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Jun 2014 · 635
FAIL
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
The only way you fail at life
is if you **** yourself
otherwise you're still living.
Jun 2014 · 403
Smeared Ink
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
All the love letters written on tear stained paper
Smeared my hearts ink across the blank pages
My heart's broke for the last time
You promised truth
and really made me believe all  your lies
I thought love was suppose to be free...
but the cost for yours was way too steep and
It hurts but I don't think it can get much worse
Being so invisibly desperate for you

I took my chances on a bruised and beaten heart
Guess I got what I deserved, after all
Forgiving is hard to do
Now pain is all I have to show
You took my heart and you broke my soul

Your urge to break loose was just too strong
And I've almost forgotten what the color of your eyes were
and your scars or how you got them
Seldom did your words reign true
When you were failing me and
I was just trying to save you

You were always so sad
hiding behind your mask
And I came so far with my soul
But you never seen the gem within me
I could of been your happy ever after
But I'm only human and though
I tried hard not to, I crashed and burnt out

The words from your tongue were knives in my heart
You built me up just to tear me apart
I just wanted to turn your mechanical heart back on
I held up the weight of your world and mine times three
Just trying to be your everything but
Somehow I lost the love I loved the most

I've learned how to live half alive now for what it's worth
I wish I would of missed the first time we kissed
because you've been nothing but a broken promise since
I'm left like a smoking gun now that all our love is gone
I thought we found some magic
But you left me neglected, how tragic

Now I walk away and let it be
Ignore my instincts as I'm led astray
Another bend, another break
I'm not sure where I go from here
Between wet pages and all this smeared ink
A tragic, lost en devour our love has come to be
Jun 2014 · 524
Kiss
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
I want to be the fist of many
The last of any
The only one you ever find yourself craving
I want to make up for all the years we've missed together
I want to see true love truly existing

"You are all the poems I haven't written yet and I want to spend every day scribbling you out trying to explain perfection to myself."

I day dreamed about you kissing my face
And what your arms would feel like around my waist
Never knowing you were a 1,714 miles away
I could never see your face clearly but somehow
I knew you would look like my prince charming
and you do

"Does love sound like the words "I love you" or like the sound of my keyboard keys clicking at 1:30 am in the morning?"

I've waited, I've prayed
I would of walked the world a million times over again
You were the treasure I was searching for
I would have crossed any burning bridge to save you
I would of walked on broken glass or swam the ocean floor
You were always the melody to the song in my heart
The one I will forever adore

I've spent my life making my way to you
I knew we would fit so perfectly together and we do
No other touch would ever suffice
No other person would do me right
I was made for loving only you

From a mid Missouri porch
To a ***** bar room floor
I burned bridge after bridge searching for you
And I never once thought I was lost
Somehow I knew I'd find my way to you

Just hoping to find what I was reaching for
The way it was in my mind
Knowing my dreams would all come true
If I was dreaming them with you

"I just want the opportunity to help carry your load knowing you would do the same for me
I don't believe in miracles or magic but I don't have to believe in you; you are a fact
I am not a small town and you are not a clothing designer, I don't work at a gas station and you don't make photocopies.
I am a mother, a daughter, and a friend and you are a dreamer and an architect with a pen and a vision and we are all hope should be."

