youth
So love me like you used to
When I couldn't lose you
At the end of this point is so much waste
You brought up my self esteem
Just to turn around and **** it back out of me
I know I'm broken, close to the edge
Why can't you just need me?
Why can't our love be what matters most?
So many things you can't decide if you want
Someone always has to sacrifice
Someone must realign their life
It can't be I
And it won't be you...
Nov 2014 · 758
Aristocrat
Ashley Rodden Nov 2014
Let it burn slow
As my heart becomes numb
And it's okay if it's bitter, I found out
So is the taste of love
Clear, transparent, and 80 proof
Just like my soul was to you
Feeling lost and confused
Like I always am without you
And I catch myself wishing
You were whispering my name
Every star, every scar
Every mark upon my heart just up and fades away
And I feel myself missing everything we threw away
Every dream, every scene
Every song we'd ever sing
Was lost in yesterday and
Now I'm trying to do without you
But I can't seem to give up this fight
And I know everything would be alright
If I could just kiss you tonight so,
Should you find yourself wondering if I still think about you
I want you to know that
Every thought, every step with
Every tear, and every breath
I swear I do
This backwards leaving, game we're beating
Stupid reasons, useless feelings
I'm not surprised
It's all a part of our failed attempts to say
Goodbye
Now I'm bleeding where I bled
You're hiding where you hid
Burning out instead
Of trying again
And the softer side of unbearable makes for complicated feelings
My minds been mistreated, I wasn't prepared for this
Now I just want to disappear
Drink until I'm unaware
But instead I stay awake
Feeling cold and tired
Right back where I started
Drinking myself blind
Trying to forget all the reasons why
You're no longer....
Mine
Nov 2014 · 695
Half of Me
Ashley Rodden Nov 2014
I want to be wherever you are because,
I was around from the start
And we've come so far
I still have only you in my sights
And I want you there the rest of my nights
I tie myself into knots
I get so lost in my own skin sometimes
But it takes time and it takes faith
To build the things this life can't break
And there's some nights we're worlds apart
But there's no goodbyes for us
We're wild ones at heart
And when you're gone
I've no one to lean on
And only you can light my dark
Because you're the better half of me
The only half I need
Mirrors, they lie to me
And sometimes you don't recognize me
Sometimes it burns but I don't feel anything
It only hurts a bit
It's easier to quit, harder to admit
You're pulling away from me
Laughing like it works
Bleeding like it doesn't hurt and I
Hate how I need you even after you
Tear me apart
But I'm always on my knees
Because you're the better half of me
I miss the old us....so much!
Nov 2014 · 566
Baby When You Go
Ashley Rodden Nov 2014
What a ride this has been
I'm exhausted and I know you are too
I feel so drained, like I have made no difference whatsoever
I want to get you out of the dark place you're in so bad
It hurts to watch you sleep and have to wonder where you're at
Baby come back to me, please, just come back to me
Don't go to that place where I cannot be
Don't leave baby I need you here with me
I'm so tired
I ache from all the mental and physical stress
My emotions are a mess
I just want to fall into a deep slumber of peace and quiet
I want to lay in your arms and feel safe and secure
Why can't I just save you
Why can't I help you through all of this
Why can't I be where you are
I feel so unfunctionable
I'm so tired
I want things back the way they were
I want the old you back
It's like you're half alive but mostly dead
Even in my dreams lately I can't reach you
The thought of losing you scares me so bad
I have started this love thing with you
What good is it going to do me if you're not here to see it through to the end
This is why I was so hesitant with my heart
This is so tough and I don't know if I'm strong enough
I didn't want to need you this much
I didn't expect to want you or miss your touch
I have to get you through this
I have to muster all my own strength and pull you out of this place
Let me help you
I can't watch you unravel in front of me like this
It's like you're falling and I can't catch you
You've been barely hanging on and letting go with all of your might
When I fall you are there to pick me up so why can't I do the same for you
I am just so confused right now and I need to talk to my best friend about it
Feels as if I'm spinning out of control
I feel **** faced drunk
I want to feel pain.
I want to hurt like you are
I want to understand your pain.
Feeling you inside me in my veins is the only cure for this ache
You have become such a part of me and I a part of you
When you hurt it hurts me too
When you smile my soul lights up
When you cry my heart weeps with you
I don't know how this connection between us happened
How is this all possible
Obviously I'm not good at explaining this in words
But, God, I just miss you so much!
Manic attacks are devastating not just to the person they happen to but also to the ones who love them so much....just my perspective though.
