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Ashly Kocher Dec 2017
Life is like a childhood game of
Chutes and ladders
One minute you’ll climb to the top
The next minute you’ll slide back down

The difference is whether you try again
Climb back towards the top
                        Or
Stay dormant at the bottom because you didn’t succeed the first time
              Never give up
                 Even when you fall
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
A burning cigarette dangling from your lips
Your saliva making it stay put there and stick
Ash building on the burning cherry
Flightless as ever was like a dancing fairy
Take a drag, fill your lungs
Toxic waste, blazing guns
One, two, three smokes a day
Calming your soul, your life away
Ashly Kocher Jun 2019
Is there ever a clear sign to be seen?

The answer is YES!

Look into the mirror and it will reveal who and where your meant to be...
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Climb the ladder all the way to the top, don't ever look back because all you have to go is up
Wrote this for my sisters back when my family Home caught fire and burned. She’s is scared of heights and we had ladders throughout the house to see the renovations going on throughout the house. She conquered her fears...
Ashly Kocher Oct 2020
To look at your reflection and only see what is looking back you....

....Close your eyes, and you will feel and see the real beauty that’s skin deep...
Ashly Kocher May 2018
I close my eyes and I see
The beach and waves crashing
Tropical birds surrounding me
Little lizards burrow in the grass
Palm trees swaying in the wind
Suns rays beaming off a heat blast
Colorful skyline
Rainbows and butterflies
Happiness and love
Until I open my eyes
Realizing it is all just a dream
Back to reality of work and stress I go
But soon I will return
To this glorious dream of fantasy
When I close my eyes and wonder into deep sleep soon enough....
Ashly Kocher Aug 2020
Come walk with me to the door
Open it just once more
Release the monsters from my soul
I’m tired of fighting this one sided duel
Unlock the portal to my happy thoughts
Let me remember what my happiness had brought
I am not you and you are not me
But shedding this weight will set us both free
You’ve kicked me down, insulted me
Yet I’ve gotten up eventually
It’s time to part ways, I hate to say
But once and for all I’m lifting this weight

Come walk with me to the door
Open it just once more
Release the demons from my soul
I’m tired of fighting this one sided duel

Set me free
Let me be me
Restart anew
It’s time for me to breakthrough
Lock up the door, finally
That’s it, your gone
Indefinitely


Come walk with me to the door
Open it just once more
Release the demons from my soul
I’m tired of fighting this one sided duel

It’s time now to say goodnight to all my freight
It’s now or never to begin with a new light
Closing the door one final time
I am not you and you are not me
Anymore
This is goodbye...
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
Close the book
Put it away on the shelf
Don’t pull it out
Unless you want to revert back
To your old self

Change is hard
No one said it was easy
Take a few steps forward
Even if your unsettled and queasy

Put your faith in yourself
Trust your heart
Always be brave
If so, your doing your part...
Ashly Kocher Sep 2018
A collection of thoughts
May cluster in your brain
Formatting them into files

    Love
         Happiness
                          Pain

But most importantly
The memories we all have made

Regardless of where you are today
Open up the files, the collections in your brain
From time to time reminisce, but always...

Remember who you are
                 What you’ve been through
How far you have come
                  From yesteryear to today...
Ashly Kocher Jan 2020
The smell
Of coffee
Fills the air