All it took was just one kiss
And I knew you wanted to be loved
So, I completely consumed
Fell in love with you
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
I feel more alive with every breath that you take
I searched for a hero
And then you saved me
Your kisses are priceless
And I know it's true
You're changing me for the good
Breathe me in so deep
For I am your's always to keep
I was born to tell you that "I love you"
When we are so close, flesh to flesh
Every breath brings my deepest hopes to life again
Tell me all the things you've never said
Tell me all your dreams
All the things you fear
Always take me with you and I'll always keep you near
I will love you now and forever
This world no longer matters to me
Because your smile makes me see clearer
than I have ever seen
We are drawn together with all the perfect words
like a painters brush strokes
I'll forever remain by your side
Because beating hearts grow they don't ever die
I don't know how but
You took away the pain of being me
You soothe my soul and caress my heart
You've ended the fear of all the bad memories
I think of no one else
I never believed in much until now and
I believe in this
I'm incomplete without you
I'd suffer without your kiss
I'll cauterize your every wound
After all the pain has cut right through
I will kiss every scar and show you the place
inside my heart that beats for you and no one else
I'll give you wings when you need to fly
Looking in your eyes I see all that I need
Sharing these moments I know we are meant to be
I've searched for a meaning
And now you're my everything
I will carry you when your heart is weak
I have faith in you because there are things
I have seen and don't believe
I'll never let you go and I mean it
I love you more than any words that were ever
written
I love you with all my being.
Jun 2014 · 422
Speak the truth
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
Between the lines
I see nothing but doubt
You tell me one thing but really believe
Something else yet
You want me to trust
You want me to give continually and
I want to believe every lie you tell me
But I just can't let my heart fully trust
The guise you hide yourself under
Just take all your wasted honor
With all your past frustration and problems
End them with explanation points
While you walk around like a one man army
Fighting regret with all it's fury
Reliving the same old moments in your head
You fear so much, the giving in
Tell me you never loved her or anyone but me
Then let me read about her in all your poetry
Your faith has been broken
And your eyes are shut tight while you
Walk down the realm making no sense to yourself
Caught up in the fight
Hooked on a substance that's digging its claws deeper
While the pity penetrates your skin
So sensitive it makes you sicker
The salt enters your wounds
Never letting your fear heal itself fully,
Consumed
You become a comfortable liar
Ignoring the loss of sight with
All the suffering kept within you
Inside the negativity is starting to rust
Healing has to begin in the past
So stop trying to fake what really exists
Drunk again your ego has grown
So big now it swallows you whole
You would rather be tossed to the side
Feeling your life has made no sense or sound
Thinking  it's a waste of time to chase the truth now
Left with no way of knowing if you'll ever be at home
Never wanting to be alone
You need to open up your eyes
You've been flying like a jet plane that's about to wreck
Switching lanes like you're racing a corvette
Hitting on all the girls who love to have ***
Wondering if the devil is a lie
Wondering if God really exists
Pondering what is death if life's just a *****...
It's time to save yourself
Because the tide is rising high
It's time for you to sink or swim
Or be just another man overboard abandoning his ship
Just let the bridges burn
Forgive what has been done
Throw up all the lies inside
Nail yourself to the cross because
Living costs everyone a price
Don't feel so sorry for mistakes you've made
along the way
You're father told you not to bite your tongue and you
Hate your mother because she left you with no love
Wanting to wrap your hands around her throat
Squeezing until you can feel no pulse
Wanting her to pay the price for betraying you
You have bottled it up and swept it under the rug
All good things must come to an end
And we live in a world where it seems like evil always wins
The lobbyist, pessimist, cynical hypocritical mess with a
Self destruct personality
Not dealing well with the responsibility of reality
Always walking on the verge
Killing yourself but not admitting you're a murderer
Don't let this be the only thing that matters in your life
When everything around you has failed
Who knows what the future may bring
Because eventually the truth will always prevail itself
It's moments like these where you really have to think
About the broken dreams that you sold along the way
Like riding on a carousal
Thought you had it all figured out
But have spent most your life
Addicted to the pain you cause yourself
Jun 2014 · 477
Come back to my heart
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
I breathe you in
And laugh as I choke on wasted nights
They were the best times of my life
But somehow I'm sleeping alone
And I don't want anyone to wake me up
Because now the thrill is gone
The sunset is turning red
Behind all the smoke
Forever and alone
I have been strapped to this bed
Where the taste of you and me
Will never leave my lips again
I want to hold your hand so tight
That my own bones break inside
And when the drunken moon sings tonight
I'll sing right along
Because I know not the words to any other song
Don't you dare blame me
My love for you was shameless
Now I can barely whisper your name
So, I'll try to write it in my own blood's ink
And if that doesn't work
I'll sing it
Because the song will be yours forever to keep
And when the sun sinks down into the ground
I'll scream over the sound
I know what it's like to feel burned out
But please just put it down
You're just wasted and dwelling on the past now
Baby, it will all be okay somehow
I know you think you can't take anymore
As you draw the shades and close the door
I know you would rather die than sleep one more night alone
So if you need to be free
Why don't you just say something?
You're made of poison and it's killing me
You're leaving me just when I thought you were mine
And I can't see your face as
Failing dreams amass a hundred sleepless nights
And maybe I'm holding on a little too tight
Because nightmares no longer wait for my sleep they
Leave me crawling on my hands and knees
Do you still love me?
Is what I'm dying to know
Have you forgot what we shared?
Were you ever really there at all?
Thoughts in your head that will never leave
Is that a price you're willing to pay?
Constant recovery
When you choke it takes my breath away
Just promise you won't leave
I know you're tortured within
I see the hunger in your eyes once again
Am I the only one who thinks you should stay alive?
Calm on the surface but the bottoms where you lie
Telling yourself just one more taste will get you by
I'll hold you down
While you destroy the world
I hear you breathing on the phone
I'm not your type
I'll just leave you hurting every night
Screaming into a pillow alone
Drawing hearts on a steamed up bathroom window
Should I love you back or just leave you alone?
What you love is what you have
And you would die right now for
Something beautiful to take you somewhere else
Just break down the better side of me
Forget regret and
Taste this lust like a hammer to the teeth
I can show you what being in love really means
This is all for you
To the end
I'll never leave without you buried next to me
They will never take us alive
Lets just chase away the darkness
So we can live in love and die
This is all just a test
Stone cold sober and scaring us to death
And I don't care if you're sick
I would kiss you no matter the consequence
You are something to me beyond beautiful
And I am perfect with you
They say our love will never mean a thing
But as long as your heart still beats
I'll love you with all of me
Jun 2014 · 903
Love notes and a tailgate
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
So much I could say
And, I'm sure it will come out the wrong way
But, I just want you to know that you still have all of my heart and soul
From the first time we kissed
I was all yours
My heart will never to another belong
I continue to fall harder
Every time we touch
You still intrigue me
Inspire me
And turn me inside out
You're still the most beautiful soul I've ever seen
You push me
Confuse me
Keep me on my toes
You still show me the way when I get lost
You ignite the fire in my soul
I yearn for you
I'm amused by you
Your touch still turns me on
I'm still captivated by your embrace
I miss you
I want you
You're the only one for me
My stomach still gets tied in knots
When I know I'm about to see you
I still try to look my prettiest because  
You are so handsome to me
Your charms still work and
I have so much more to learn
You're never dull or boring to me
You're still my prince charming
When my life falls apart
You're who I want there beside me
You protect me
You keep me afloat
When I fall you pick me up
And I can't live without you
And I never want anyone else
No amount or words would ever be enough
But I hope you know you still have all of my heart
So, don't ever question
Don't ever doubt
Because my love for you will never run out
You are, you were, you always will be
Jun 2014 · 350
Close enough to perfect
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
You got exactly what I need
And
When you stop and stare
I still get weak in the knees
I can never afford the love you sell
But I sure as hell can't afford to watch you leave
How could I ever lose your heart to another?
Couldn't wear this smile for someone other than you
I may not be the easiest to love
But every ounce of me
I invest in you
You bring out the best in me
And you have all of my heart
I see my purpose when I look at you
I am transparent, vulnerable,
letting my true colors shine through
I'm a poet without words, speechless,
that you can love me at my worst
My love is limitless, it's where it should be
It's more than what can ever be seen
This life ain't the fairy tale we thought it would be
Sorry I can't always find the perfect words to say
But, I savor every minute I get
Through all the sleepless nights
That I never get used to
I still feel you
Every time I go I leave a part of myself in your arms
I hear your voice on the phone
And
God, I miss you
You hold up my world
Baby, I so need you and all
The little things you say always mean so much
You never back down, never shy away
Undeniably you inspire me
I have been kissed by destiny
No makeup or fancy clothes
Cover ups or push ups no need to put on a show
You love every freckle, every curve, every inch of who I am
Fulfilling me entirely when you take me all in
This is real
Your soul, your flow, your truth are simple proofs
We were meant to be
Because you're loving me for me
I love you B!
Jun 2014 · 431
Leaving Neverland
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
All your doubt is a staircase for me
But the first step is the one you believe
And the second could be profound
but that doesn't matter to me
They can have the money and the world,
diamonds and pearls, all I want is to
Follow you to where forever may be
Without a doubt I'll remain by your side
And I'm not about to compromise or say goodbye
Not all of life is cruel or untrue
So don't turn it all inside of you
I'll whisper kisses in your ears
Touch you so soft and warm like falling dew
I'll confess all my love without words to you

Stare into the flame until you see past the light
I fight the sin you've carried like a corpse all these days
Let it all just fall away tonight
How far you go no one knows
You don't want to live to waste another day
Hiding in the shadow of mistakes you've made
You don't want to lose it all
But it feels like you've hit a wall
And now you feel broken and scarred
Out here nothing to you seems clear
Except the moment you decided to move
And disappear into the fear
But, you know there ain't no coming back
When you're still carrying the past
Just let me erase all the blurred lines
Leave a trail of broken pieces for me to find
I know it feels like you're breaking inside, but
I still remember like yesterday
When you had a smile on your face
and dreams in your eyes
I'm missing those days
Something has gotten in the way
And I just want to hold you up and tell you
it will be okay

Don't let your mind get so weary
Don't let your heart get so heavy
Because within you I see a strength
that just needs to be dug up like a treasure once buried
When your soul is lonely
Just don't lose your faith in me, because I know
All you've ever wanted was a place to call home
Well I'm here to shelter you and miss you when you're gone
Just speak to me so I understand your tongue
Bring what's yours and take what's mine
Just leave all the rest behind
I'm not here to stain your mind
With make believe and pretend

You can put yourself on trial over and over again
But you can't make your guilt pay for a sin
Just like you can cage an animal
But you can't take away it's rage
All I want is to be for you a gentle touch
Assuring you love is enough
I might be an angel without wings but,
I've got the pixie dust so,
All you have to do now is *believe
Jun 2014 · 568
F*** ME, LIKE YOU LOVE ME
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
Did it feel good?
Did it feel right,
Getting your rocks off one
***** at a time?
Was it wet and tight?
Did it taste divine?
Did you writhe with delight?
Did she scream your name,
or take it in the ****?
Did she tell you how good you felt
when you were deep in her gut?
Were you so proud of yourself
and what was done?
Was it so fun?
Was she so hot?
Did you feel like a real man,
or have you forgot?
Was it fast or slow?
Did you take her from the front or back door?
Did you *** so hard it made you high?
Did it hurt falling from cloud nine?
Was it sweet and salty?
Was it a ****** or did you last forty?
Always so *****,
A man with all his glory.
Sorry about this write it's raunchy I know, but had to get it out I was losing sleep over this one...:/
Jun 2014 · 332
To Die Alone (14 W)
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
If love doesn't make you want to live
Wouldn't you be better off dead....
Jun 2014 · 485
Captivated (20 W)
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
Just when I had given up all hope
That true love existed...
You became the living proof that I needed.
You saved me in more ways than you may ever know. Thank you for loving me because I love you too. :)
Jun 2014 · 264
Gettin' Bent....
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
My love for you is blind
So how can I make you see it?
I'm only trying to bury the pain
Only trying to save you from it
I want to give you a safe place to hide
Maybe you could find it
If you looked deep enough in my eyes
There has to be something you can believe
Just let go of your defenses and
Come to your senses for me
What we have is so strong