Nov 2014 · 516
Colour Me Blush
Ashley Rodden Nov 2014
I guess now would be a good time to tell the truth
But the honesty I carry will surely bury you
Like your lies I believed were true
I am not like you though, you're always right
Never wrong,
And you're a sad sight for these sore eyes of mine
A headache for my now weak and tired mind
But you still get me so tongue tied
And I know it's a waste of my time
Because you've become the smile I no longer force
You're the distance that's come between
And I just tried to be everything you'd need
Selfish minds think alike
And I'm wasting all your time
You were in love and so was I, but
Now you can keep your hands to yourself
I know those lips have been on everyone else
Save it for the bedroom when you're not alone
Keep all your lies to yourself,
I've already heard them all from someone else
You ******* me good, and
I became another mark on your shirt,
Just another night and another girl
But admit it I tasted good,
Go home now and wash my jeans
Because there's dirt on the knees
And jealousy consumes me
You loved me, well I loved you too
Especially below the waist
Because that's where players play the game
Those eyes of yours go to my head
But they're n longer enough to take you to my bed
You talk a good game that's for sure
Now look at the face you chose to play
Did you win what you were hoping for?
We will never be the same
Because this is war,
This is my heart,
And the stakes have been raised
It's your call,
So much has changed,
So, lets get this straight
Only you could of taken it away
And that was too high a price for you to pay
I played the lady, you played the gent
And we called it all time well spent now
Here we are standing in the calm before the storm we have been weathering for so long
Now it pours, and it's felt not heard
It washes off all our colors
No need to wear them anymore
Just remember all your lovers, and all the respect that was lost at their door
You had front row seats to me on my knees
Wasn't the show everything you hoped it would be?
We were onto something, you and me
Now you're just teaching me the game you play so well
So many things you said and I won't get over it
Because all the disappointment has caused me to move away
So I can train myself to maybe trust again someday
Just know I'm the best you'll ever get
And you've convinced me to never love again...
Nov 2014 · 356
The Taste of Truth
Ashley Rodden Nov 2014
Down on my knees
Lets settle our debts in the sheets
The taste of your lips is a subtle hint
That you my dear have been jumping ship
Wasn't I more than you expected?
Wasn't I more than you were needing?
A sober safe bed keeps your head clear
So get some rest
Because I'm not the only one you call when you're alone
Everyone has their own verse
You have your own song
Nervous and tearing at the seams
The lights are too bright and you're getting cold feet
But you look the part so,
Drag me down
Show me what I'm missing out on
Don't waste your time
I've heard it all before
We've had enough of the things we didn't want
Call it luck or call it too much
Just make sure it's what you want
Because the truth is a terrible thing don't you think...
When it hurts so much...
Sep 2014 · 451
Water Colors
Ashley Rodden Sep 2014
We bleed so many colors when we open
Ourselves up wide
Burning blue in the night
And it's hard to make this work
When you're feeling all alone
But, I've been waiting so long
To hold you in my arms
Embrace you forever
Make you my whole world
Water fills these eyes
Still love notes and Valentines
Aren't enough to keep me in your mind
You are the shadow of everything
That I'm not but want to be
You wrote your name inside of my life
And that's where it will stay
We wait until dark
To try and make a mark
One that remains until we're done
Pretending again
Trying not to forget where we are
Or who we're with
Words can cut this tie we've made with
The sharp side of the blade
And our words play out
They drag us down make us
Start to feel like one of them
Just make sure you keep me in your heart
Write my name in your bloods ink
Why did you take my life apart?
Why did you offer me the world?
When the night is full of faces am I still the
only girl?
Because you're still the only one
I turn your world from disaster
You make my heart start beating faster
I ask the questions
You give the answers
Need you now and I can't stand it
I never thought this would be easy
And you let me go when I say I'm leaving
So whisper softly as you try
To tell me how you feel
Just tell me how you feel
I need your voice tonight
Pick me up, put me back together
Stitch me up, make me feel better
No control of my emotions
A ticking time bomb ready for explosion
This life we made is so full of color
And that will not change
But we could change the way we see them
and Your words fade when I explain
Why I hate them
We are the same
And I keep repeating
All that I'm needing
Say you're right here
But you seem so distant
Saying sorry again the same old story
so now tell me how it ends...
Aug 2014 · 914
SUCKS!!!
Ashley Rodden Aug 2014
Listening to the blues
Hear Stevie croon
Gives me a feeling of such solitude
Even though you're just in the next room

Smoking an ashtray full
That's so not cool
I must be a ****** fool
I thought sharing was the golden rule

This relationship's no fun anymore
It's turning into a chore
You promised so much more
But left me with a heart so disappointed and tore... :'(
Ashley Rodden Aug 2014
If you have to eat McDonalds
all alone
when you have a boyfriend
then what's the friggin' point....?!
Aug 2014 · 327
Far From Never
Ashley Rodden Aug 2014
I want to scratch these words onto pavement
When I hear your voice saying
Reel me in then you disappear again
Left on my own
This is what it feels like to be alone
All I have now are these words on paper
You wrote them down just to erase me
Afraid to show yourself
I was never for sure how you really felt
While I kept track of time that was already spent
I always came up empty handed in the end
Try to forget it but you left scars everlasting
It won't leave my mind and I suffer slowly
Like being punished for all the lies you ever said
How do I execute my feelings so you understand
The silence hurts my soul
You just want what's best for you that clearly shows
And I'm left with crying eyes because
You can't erase a sin
Your sweet nothings were so deceiving
Nothing left to say that hasn't already been spoken
You don't need me  
Like I want you to
And you can't see me the way I see you
Just wish I had you like you have me
When I was lying on the floor
I can't believe you wouldn't save me
But you blame me
You messed with my mind
And I wasted your precious time
You said you would never let me down but,
We are so unforgivable now
Aug 2014 · 548
Do you know I cry?
Ashley Rodden Aug 2014
I've been walking alone
Waiting for someone like you to come along,
To take my tortured heart by the hand
And force me to become strong
I'm so tired of hiding behind this
Smile I'm forcing that even
I don't recognize anymore
Do you know...
I'll never have all the answers and
You'll never have enough time,
But we'll sure have all the reasons
Why this isn't what we wanted to find
Do you know...
I'll never lay all my cards out even if
You just want to play because,
These days everything's all business
And there's a lack of arms around me now as I sleep
Do you know...
Sometimes I just want you to paint my face
And pretend I'm made of clay, to just start over
So someone could sculpt me into a better shape
Because I can feel myself slowly falling apart
So won't you come take a walk in my shoes
And maybe you will see then that it's not so easy
Trying not to love in spite of me...
Did you know...
Sometimes I find myself shaking in the middle of the night
Then it hits me and I can't believe this is my life...
Why do I make it so hard to love me?
Why would anyone even start to try?
Because I can see all my bridges burning now
As all the smoke is in my eyes...
Do you know....
I just wanted to always be right
But I've been wrong from the start
I've waited for you
Tried to make you happy
Closed my eyes and let you fall apart
And I wonder what you think you could possibly know
About breaking down that I don't....
Do you know...
It's been a long time since
I've begged for anything
But I'm begging you now
To lay me down on this bed of rust
I'm lonely help me shake it off like dust
I know you don't understand me
And you'll never even try...
But just know...
I don't mind killing all my time as long as
I can lay here by your side
And see that look in your eyes
The look of confusion and lust
As I remove this iron smile
That's been weighing me down too much
And when tomorrow comes
It will be just one more day that we don't find true love
Because we don't know what it means...
Aug 2014 · 442
things i ponder...
Ashley Rodden Aug 2014
It's muggy outside tonight
with a cigarette lit and
***** in this can
making me realize how tired
I really am
what a long week it's been for me
and your face is all I manage to see
bad dreams last night
have me feeling caught in an emotional fight
what is it I really want...?
do I need *** or sleep perhaps something in between
I sit and shuffle through the cards life has dealt
practicing my best poker face
will I ever find my place...?
so much for me to have to decipher...
and I'm so **** tired
Jul 2014 · 555
Ain't Life A Daisy
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Forgiveness, hard to give
  Pride, easy to have
   Hurt, not easy to let go of
Hope, hard to find
Faith, hard to keep
    True Love, the hardest to give, have, let go of, find, and keep...
Jul 2014 · 344
Letting Go
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
In your arms I lie
You're sleeping and I'm still
But wide awake because I can't take it
This is how I feel
Want you to set my mind at ease
I'm so worried and upset
Living with so much pent up regret
So if you would listen up
If you would listen hard enough
You would hear...
The sound of desperation
The sound of my heart wearing thin
I know you've heard it all before
But now hear it again
I would rather be dead
Than to see the love we have end
So we just keep starting over
Even though
The nights are blending together
The only way to get through this life
Is to forgive one another
See beyond the scars
And change the colors
Open back up to the ways
We used to love each other
Jul 2014 · 390
Cross my heart
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
don't worry baby, it's all going to be fine because
your hands not letting go of mine
when worse comes to worse
i'll hold on tight even when it hurts
the ground is shaking trying to tear us down
but we won't be forsaken we know what we've found
our love saves us
the river may run deep but our hopes grow tall
our love saves us now
as we jump from stone to stone
just got to believe we won't fall
do you remember the promise?
remember when this was all brand new
how deep into you I fell
I believed in us then and I still do
with shivering hearts we wait
sometimes we even hesitate
but we're  still holding on
now that we're here we've come so far
so just hold on
there's nothing to fear I am right beside you
for all my life I am yours forever
love is not always easy but when it's true it sure is worth it
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I look around and I want you to be there
I'm missing all we used to share
Feeling so empty and sad
Missing the love we had
I'm so over being sick
Get me a doctor quick
Your kiss was the medicine
My world's crashing down, again
My only choice is to over react
Feels like I'm having a panic attack
Just want to let myself relax
Heart's beating way too fast
You think you know me all to well
But you never got the chance
To find out who I really am
Too busy having a breakdown again