I'll come to you if only in a dream
I'll rescue you like you saved me
We are damaged at best
Falling apart sometimes
Barely breathing with tightened chests
But in the pain I hope you find the healing
you need
All the lights are catching up to you now they are fleeting
And you can't put your insomnia to sleep
Because when you close your eyes all you see is
Someone you think you're never going to be

Let me bring you back
Let me make it right
If you crash and burn
At least we know you tried and
When you crawl the lessons learned
Will remind you how you survived
Silence is screaming in your face
Your past comes to haunt you in bad dreams
tonight
I know you wish to take back what you've done
But you can only change the person who you've become
And find a way to leave it alone

I know you're hurt and scarred
If only I could tame your mind and heart
I'm sure you thought it was going to be easier than this
I see your burdens
And they are too much for one man to carry
So just bury them inside of me
It's all so shallow and appealing
When you're over your head and drowning
In a sea of sarcastic faces and familiar places
Everything looks the same to you
It's confusingly amusing, bitter, and tainted
The picture in your mind that you've painted

I just want to take away all you have known
Everything you cannot have
And if you ever need some other love
I'll give you more than you can stand
You walk a thin line
Between what is and what could be but in the end
There's a crack in your crown
And it feels like your sand castle is crumbling down
Your head is filled with fairy tales
You've built yourself a pretty cage
Made of false expectations, illusions, and dreams
With all my strength I just want to bend your bars
                                                                ­                         And set you free....
Jun 2014 · 424
When your heart breaks
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
All I'm asking for now
Is that you need nothing more
And that you let nothing come between
Our fragile hearts

We walk together
Knowing where we've been
Knowing that mistakes will be mistaken again
But that's past tense and
It doesn't have to make sense

Because in the still of your hands
Anything can happen
With every kiss
Nothing is impossible

In the comfort of your arms
I find my safe haven
With every beat of my heart
My love speaks in silence and
You're all it's asking for

You do things to me that I can't explain
I see your picture
I smell your skin on the pillow
Lying next to me and
Whenever I'm not with you
I feel myself start to waste away

When you wrap your arms around my waist
I will breathe against your pains
Just exhale and let the past go away
Empty smile with a naked heart
Whoever I was just falls apart

When you're here inside of me
I want you to feel me until you're numb
And all your depth perception is gone
Touch me until the taste of love never leaves your lips
Pull me in, take me out, and I'll make you whole again

I'll lose myself just to find a place
Inside your mind
I'll change myself just to stand alone
In your eyes

Read the wave, ride your fears
In this ocean of love
We've been drowning in
I'll take you deeper until you find
What's hidden in every corner of my mind

Sever the sky, bury the lies
Forget the time
And leave your past behind
These feelings fall like a landslide
When both our dreams collide

Reach into my eyes
Until I feel you in my veins and
I'll put my lips on your scars of hurt and shame
Just give me your darkest nights and all your broken dreams
I will fill the empty space and burn the memories...
I can fix it if you show me where it hurts.
Jun 2014 · 388
Make the world go away
Ashley Rodden Jun 2014
Trying to find our way back to sanity again
Just take a deep breath and hold on tight
And I'll keep hanging by every word you say
Even if you don't want to speak it's okay
I'm perfectly content just listening to you breathe
With you is where I want to be
So, just try to look past all the shadows in your mind
Seek the truth in us and you will find
What it feels like to feel alive again
Just shake the calluses from your heart
I will chase your silhouette for the rest of my life
I just want to be with you for the rest of time
I'd rather not know where we'll be
Than be alone and convinced I know
The world keeps spinning round
Even though ours is usually upside down
I wouldn't change that for anything because
I've got nothing else to lose
When I found you I lost it all
Everything I've ever known before has let me down
But with you I just let go
I let you turn me inside out
And all I know is I'm not sure about anything
But I wouldn't have it any other way
All the spinning, turning, watching, burning
Walking, crawling, climbing, falling
Doesn't matter anymore
Because I found my life's meaning
Deep within your heart
For all we go through
I would never want to change you
As we break and bend
And wrestle with our doubts
Through the rising and falling apart
We have discovered who we are
I know you struggle with your thoughts
I just want to be the one to change your minds locks
And I will always try to read between the lines of
What you say and what you've said because
You are the strength that keeps me going
The hope that keeps me trusting
You light up my soul
You are my purpose, my reason to be
There's no way I can stand in your presence
And not be moved
You steal my heart and take my breath away
You're all I want
You're all I need
Baby, you're everything to me
Just let me inside even when it hurts
Don't hide the broken parts of you that I need to see
Just let me hold onto you above everything
My reality is in your eyes
And even though we maybe crashing into the unknown
With you beside me I feel at home
Talk is cheap
So I give you my word that I can keep
I love you the most
In every way I am yours and
I won't let go
I won't give you up no matter what
I'll take the weight of the world
Off you for a while
I'll be your peace
When insanity strikes your mind
I'll light up the dark
I'll hide you forever inside my heart
I'll make the world go away
If only for a little while
I love you B no matter what!
Ashley Rodden May 2014
All the things I want to say
They just don't always come out right
I trip on my words
Because you got my head spinning for sure
There's something about you
I can't quite figure out
Everything you do is beautiful
Everything you do is so ******* cool
I don't know why but, I can't take my eyes off of you
When I'm lost please come find me
And speak sweet words of love in my ear
Your voice is all I long to hear
You are the strength that keeps me marching up hill
The hope that keeps me trusting
My purpose to live
The light to my soul
How could I ever stand in your presence
And not be moved?
You calm the storms when I need rest
You steal my heart and take away my breath
You are all I want
You're all I need
You're everything to me

It was easier to be broken
It was much easier to hide
But looking at you now I have to catch my breath
Because I am still scared to death
I've let you inside
Under my skin
My world now,
Is the reality I see in your eyes
We are walking together a path unknown
We're lost but it feels like home
There's no one around but you and me
That's how I want it to always be
Together
Riding beside you
Off into the sunset
Chasing gold mines
Crossing the fine lines we once drew

I've spent so long in the storm
Been so overwhelmed by it's shapeless form
It was getting harder and harder to tread
With waves always crashing over my head
But when I saw you
I knew everything would be alright
Because you turned the dark into light
For you I will walk on water
And I will catch you
When you get lost in my eyes and fall
Barely surviving was becoming my purpose
Until you came along
Now I'd be so alone without you
And maybe you would be too
But just remember when it feels you have nothing left
My heart will always belong to you...
May 2014 · 830
Rock Steady
Ashley Rodden May 2014
We were suppose to take this slow
But we're dancing right across that line
Because you have your lips an inch away from mine
How long before they touch?
I guess we are both pyros who like playing with fire
Risking getting burnt
One kiss and I lost it
Didn't know what I was doing
So caught up in the moment
Once your lips touched mine
It was all over
I whisper,"baby do you really love me?"
How head over heels can a person be?
You know I'm worried about tomorrow and
The days and miles that are bound to come between
But we both knew this was going to be tough
So lets just make the most of every second we got
And pray what we have is enough
Lets just take it day by day
Bridge by bridge
Mile by mile
Tonight I got my hair down
Kissing your neck
You say, "baby you better stop that"
Do we take the fast lane or the back seat?
Better pick one
All self control is about to leave
No more keeping hands to ourselves
Welcome to the Jungle baby
We're walking on the wild side now
What a Perfect Crime
I stole your heart and you stole mine
I want to feel you in my blood
You're my outlaw
Double trouble's a lot more fun
You like to rock hard
I like to kiss soft
It's like dancing with the devil
In the cold November rain,
Knockin' on Heaven's Door,
All the while singing Sweet Child of Mine
Riding 95 sitting shotgun pretty in 1968 SS Nova chevy
Turning this town into our own Paradise City
Running wide open
Boy give me some more
Let go of them horses
Tonight lets rock like Guns N' Roses
Ashley Rodden May 2014
I think I'm sick of this
It's time I shake off this rust
I once had my heart set on nothing but us
Now I'm staring down myself
Counting up the years
My hands remain steady
But inside all your stares are killing me
Like I am transparent and right through me you can see
I know that everyone has there doubts and fears
Everyone wants what they think is fair
Just like I always wanted all I thought I needed from you
Why could you never see what I seen?
My feet remain steady but restless
To run away from you
Needing you to come chase after me
It's like we're moving but we go no where
And I know you've tried to rescue me
But how could you when I won't let anyone in?
All that remains now are traces of what was
And all that could have been
Please take all the tainted pieces of me
As they no longer fit
Just like your promises that were unkept
And drink them in until you're high
Chase them with a shot of left behinds
If you could have only seen in your nothing
You meant everything to me
And I just wanted to be all you would ever need
Happiness and peace of mind
Were never meant for me
So just take whatever you please
All the promises are empty
Like your last glass of whiskey
I only complicate your life
And you cause me only disappointment and strife
I hope I will always remain a sweet taste on your tongue
I hope you never forget those
Hot sweat and blurry eyed nights of fun
My world is just too black and white
Not like your's so colorful with your dreams about life
We must of been caught off guard somehow
So I won't try to philosophize now
Just take a deep breath and a good look around
How I feel has always been real
You are my sweetest sin
And I've felt this weakness coming on as
I tried to read between the lines
Of ******* on the mirror in your mind
I tried to see what lied behind your weary eyes
Went to war with your demons inside
Your voice will always be
The soundtrack playing in my sweetest dreams at night
You are unlike any other
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
And I never want to be with another
But I can no longer repent
In the dark on my knees
The candle light has all been spent
The holy water has turned to a poison wine
And it's time I leave what once was my love's sanctuary behind...
Ashley Rodden May 2014
I took my time
While I was making up reasons in my mind
To justify all this pain I've kept inside
From fake smiles to lieing eyes
I wanted the bitterness in me to just die

My mama never loved me much
I've never felt honesty in a touch
I shy away from human affection
Until the day you came to me, baby
And I soon found out
Love is blinding, there's no surviving

We had been tried for treason
And crimes we never committed
Love was such a barren place
Seemed there was no hope for the human race
So I started hanging all my hopes on stars
Until they would burn out and be forever gone

My heart was in pieces
Left for the scavengers
To come and pick it apart
I was imprisoned inside my own mind
Hiding behind a convincing smile
All the while thinking
There must be some serenity left in this life

The demons of my own design
Followed me down
My failures engulfed me
And stole my will to fly
But I survived and now
The taste of love will never leave my lips again

I hated all the broken pieces of myself
Until you loved them with a passion
Now I'm feeling completely unbroken
And the brightest parts of me
Are only shades of you
The line is drawn
I pledge my devotion will remain true
This heart is yours everlasting
Your words are forever my inspiration
And my heart beats your name only

It's easy to lose faith in things unseen,
Unsure of what to believe,
Just dying to be loved
Giving up on hopes and dreams,
And letting doubt take everything
But my belief in you will always remain

For so long
I tried to save myself
All the while in sorrow I was drowning
My heart crying out
Then there you were
An image of sheer perfection
You saw the beauty in my flaws;
you pick me up when I fall,
show me the way when I am lost
In the eye of the storm
I know now I'm not alone
Because you give me the strength
I need to carry on

I find my purpose when I look at you
I'll be transparent with my heart
Letting my true colors shine through
I'm a poet without words
Speechless cause you love me at my worst
What did I do to deserve
Someone like you?

You were a starving artist
But you let your walls come down
And found that love is limitless
When you find what's meant to be
It's Supernatural,
It's more than what can be seen
A trust that couldn't be broken
Always seemed impossible to me
But now I've tasted true love and I believe
We're eternal
                             You and me
always i love you to the moon and back
May 2014 · 1.3k
Sweetness
Ashley Rodden May 2014
Your flawless olive skin
That I long to trace and caress
Your compelling hazel eyes
That look so deep into my chest
Locks of dark brown hair
I run my fingers through
Broad back
I grasp and hang onto
Luscious lips that phase me
Every time they touch me
Natural beauty
On the inside and out
I can't help but stare sometimes
And feel so content
Because
I get to touch and kiss
A man that could only exist
In the sweetest dreams I ever dreamt
Your love is like sweet water falling from a summer sky. You electrify my heart, soul, and mind. I love you baby without a reason or rhyme.
May 2014 · 513
Stained
Ashley Rodden May 2014
You changed my mind
I cherish your heart
I bite my tongue
Until it hurts
Make me feel beautiful again tonight please
This love is out of control
And I'm on my knees
You're wasted again thinking about the past
But it's hard to see clearly out of tear stained eyes of glass
I maybe holding on too tight
But the beast in my heart
Won't let me leave you alone tonight
I kissed the scars on your skin
And still think you're beautiful
I know you're in pain
But you're not the only one suffering
There's no guarantee this life is easy
But when I look at you I see truth in forgiveness
I came alive with your kiss
I died inside your arms
Just take a look at my heart
Is it too bold?
Well I don't care because
I don't ever want numb to feel comfortable
Seeing your face
Was the first time I seen love
And you're all I'll ever need now
Because second chances won't leave me alone
And I  know there has to be faith in love
You've always been the one
And I've always tried to remind you
Our future is just a heartbeat away from disaster
And I'm afraid we'll throw it all away
Did you mean it when you said
I never leave the thoughts in your head?
Could you ever fall in love again?
How do you know
How deep to go before something's real?
Are we losing or beginning?
Without an us there can be no happy ending
Maybe if I lie enough that I'm enjoying myself...
And you make hell feel just like home for yourself...
We would never feel alone
But I so want your lips to always be mine
Do you still want me?
Will your desire for me leave you with time?
Or will I always be a silver metal ring
Custom made to cut off your circulation
Because I couldn't let you go?
Please just keep talking,
I love to hear your voice
Sweet love,
Free me,
Free us,
For I am bound to you
And long to feel wonderless
May 2014 · 897
Scared of the Dark
Ashley Rodden May 2014
What a ride this has been...
I'm exhausted and I know you are too.
I feel so drained and 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.
Don't go to that place where I can't.
Don't leave baby she needs you here with her.

I'm just so tired.
I ache from the mental and physical stress.
My emotions are a huge mess.
I just want to fall into a deep slumber of peace.
I want to lay in your arms and feel safe again.
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 nonfunctional.
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.
And 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 for it?
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 miss your touch.
I have to get you through this.
I have to muster up all my 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're barely hanging on and letting go with all 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.
Feels as if I'm spinning out of control.
I feel **** faced drunk.