When you cut me please know that I do bleed
Anything just to get your attention
When I'm sitting on display and
You pass me by without a mention
Knew this wouldn't be easy
But does it have to be this hard?
A thousand miles suddenly doesn't seem so far
What you leave behind
Makes you who you are
Roll the windows down and try to feel alive
I need the silence to escape your voice's piercing sound

The dark has caught the spark
That once burned in our hearts
Just need to walk towards the light
I'm crying and you're lying about last night
You're calling and I'm falling apart
Can't find a way to tell you what's on my heart
That won't cause a scar
The fire is dying down
There is nothing left of me to take right now just
Sit back and watch us dissolve and decay
Did you ever really love me anyway?

Let's stop concentrating on all the things we love to hate
It only causes us to separate
With dry eyes and steady hands
I try so hard to understand
Why you would rather be alone with a
Broken heart in a broken home
And I don't know how I should feel because
The lies make it seem so real
Can you feel this?
If so you can cross it off your list
I'm everything you wanted but
The mark you've always missed

We breathe in sequence
While trying to make sense
Of the situation we got ourselves in
Can't take another week of one way conversations while
Slowly losing interest
But, we are best friends
So close your eyes and kiss me like it's the last time
Need medication from all your words dripping poison
Days turn to night as I wish on stars in the sky but,
I Don't focus on the brightest because beauty is on the inside
I wish we could take all the bad things said back
Always feels like we're under attack
All these dreams being turned down
When my heart breaks did you know it makes a sound...?