I want to feel pain.
I want to hurt like you.
I want to understand the pain inside of you.
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.
I don't know how this connection between us happened.
And words could never explain it well enough to matter.
So just come back to me where you belong.
Baby, please don't let me let you go.
Just come back into the light.
Because I am scared I can't save you
From this dark in your life.
Ashley Rodden May 2014
Lessons learned
Bridges burned
Tables turn
I can't breathe
Here I stand
Helpless
Hanging on
By a thread
Easy to find what's wrong
Harder to find what's right
I believed in you
I seen through your empty lies
Trembling
Crawling
Feeling your eyes
Stealing the life from mine
I'm cold
Broken
It's almost over
Will I ever see your face again?
Want to shed my skin
It's simple
I'll suffer in the end
Fast I fade
Slow I suffocate
It's hopeless
Forsaken
I live to fight another day
Your hope is gone and so is mine
Sick
Blind
Love left behind
You pull me in
Are you holding on?
Keep holding on
Hurt
Sad
I'm becoming a monster
Like you
Falling forever
Chasing dreams
Sorrow remains
Filthy
I cannot hold on
I won't let go
Worthless
Guilty
There's no way out
Silently
I go under
Nothing left inside
I'm sinking
Won't you pull me out?
May 2014 · 801
"I AM" Bipolar
Ashley Rodden May 2014
I am intelligent
One of the smartest people you'll ever meet
I am unique
I follow my own drum to a different beat
I am funny
With tons of charisma
I am witty
I have a silver yet sharp tongue
I'm tired
I can sleep for hours upon hours at a time
When I'm awake
I'm always up for some fun
I am sad
Down in the dumps again
Detached  
I will leave you
Because I can
I will lift you up
Just to tear you down again
You will thinks it's over
That you got it all figured out
Then I'll remember why I loved you so much
And how I need you to come back
Because without you my life is not complete
And you need me too, so don't try to decline
We are meant for one another,
You and I
I will come and go over and over again
So you can hold fast or let go of me instead
I have compassion for others
Because of the way I am
But I feel sorry for myself
time and again
I like my own routine
Yet I want to give you all you need
I want you to stay
Please don't abandon me
Now I want you to leave me alone please
I need down time
Just for me
I need to vent
To my best friend
Where is she?
I am a dreamer
With an unquiet mind
I am reasonable and grounded
Yet I want to fly
I try my best to understand
and be sensitive to your wants and needs
I give
I take
I try to hide myself for your own sake
I constantly battle these thoughts in my mind
I fight with my demons all the time
I love a bed
I can stay there for days
I struggle with who I really am
Me or this disease?
I will love you like no other person possibly can
Deeply, passionately, with ever molecule of my heart
At first glance you fall and hard
But My love will be a huge double standard
With my constant battle against entropy
Between ideality and reality
Seeking a way out of this mundane, humdrum existence
I'm in
I cannot tell sometimes where my personality
ends and this illness begins
My daydreams turn to hypo-mania
With all these gray areas
All my choices are not rational all the time
I chose to react
I chose to get help
I chose to be better despite my illness inside
I will be passive aggressive and egotistical
All symptoms are different and coping mechanisms
are tailored for each individual
Religious fervor
Shopaholism
Insatiable libido
Are all hard for you to fathom
Along with my mixed state of mind
Sometimes I'll just want to die
You will feel pity
Then you will feel inspired
And it's admirable of you to weather
the storms with me
But foolish to let me always be the one under
the umbrella and you left in the rain
This relationship cannot be a competition
with my disease
I regard my illness as an intimate part of me
Something you will never understand
It's easy to confuse love with mania.
The problem is love is fleeting
there is no cure for bi-polar
Doctor visits,
blood tests,
complicated regimens of medications
until they find the magic combination
Delusions and hallucinations
Being misunderstood by a population
generally unfamiliar with my condition
You just don't understand.....
I hate myself for everything I think "I am"
May 2014 · 515
Question Mark
Ashley Rodden May 2014
You were the burning sun in my world
Now my blue skies have all turned dark
But I know we can work this out
Just let go of all the doubt
Got my mind made up and I won't let go
Though I'm constantly fighting the urge to succumb
I'm traveling this rocky road all alone
I hope you understand why I can't pretend
that I don't need you here with me
I hope you know I can't break these chains
I crave you, breathe you, see you in my dreams
I'll never be able to replace you or fill the void you left within
You said you'd never leave me
But I look around now and you've disappeared
So I cry and I still try to save you because I can't escape you
Don't you know I love you?
Longing for you makes my world seem hazy
And the pain is killing me baby
I'm scarred so deeply time can't erase the pain
Why you coming at me?
Why all this struggle and strife in my life?
You said you wouldn't hurt me
never lie
But you used me
and it breaks me hard as still you abuse and
All this suffering won't suffice
Yet I'd still do anything to have you by my side
But now I'm standing still for my own selfish sake
for I know not what direction to take
I'm waiting for a sign
To show me if you are still all mine
Guess I'm waiting to see
If your love has finally ran out on me....
May 2014 · 599
If you were mine...
Ashley Rodden May 2014
I'd paint you like a blank canvas
into a masterpiece created by my hands alone,
I'd write you, your very own fairy tale,
I'd smear my ink across your blank pages
into the best story ever told,
I'd find and fine tune your inner lyrics
into the most beautiful of songs,
I'd learn the dance to the rhythm
beating inside your chest,
I'd be the keeper of your inner most fears
I would hide them away
so they would lack the power to cause you anymore tears,
I'd safeguard always the keys that belong to all that is you,
I'd stand beside you never to fail or waiver
because my love for you would be constant and true,
I'd treasure your existence and beautiful soul,
I'd lay the world at your feet,
I'd bring you the moon,
I'd capture fallen stars
give all my wishes to you,
I'd walk across broken glass,
I'd swim the ocean floor,
I'd shelter you in any kind of storm
I'd protect you by taking the force of the blow,
But mostly I would love you
until time is no more....
May 2014 · 331
Words Don't Matter
Ashley Rodden May 2014
You loved words more
than the person
who inspired you
to write them...
so, now
what do your
words even matter...?
May 2014 · 242
tonight
Ashley Rodden May 2014
wine and cigs my only friends
a cool night breeze whispers to me
lighting strikes in the distance
crickets sing so peacefully
but in my mind
its still now
without the sound of you here breathing
lonliness consumes me
sadness engulfs
memories are stalking me
shadows loom around
stars in the sky no where to be found
it hurts every drag i inhale
never felt this lonely until you were
no where to be found
Ashley Rodden May 2014
I scraped my knee
when you tripped me
But, it's cool
I found a band-aid
so now it doesn't hurt
falling for you.
Ashley Rodden May 2014
You broke a promise again
Imagine that
Me being let down by you
Left to grovel on the cold hard ground
What an emotional wreck I turn into
When you don't do the things
You say you're going to
Breaks my hopeful heart right in two
Devastates my once excited soul
That you can hurt me like you do
Why?
So little to you do I mean?
What is so hard about keeping your word to me?
Isn't that all most men have?
You can always justify anything though
It's almost impressive how you always make yourself and your side sound so good
You never run out of answers but
What does that matter if you can't hear my questions...
So tired of being made to feel inadequate and less important
You want a two way street...?
Then maybe you should learn to share the road
Why must we always compete?
I thought we were on the same team...?
You can be so cruel with your words sometimes especially when
You spit them at me so carelessly
Didn't anyone ever teach you to think before you speak?
You like so much to debate
Well now allow me to deliberate about what I really feel and think
You don't want me to be so emotional or upset
But how should I react
When the person I love is breaking the heart inside my chest...?
You're so much smarter than me so please tell me
How to feel, what to think, and who I should be
You're right about us sounding good on paper
Imagine that you being right about something....
That's got to be a curse and yet it you embrace
Sorry I couldn't surpass your expectations
I know you always wanted to find an exception
To all your rules about love and life
Maybe someday you will find it
And for her sake I hope she has no feelings
Sorry you think I'm spoiled
Guess I thought the Queen of your heart deserved to be put on a pedestal
If I'm going to be a princess
Guess I should find a prince charming to take care of me then
What's so wrong with me wanting things my way for a change?
Don't you know all you would give me you'd get back ten fold?
Never thought I wasn't worth your undivided attention
Didn't realize your time was so precious
Your life is definitely more important than mine though
I'm just a nobody living in *** ****** Missouri
Didn't realize I was dating such a big shot...
Guess because I loved you before you became so hot
I loved you before you got so busy
I loved you when you were hopeless and un-happy
I was there for you to lean on or to listen whatever you needed
You're the only man I've ever believed in
I let my guard down
Let myself fall
Let you tear down all my walls
Disregarded my intuition and my gut
Passed the point of no return
Stood still when instinct told me to run
Don't I give you all you want and more?
I'm always at your beckon call
Now tell me what the hell for?
Is this all in vain?
Should this not torment my soul?
Tell me why I don't deserve all you have to give me?
Why don't I deserve love that is true?
Why do you get my hopes up
And then let me down like it's no big thing?
I'm in love with you, though I never wanted to be
And this is why because what you view as love
is
*******  killing me...
You get all of me so why don't I get all of you..?
May 2014 · 1.1k
Mess of my emotions
Ashley Rodden May 2014
That night was awful
Like a tornado
Ripping through my emotions
Now I'm left cleaning up the aftermath
of your destruction
You were cold as a blizzard
Causing hypothermia that kills
Is that how you really feel?
No cure for the void you left when
You looked right through me
As though I had disappeared
You just sat contemplating the reality you dwell in
with a cigarette between your lips
I could see the demons dancing in your eyes
I know how they haunt your soul inside
I heard every word you said but you had to of been
talking to someone else...
Because the things you said left the one you say you love
torn into little demolished pieces of myself
And I'm really trying to understand
But it's hard when the one I love has hurt me so bad
And the pain doesn't scare me
I've felt it all before
What scares me is losing you,
losing us, my heart, and everything we are...
May 2014 · 412
White Flag
Ashley Rodden May 2014
You held my hand
while you cut me down
We just got started
but it's over now