I never meant to hurt you even when
Sometimes the thoughts have a way of making sense
But secrets kept turn into accidents
If you burn away the bonds of selfishness
The positive, the negative
Surely we could make amends
End this now we've come too far
Just take back the words that left us with scars
Taking the easy way out showing self doubt
The only thing that eases the pain now
Is to drink until you drown
Am I not everything you wanted me to be?
Tried my best and guess I lost
So listen for once and I'll spell it out
I need you, I need to hear your voice
I'm Juliet and you're the poison
Slowly sinking in
My means to an immaculate end
Jul 2014 · 241
The ghost of me
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I've lost myself along your way
And I'm honestly not sure that I care today
Because we're going no where
Tired of you tearing me down
I need a space to call my own
Need to find myself on this road that leads me home
Here I am waiting until you let me go
Here I am and now you're all alone
How long can we wait for things to change?
How long before we just turn to dust and fade away?
Need to figure ourselves out
Cut through the flesh of our own self doubt
Never thought it would be this way
I am the worst and you are to blame
You're in my bloodstream
Drying my veins until I'm just a silhouette
Of what you viewed as perfect
Discerning the subtle changes in our love's hue
The lies fall into pieces that I left for you
Now close the door and lock it tight
Then I'll know you're safe tonight
Turn on a song that means something
Believe I'm still there but you're only seeing
The ghost of what you wanted me to be.
Jul 2014 · 431
Non-colored Eyes
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Take back the photos
For they break my heart
And I won't wait by the telephone
With only silence ringing in my eardrum
Don't let the color of your eyes fade
I can't stop thinking about your voice
Or the things you used to say
It's keeping me up at night
Salt from my tears rusting shut my eyes
The color of my heart is beginning to fade away
Like a bloodstained Hollywood ending
Just another night with a sad song
Turn the car key and sing along
I still believe the lies when
I look in your pretty eyes
Another hour in front of a mirror
Suddenly the scars appear so much clearer
I cross my heart and hope to die
You gave your all and so did I
With a shivering heart I wait
Seeing you is seeing red
Swallowing tears shed
Until they are out of sight
But not really gone
Even when I turn out the light
Wipe the blood from your eyes
It's a heartache that you can never satisfy
It's cold with frozen kisses
Frost on my skin from the cold embraces
Holding hands until knuckles start turning white
Nothing in this soul left to say to make things right
It's okay if you only see gray
You'll see color again someday
Jul 2014 · 772
Immunity
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I would like to think
That I'm immune
But I might as well
Face the truth
That I can't be saved
I'm addicted to love
I'm addicted to
YOU!
Jul 2014 · 382
Just Breathe
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Believe,
I miss your taste
I miss your smell
Past mistakes brought us here

Rescue me from everything as
Everyday I sit and wait
for more bad news
Until I have nothing left to lose

Please won't you just start making some sense
The Lord doesn't make accidents
I see the worst case scenario and
It's slowly letting go

Guess I could of sent more letters
And talked more on the phone but,
The signal was fading and
The ink running out

Words look good on paper
And sound better from your mouth
But, I can barely breathe as you
Sharpen your tongue
I can't believe anything you say

I'm the fire and you're the water
I'm the canvas and you're the color
I don't forget you
Even if we're not together

Please hold me tight
I don't care if I can't breathe tonight
Forget my lungs,
With jealousy they burn
But don't leave me alone

My heart's sand
Flowing through your hourglass
But time is up, let go of all we know
As our hearts break in two

I need you now
More than yesterday
So I standby and watch
this fall apart and fade away

I watch the pieces fall but,
I can't let go
Even though
                                       It's
                                              over
and I'm on my own...
Jul 2014 · 375
Stupid (18 W)
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I am smart,
But when it comes to
matters of the heart I sure am dumb a lot!
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Colors won't ever change
But you changed the way I seen them
Words will fade once you explain
But I'll remember them the same
Lets make this count
In these last few hours
Start counting backwards
Falling in reverse
Saying goodbye is always the hardest

You don't have to ask for anything
Because you are my everything
I never felt complete without you
I'll never heal, I'll never forget
Want to leave my hate and surrender what's left but,
I'm all burnt out on words from a liars mouth
If you want more than just know that there's none left to give
Must I die for you to live?