You're smiling in the spotlight
Dancing with the night
And I've left your mind and heart
I'm tired of buying your time
When I get nothing in return

I should of known better
But I couldn't resist your open arms
I couldn't help the leap when I was tripped so hard
Now I'm left just falling apart

For all I say you always say more
And I can't give you what you've been looking for
You were too good to be true
Your charm always crept closer and
Like a fool I fell pride and all for you

You're the wiser one
Now I stand by the river I cried
And I let myself drown
You swore you'd stand beside me
Now I'm not there beside you
I was yours for the taking
But that was a mistake
I settled for wrong when I ignored the right thing

We had magic but it turned tragic
My life has been infected
Since you left me neglected
I know you're probably sorry
We were always so sweet
But you deceived me
I'll probably regret it
But it's too late now because
you've lost me somehow

"I love you" didn't mean much
My mind is gone now
Deep inside my tears I'll drown
I was a victim and it cut like a knife
Why did we ever have to kiss?
This has turned to a hit and miss

We spent so much time now that's no more
I should of never let you hold me baby
I didn't give into you on purpose though
So tell me how you managed to steal my heart
I want to forget how your kisses tasted on my lips
But there are some things I'm sure to never forget
I tried to keep you amused but I'm tired of being used
And since I'm not your everything
How about I be your nothing
Baby's so tired of hurting

All who love are blind
And our love was on fire
So we danced with desire
But now we've turned to ashes
And the smoke is in our eyes
Ignorance is kind to the heart and mind but
Pain in truth is all you'll ever find

Time can never mend the disappearance of your best friend so
Please don't patronize me
Why hurt each other more with words we want to say
Wish I could just turn down all these voices in my head
But I can't so instead
I'm going to close my eyes
So I don't have to see
the love you don't feel for me

You were always the mysterious one
With your dark eyes and crazy hair
Into fashion but too cool to really care
And you failed to notice how
My heart for you would bleed
I was always on my knees
You're thoughtless words always broke my heart

You were always so brilliant smoking your cigarettes
and talking over coffee
Your philosophies on art and life
You'd teach me of honest things,
Things that were daring, things that were clean.
Things that you thought about life and what it to you did mean.

And I must of mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a ****,
Somebody more like myself
And now I'm too tired to care about wrong or right
Because I surrender to you in this fight...
May 2014 · 485
Turning Heartache Into Art
Ashley Rodden May 2014
As poets we write
love letters onto tear stained paper
Where the ink sometimes fades
Like our love; like our poems
Mascara runs down a tear soaked cheek when there's
No way to rewrite the void left by your best friends disappearance
No way to take back words once spoken
And you can't erase what is in the stars written
Ink from our love letters faded
My words for a heartache traded
My heart torn apart, smeared into a work of art
My blood runs thick with ink
At least that's what words lead me to think
The melody dies away that was fine tuned just for you
And I wonder which will run out first my ink or these black tears
I now cry for you
It's not always easy putting into words what you feel
Just remember darling to turn the cards slowly as you deal
Our love's ink once so perfectly written
Now is smudged
The paper disintegrated
As my tears fall smearing ink across letters
Once written between us as lovers...
May 2014 · 472
Doesn't mean much 12W
Ashley Rodden May 2014
Good intentions don't mean a thing, if that is all they remain..
May 2014 · 335
Possess (10 W)
Ashley Rodden May 2014
My heart I can't control
for you rule my soul.
May 2014 · 287
Summer Burns Red
Ashley Rodden May 2014
The first summer we spent together
Is one I'll never forget
We weren't looking for each other
Just looking for an escape from the messes
We thought we made
And it's funny now
we can almost see who we are suppose to be
Those late summers we spent,
staying up all night talking
I'd ask " do you think we'll make it?"
You'd say "I'm sure of it because you give me hope"

You still have all of my heart
There's too many times I have to say
I could have been better and stronger for you and me
Because I want you always to feel okay
and I hope you always believe with me
Let people talk and talk
Let them say what they want
We will laugh at their thoughts
Because they don't know what we've got

Every year that goes by, a year older we become
How crazy is it to think that...
Someone could waste their whole life, helplessly,
Just patiently waiting for a love like you and me?
I've been waiting my whole life
For someone to save me,
Bless your beautiful heart

Is it naive to make plans that seem so far away?
There's a reason I feel this way,
You're sleeping alone,
and I'm wide awake
When you dream of me tonight, keep me close to where you are
Lay me down,
And tell me everything will be alright,
  This could mean everything or nothing at all
You take what is real and
I'll give you my all

Let's not wait, let's love right now,
here where we lie,
Outstretched to wonder why we don't belong here
You deserve so much more,
so I'll give until I'm all gone

Forever I know your face
And ever take my place here by your side,
Like a ghost into the night,
I'll be the shadow at your door,
I'll be the moth into your light,
Even though you deserve much more
Thunder storms will never shake us
Lay me down, kiss me
like I am your only true friend
Because my love for you knows
not of a summer's end
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
My stomach still gets tied in knots
when I know we are about to talk
And the problem isn't you it's me
Cause I still try and push you away
I just get so afraid
because I know
I couldn't live without you now
and
I never want anyone else

If you stay with me tonight
I can show you
what my dreams are made of
as I'll be dreaming of your face
You've been away for so long
and I've missed you
I can't imagine being anywhere but here
right now with you
I could sing you a song
But words put to a tune
could never explain fully my love for you

I fell in love from the moment of our first kiss
and the rest has been history since
Love is forever
and that's all I need
I can't promise that things won't get broken
But I swear I'll never leave
Please just stay here forever with me
I can't fall asleep
I lye awake in my bed at night
Just dreaming of you
and I fall in love all over again

The way we are is the reason
I'll always stay
as long as you're here
I know I'll be okay
I couldn't just love anyone
I was created to love just one
The things I get so concerned with
really don't mean a thing
Because my heart is with you and
I'll love you to the end
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
I'm tired of reading only fiction
Trying to find some truth between your lies
And I lie awake at night with blue eyes that no longer cry
All I know now is what I feel inside

You were broken the day you were born
It was dark even when I held a light for you
But that was in vain
Because you remain a promise broken yet
to this day

When I was constantly fighting the current
I forget how to live
And I tried to reach you
But I ran out of strength

Ecstasy now is all you need
Because you're so vainglorious and
The world you live in is too fast where
Nothing's real and nothing lasts

Your lust turned to anger
And I remain here
But I don't trust at all or know how true love feels
The *** and loneliness
Take what's your's and leave me what's left
I'll survive this though
I maybe torn to pieces
Blind and waiting for a reason
But I'm still in love with all your sins and
Where we stopped is where I begin

It's hard sometimes to deal
When I can still remember the way you feel
Now I'm just an angry girl
Drowning in this petty world
Because I swallowed all your bitter pills
But I don't need now what you ain't got
I've killed myself from the inside out

I wished for things I did not need
And what I've chased has not yet set me free
I still get scared but I'm not crawling
Even when everything seems all wrong
I won't be completely broken

My head is full of doubt
But your lucks soon to run out on you
And then you will see why dreams don't come true
Must be hard to see when you're constantly choking on your regrets
and what you think is the truth in your head

I'm not like you with your faceless lies
And your cold dead heart and empty black eyes
I'll make it through
All your hope maybe gone but
I'll ****** if you'll take away mine too

I was in love with the things I tried to get you to see
and believe
Now you're just a long lost dream to me and
I will never love someone like you again
Because you were my heart's demise and love's bitter end...
Apr 2014 · 315
Hopeless Love
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Got him wrapped around my finger
Constantly trying to change his ever impressive mind
Better watch how I treat him
He may lose his mind
He told me twice
Better watch for him walking towards the door
And not thinking twice about doing it
Guess I better bat my pretty blue eyes
And shake these curvy hips
Because love's not keeping him here

Love's just a game
No matter who thinks they win
The outcomes always the same
So before I pick up the strength I need to leave
Along with all the things you said
But would never do
I want to understand this thing we called love
Between me and you

You think you had me all figured out
But keep stepping Prince Charming
If you think you're one of a kind
Because if I told you once
I told you twice
You're pretty words just sting my ears and blur my eyes
A boy trying to be like a man
No love's going to save me
Just look into my fiery eyes
You can't figure out what's on my mind

For the love
For the pain
For all the ways I wished you'd change
For the way I never will
Hide the feelings I feel
For the good times
For the bad
And everything in between
Here's a toast to life lessons and broken dreams
For games we play
Looking back to see
How big our love started out
Then how small it came to be
To never giving up
For rising above
To all the pretty dangers of love

We're only humans but we have good hearts
We tried hard but were cursed from the start
We crossed the bridge with our eyes wide shut
Been swimming in the river of desire
But could only hold our breaths for so long

Faith is the only way to heaven
Grace can't replace the hurt inside
We've made this mess
Now in it we will lye
You turn your back on me
And I turn you around for months
I've been lost and you're not slowing down
Been playing with fire until totally consumed
Tell me to my face that I'm wrong
But you can't catch me now
I'm too far gone

In a world full of liars
There was truth in our song
But we can't hear it anymore
It's coming from the part of our hearts
That should never say goodbye
Drowning in our lover's cries
Everything I ever had
Has disappeared from your eyes
Everything you ever wanted me to know is now invisible to mine

Days slip by running from the past we had
No where left to hide
This poison is more than we bargained for
We are broken
The space between us empty now
Buried below
All you have to show now is absence from my life
That's something you always managed to get right
And I kept paying that toll
Always upset looking at you
Tears streaming down my face
An empty or half-filled whiskey glass
Doesn't matter it all goes down the same

It's dark now like an eclipse  
And I can run but I can't change
The answers or what I hoped they'd be
Now my questions fade like shattered dreams
You were always right
Even when you said you loved me