I'm asking for the right
To drain you dry tonight
Save yourself before you forget
Let's meet somewhere in between the sheets
Heaven, hell or the bed I don't care it will end in regret
I'll take you away from everything
You're a dream and I a nightmare
Watch as I pick myself up off the ground
Listen as I scream
I fell in love in the dark somehow

As I turn my back and walk away
From all the pain
I'm tired of waiting
I need you now more than ever
You're the minutes and I'm the hours
Meet me somewhere in the middle
You still have me because I'm still breathing
Exchanging the sunlight
For brown eyes and dark skies
Replace this dull life
Just waiting to feel alive

You know me too well
I'm sorry can't you tell?
Just wake me when it's over
When the credits start rolling
I'll be the girl who got away and
Who never let you down
Never held you back or made a sound
So what scares me the most....
Being alone or being alive while feeling dead?
Can you sleep tonight if someone else holds you instead?
Please don't leave you have half of my heart
And I can't live if you take the best part.
Jul 2014 · 436
Let me let go
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I've had enough
and I say it sadly
The last year
has been driving
me insane
Everything I thought
I knew
hurts so badly but,
All the daggers
in the world
could never
cut me like the words
you let roll
off your careless tongue
Now,
I hear you whisper
with your hand
resting on my hip
You will always
feel my fingertips
tracing the scars
and tattoos upon
your skin
It took so long
for you to get
close enough  
to me
I didn't want
to be a curse
as your patience
was always
my blessing
But all the doctors
and the pills
can't cure the way
I feel about myself
Too afraid to ask for help
from anyone, for anything
It takes time
prescribing a means
to an end
And I'm
Feeling addicted to
this prescription
The problem lies
within the help
for me
this time
So, I just smile through
the pain
and suffer as
I let go of
everything
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Our lives are so different but
I was lonely when we first met
You don't have to speak
Because I can hear your heart beat
You don't have to hide
How you feel when you're in love
I'll always know I'm not enough
I miss you now in this
Self afflicted coma
Days drag on like rolling thunder
When I feel all the stress
I'm lonely and depressed
I know it hurts to feel alone
Because I'm all* by myself* more
than you could know....
Jul 2014 · 512
Carving "LOVE" on my arm
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
Upset
Bad day
Trying to drive
the pain away
All that remains,
Leftover tears
Anger running
down both cheeks
Feeling all alone
Left to deal
Drenched in sorrow
Wanting to find some
hope
for a better tomorrow
Bite my lip
forget the bleeding
Weeping as
you wrap me
in your arms of healing
The deeper I cut
the worse you hurt
Slowly I open wide
and
Find relief
in your life,
Finding the love
I've needed
in your eyes...
Jul 2014 · 379
Portrait
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
You live your life
like you're
on fire
But I could never
dance gracefully enough
for your flame's
desire

Paint runs
Ink bleeds but
I could still draw you
perfectly
Even if I were blind
and could not see

I'd give up my eyes
for you to see
clearer
I'd give my
fingertips
to touch you
forever

I live my life
hiding behind
shadows
And I can't breathe
when
I need you
here with me

If I close my eyes
I can
still see you
But that will
never
be enough
I long to
again feel you
Jul 2014 · 473
The Words You Say
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
You love me
I'm the only girl you adore
I'm so beautiful
I'm what you've been searching for
I'm all you ever wanted
With the best personality
I'm so smart
Bright as can be
You're going to buy me a diamond ring
I've changed your mind
I've patched your heart
I give you hope
I'm your light in the dark
I'm your best friend
The reason you came here to live
I'm baby girl
And I'm your heart....

I'm acting like a child
I don't get to be pretty pretty princess
all the time
I live with my parents
who are ****** in the head
Have a child with an idiot
From a stupid redneck town and I'm
Never going to get out
I'm so unreasonable
All girls are nuts
I make a whole bunch
of dramatic stuff up
I should go to the
gym if I'm so insecure
My mother and I
are the same kind of *****
I'm mean
Always hurting your feelings
I poke and gouge
Ouch!