No control over this now
So why continue to try?
I still find my self-esteem in your dreams
But to get your attention there's got to be a better way
I just want to know why
Because this makes no sense to me
I can't change what you say
And you're tired of playing my games
Our words just play ***** little tricks
And leave us feeling ashamed
So can you tell me now...
Who is the one to blame...?
Apr 2014 · 290
Souldier
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
The sky is burning red
But I am cold and broken
And I know I will suffer in the end
But I will fight to die another day
I will not bow today, I will take your breath away
Please push me to my limits one last time
Let's scream until nothing's heard inside
Sick of playing
I don't like this game anymore
Enough is enough this is no longer fun
You say, "think about it" and I did
Now I don't want to feel a thing
I'm tired of begging you for the things I need
Show me where forever ends and
I'll survive
Paranoid
Undefined to this cold blooded fate
Forgive me
Bleed for me
Heart pounding come at me
For all is fair in love and war
I know you and this isn't just a game anymore
Blowing your smoke rings in a heart shape
Just close your eyes and rest in peace
Imagine your life living as a king
And I'll die on your battlefield of love,
*Fighting
Apr 2014 · 214
Please 10W
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
I'm tired of begging (you)
for the things I want.
Apr 2014 · 444
Relinquishing
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
I want to paint you by number
And fill all your blank spaces in
Time and space may separate us,
But heartstrings know no end
And these words in my heart
Just need the chance to be spoken,
So I'm telling you now and hoping it's worth something...
"I see everything I ever wanted in your eyes and I'm afraid"
And my instincts are to run away
Because it's not easy being strong,
And I've done it for, oh, so long,
But now here I stand helplessly waiting for your love.
When want became need my heart had no choice
Somehow you saved me from a lifetime of not
being all that love could make me worth,
I just ask that you please be tender
Because, it's to you that I solemnly surrender.
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
If I must fight for the rest of my life
I better get some stronger armor
And even though my heart maybe broken
My spirit remains untamed
So I'll continue to fight for a love I don't quite understand
I'll pluck daisy petals until they say you love me
If there wasn't a risk of being burned
I guess then love wouldn't be love...
Anything in life worth having has it's sacrifice
And I am mine
I will chase you until my lungs explode
I will prove my love until I'm justified
I'll keep all your words in a box under my bed
Because love knows not it's own depth
Us meeting was fate, becoming friends was a choice,
but falling for you was out of my control
This is all such chaos and passion
It's pure yet tainted
Society has ruined our hearts and taken over our souls
with temptation and lust
But I am so intrigued by your mind
that my happiness occurs in silence
And my love's energy is transferred with a smile
We're all made just a little bit broken,
so tell me who is to blame?
We've all got battle scars and wounds
from fights we've lost.
And I'm always going to be an imperfect mess
I'll change until there's nothing left
But I will not be defeated
With my bones exposed I'll continue to fight.
Just take me in your arms and leave the rest alone
I want to know I belong to you
Like the heart inside your chest
There's still a flame of desire burning in my eyes
come dance with me before this fire dies
Just let my love adorn you as only you can
Rupture this stoic heart
Let me breathe you in as you
Fill my arms
Be my poem with all the perfect words
And I will do my best to try and fix your busted heart
I'm just a hopeless lover
what can I say?
I just want to inject your laughter in my veins
so as not to be left feeling so much emptiness.
I'm so parched,
I'm tired of drinking from this dried up wishing well
Could it be that with this love I've created my own hell?
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Is it reasonable for me to be awake
When I really need sleep?
Is it reasonable to wear around your hoodie
Because it smells like you?
Is it reasonable to not want to eat or breathe
Because you're not here with me?
Is it reasonable to be mad at you for leaving
For doing what you got to do?
For telling me I'm the one you want to marry
But you don't even live with me?
Is it reasonable to be jealous of all your time and attention
that I don't ever seem to get?
For wanting to be the center of your world?
For wanting you to always prove your love?
Maybe it's just the insomnia talking
Maybe it's the loneliness daunting
Maybe I'm just an unreasonable human being
Maybe clearly isn't what I'm seeing
I hang on your every word
I believe you but then again I don't
When I'm stuck here
Waiting by the phone all night for a call
Is trusting another person reasonable at all?
Giving them your heart
Unexplainable feelings
Having trouble dealing
Being insecure
But feeling so beautiful
Wanting you to take care of me
And being upset when you don't
The way I want or need it to be
Being overly emotional
Playing coy with you
All the silly things lovers do
Acting crazy and paranoid
Knowing what's right but doing what's wrong
Letting inhibitions go
Letting your guard down
Letting yourself fall
Going all in risking it all
Questioning and second guessing everything you say or do
Guess the real question is...
Is it reasonable for me to love you?
Is there anything reasonable about love?
Apr 2014 · 722
On the Back Burner
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Now days everyone wants a little piece of your time
And yet I always get put at the end of that line...
Somewhere along your way you must of lost track while
Always thinking of yourself and never looking back
How long before you realize
That I'm the one who's always been here for you
I've been strong and true
Because of me you're no longer lonely
But, lately you can't even hear a phone ring?
Well I'm not sitting around waiting
You do your thing like usual
And I'll do my thing too
I ain't got the time for this
And you've made it obvious neither do you
I got a kid to raise
And you got your dreams to chase
Surely we knew this all would eventually fall through
All good things must come to an eventual end
Especially when neither are willing to bend
Your work, your career, your "friends"
Magic cards all come before your girlfriend
You're sorry though right...?
And that makes everything alright...?
It's cool you always put it all before me
So now I'm gonna put me before you.
pretty aggravated and upset right now...
Apr 2014 · 412
Belong to me
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
When I met you
All the dreams in my heart
Suddenly came true
You knocked me over
When I was stone cold sober
Not a thing I could do
Maybe when your soul and heart starts burning you will see
That every time I'm talking to you it's always over too soon
And everyday feels so incomplete when I'm not with you
Say the word and I'll jump the moon
When you got a love so strong
How could it ever be wrong
Mercy me, just be mine please
I've already lost all my sanity
Just let your heart belong to me
If I just lay here
Will you lie with me
And just forget the world?
I need your grace
To remind me to find my own
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is in your eyes
Please say you'll always be mine..
Apr 2014 · 360
I need you now
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Everything I held so dear has now just disappeared. All the times I tasted your love I never really knew what I had. And, baby if you can hear me, I never needed you so bad. You're spinning in my head with my heart in your hand and I just want to hold you now.
Apr 2014 · 379
Leaving for Cali
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Never felt as lonely as I do right now...
Seems like and eternity has gone by since you left town
And I hope you know you took more than just clothes in a bag
Without you here time just lags
This place has no life anymore
Since you walked out the door
I'm left here being restless
Watching  you go I felt so helpless
Smile intact, tears lay unseen
I try to remain serene
If I lay here in our empty bed I can pretend
That this isn't too much for me to comprehend
I knew this wasn't going to be easy
But I didn't plan to miss you this deeply
So right here waiting is where I'll be
Until you come back to me
Absence of you makes my heart grow fonder
But at the same time so somber
It's strange how 1,709.5 miles
Can change a smile
It all happened so fast
I'm left holding onto a moment that now is past
And my arms are unfilled of you
But my heart remains full and true
Please hurry back to me
I miss you so badly (B)
And I spent last night dreading the dawn,
Because I knew today you'd be gone...
I miss you Brandon B and I'll be here waiting until you come back to me... <3
xoxo
Apr 2014 · 233
Deep Breath Before We Drown
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
Lately I can see nothing in your eyes
Except for maybe the coming of a goodbye
I know not of your kind
And I'm longing to unveil your evil mind
You're like pouring salt into and open wound
Please tell me this hurt will be over soon
I'll sacrifice myself and give you what's left
It's become to me plain as day
Soon I'm gonna need a change in the worst way
Not getting to you is killing me
And eventually I will suffocate from lack of  breathing
All the lies need to stop
Because I'm running out of the stone is takes to be your rock
So watch the words you say
Because it's the ones you don't
That I take the wrong way.
Just getting through to you takes all my strength
And soon enough I will suffocate.
I'm dying inside
So is this is your idea of torture?
I'm asking you with my heart still barely beating
Why are you killing all the good left within me?
I could take every word you ever said
Throw it in your face and be done
Because I've gathered so many, and kept them so close
But all I want is to make this love real.
I can still remember how you looked at me
A scowl upon your face trying to be sincere
But you smothered me when you just lied and acted fake
I'm so far away from you now
We'll never be able to bring back yesterday
And I keep trying to forget you
But it leaves me less than zero,
Beat down and bruised
I try to take a breath but then I start choking
I try to remember to just forget you,
But all I ever achieve is pure agony
I have this empty hole now where a heart should be
And no words left to serenade me
I just keep slipping farther as I'm left to bleed out
I have no voice left to protest all that remains is doubt
There are no reasons left for me to be
Because your deceit just took the breath right out of me.
Apr 2014 · 301
Love Junkies
Ashley Rodden Apr 2014
I am the mess you chose
The door you can't close
Your weakness I suppose...
And,
You are the game I play
My calmness in moments of disarray
The one thing that makes me always stay.
Now,
I get so lonesome without you,
That I sink just like a stone,
And this 90 proof I'm clinging too
Is the only thing keeps me afloat.
And,
Just like *******, I've started your heart
And I run through your veins.
Now you're constantly craving,
You're aching and chasing.
And,
The first time I felt you I flew
Nothing gives me the high that you do
The way you make me feel inside
You can do no wrong.
And,
You've tried to break it off
But I got you back with a feel
After everything
Why do you still love the needle?
Now,
We're hooked on these feelings
The highs we're both dealing
Just look what we've done to our lives.
Our love is a drug
That we just can't get enough of.
So,
We're now the junkies that it's taken over
And it's either our death or the cure
But, baby no matter what we both do
We just can't resist it,
Think it's safe to say...
                                      We're addicted.
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