So which words do you mean?
Which ones are the truth?
What am I suppose to believe
when you're so back and forth?
How do I trust anything you say?
How can my faith in you remain?
You want me to believe
You want me to stay
Don't give up on me you say,
But I'm too tired to any longer remain...
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
As I'm falling down
My heart still beats the same
Even as the tears stream
From my blinded eyes
Shattered glass becomes
My reality
Burnt pictures and memories
Keep lying
There is less beauty in life
Than in dying
Blood always stains
The sun no longer touches my face
The road to hell is paved with good intentions they say
I tried so hard to heal the scars and touch your heart
But nothing's as it seems
Hurtful words ring so clearly
Sitting here playing Russian roulette
Gun loaded and pointing right at me
Withered past and a blurry future
Digging this pain inside my chest deeper
Just wish I could
Reverse the curse
Forget how others had your heart first
Like poetry to my ears
We take what has been given
And blow it away like dust
It's hard to be forgiven
When there's nothing left to say
Lying face down in so much pain
I refuse to see that my mind is anarchy
Worthless liar
I come on shameless
But I am ashamed
The sight of my own reflection
I cannot bear to see
Shadows shroud every step I take
Falling from grace the devil's laughing in my face
Fighting for a life that has beat me down
I stand and scream but hear no sound
Rise from the fire a phoenix
Alive and inspired
You cannot erase me
I'm a sinner conceived by the flames
Started broken hearted, busting at the seams
Standing back watching my world decay
I don't know why I'm falling apart but I
Need to find someone else to blame because,
You're not the reason I'm insane
I've tasted life's cold steel blade
Choices haunt me everywhere I go
It never goes away
Too busy with the lies they sold me
Open myself wide to all the **** they feed me once more
Are you satisfied?
I've given all I can
Are you now pacified,
Or do you still want more from me?
There is a thin line between pleasure and pain and I'm
Walking this tight rope while the ends slowly fray
This could be the death of me
Staring in the eyes of truth
The image is cracked but so is the view
Feeling so dominated
Issues pinning me to the floor
Like being rapped and left for nothing more
Hiding from the scars of my own reality
Sedate myself until I'm drowning
Got a pill for everyday
And a little black dress to mask the pain and
This monster inside that I'm feeding
Lacking perception in all that I do
Crying out in pain
But no one knows where to find me
Screaming out in vain but
No one can reach me
Jul 2014 · 250
Regret Me
Ashley Rodden Jul 2014
I want you to miss me
I want you to suffer persistently
I want you to cry in a pillow every night needing me
I want you to smell me in your bed
I want to be the lingering thought that never leaves your head
I want you to remember how I taste
I want you to miserably recall my face
I want to haunt your every dream
I want you to loath losing me
I want you to long for my kiss
I just want to be,
                              your biggest regret...
Jun 2014 · 329
Once upon a broken dream
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
Walk the silent emptiness
that leads me into shattered tomorrows
Tear away the skin
that has taken me so long to stitch
Licking my wounds from yesterday
Feeling so hollow today
Time passes never waiting for me
Open me up and expose me to your ways
I am twisted like your brain
Immune to what I've became
I've been taken for granted
And it's broken me
Wearing me down to nothing
Everything is compromised
What will you think
When all you see is only a part of the other me?
Because you can peel away the outside
But all you'll find is the shadow of a soul inside
Take a drag and look at the world
with dying eyes
Staring at it dead while giving it head
waiting for all the things I love to never come alive
It's okay if you want to hate me
I'm sure I'd be better off without the animosity
And I wont believe in you when I'm reminded
of everything you put me through
You tried to make me feel sorry for
your self-inflicted misery
It's okay if you lie to me
But don't think I'll have anything left to give
when you come crawling back again
Don't look back just so you can lean on me
You've taken all the life there was out of me
With the words you say, pushing me away
Living your life a different way
Expecting me to do the same
Separating our lives and then wondering
why
I up and walked away
Too much time
Too many wasted days
Too many things I've never spoken
Now I'm setting free all this pent up emotion
I've never told you what to do
Never made you a promise I couldn't be held to
How many different faces could you show me?
How could you always be right?
Living in your world of fantasy
Dramatizing everything
Leaving me dead and broken again
You never wanted to be sober
Just wanted to feel numb all the time and
You can always justify whether you're
walking dead or alive
Wasting your time however you like
Does life feel better with a hangover sometimes?
You were the spoken truth, I was the lies in you
I made you shine in everything you would do
I was your lighted way and you my darkest day
Funny how you could always rely on me
But I can never depend on you
We are suppose to be best friends but
This is no longer the life for me
This isn't the way I want things to be
I was your peace of mind, confusing all your time
I ran through your veins, and you were my pain
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