That first sip
Fills
      Your
           Soul

Yet the second cup
Just isn’t the
S
A
M
E
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
I may be a semi cold girl
But my heart is warm as ever
Ashly Kocher Mar 2019
Snow cover tree limbs
Look like fully flourished ***** willows
Swaying with the wind
Making it scatter snow flurries again
Looks so pretty but it’s so cold
I can’t be like Elsa, I can’t “let it go”
The cold does bother me, I hate it so
Dreaming and feeling of the warm summer sun
Oh wait that’s the heater I’m sitting in front of
Beautiful colors of the grass and the trees
Nope, not here, all I see isn’t green
Everything’s like an old time movie in black and white
If I click my heels three times, and close my eyes so tight
Maybe it’s just a beautiful nightmare as I sleep soundly through the night
Tomorrow’s a new day, may it turn colorful and bright, not dreary and white
Ashly Kocher Nov 2018
A bag full of laughs
A bucket full of tears
Just some of the emotions
We collect throughout the years
Ashly Kocher Aug 2021
Swirling colors paint the sky
The same colorful look that’s swirling in your eyes
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
If you could print out an image of you
That anyone could color inside the lines
How would you color my world?
Ashly Kocher May 2019
Blank canvas
Splattered paint
Swirling colors collide
Emerging a masterpiece
Only you can see
Or those lucky
Enough to see
It will take you
Completely
By surprise
Creating
Art
Ashly Kocher Apr 2019
Follow your heart
Over the rainbow
Finding what color
Suites you best
Sliding down to the *** of gold
To the different opportunities
That await you at the bottom
Sending you in the right direction
Grabbing hold of your dreams along the way
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
The majestic colors of the sky
Ever changing before our eyes
It's Gods canvas he hand paints for all to see
If you look hard and just believe
There is a hidden message for you and me
Our loved ones are watching over us
Thank you for the amazing work of creation of the castle of heaven for our loved ones to be...
Ashly Kocher Mar 2019
I close my eyes
The colors swirl
As if I’m looking through
A kaleidoscope of my life
Painting the perfect picture  
Of my hopes and dreams
As I close my eyes
Falling fast asleep
Ashly Kocher Apr 2019
Twenty years have gone by
Since the high school shooting at Columbine
The intruders took many innocent lives
Wounding many others as they pass by
The horror scenes that occurred that day
Will never be erased from our memory banks
From then, and even to this day, the horrific massacre that took so many away
It seems like this tragic event happened yesterday
Still fresh in our minds, even after all this time
Today, we remember those we have lost, those that survived that day, and have to live on carry this weight today
We take a moment of silence and pray, together, for everyone who was involved, remembering their journeys, in their honor, we send them love today, on this 20 year anniversary...
Ashly Kocher May 2017
We got word that your still here
But you came to and your living in fear
For five seconds you were awake and mumbled "I'm scared"
Then slipped away...
You remain in a coma and unresponsive
Scared
Afraid
What kind of life is that to live
We are all praying for you and love you
But it's ok if you have to just let go....
Found out our friend came too for 5 seconds and mumbled I'm scared then slipped back into the coma. She's been unresponsive for the past two days. I know you don't know me or her but please send love and prayers.
Ashly Kocher Jun 2018
Where am I?
What happened?
Why can’t I see?
Why can’t I feel?
Why am I laying in this bed?
I sense all of you around me...
I try to wake but nothing seems right
I’m trying so hard, putting up a fight
I remember one thing as I awoke for a second
Mumbling “I’m scared”
Then falling back into deep sleep
Why can’t I move or stay awake
How much time has passed for heavens sake
I’m so confused
I’m screaming for help
But no one can hear me
As my body is just a shell
From deep within I can do anything I want
But from your perspective I’m just a sleeping ***
One thing is....
I got to see my family and friends who have passed on
Telling me they love me, to hang in there
Stay strong
To everyone looking at me while I lay in this bed
Give me some time, I’m trying to escape this shell of my body
I’m still alive, not dead....
I wrote this from the perspective of someone who is in a coma. What they feel and or hear even though they can’t physically respond.
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
A sudden pause
You remain still
In hopes you won’t be seen
Comatosed like swallowing a pill
Don’t blink, don’t breath to much
Drifting away, staying frozen and such
If you don’t move, you won’t be noticed
You’ll be hidden in plain sight
Remaining in your own self bliss
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
........I come alive.....





......when your by my side......




Because with us....


....There’s nothing to hide....
Ashly Kocher Oct 2017
Come and play with me
Sliding into a world of infinity
Endless possibilities and
Treasures to hold
Magical adventures will arise
Playing tricks right before your eyes
Surrounded by bright colors of this beautiful place
There’s so much to do in this wide open space
Feeling like a child playing in my homemade fort
Being transported to a fantasy world
When you and I play we slide down to the                    Infinite
         Imaginative
and
           colorful
         fun-filled life together as
                           One
Ashly Kocher Aug 2019
I think it hilarious
A comedic show
Sit back, relax, go with the flow
Just agree with what is said
Tuck in away inside your head
Yes
Ok
No problem
Of course
Put a smile on your face, even if it’s forced
Ashly Kocher Mar 2019
Why is it....
That people who continuously mess up
Don’t do anything right
Complain they never have money
Don’t pay bills on time
So forth and so on...
Always get second, third, fourth, fifth, etc chances...
Always are coddled and get everything handed to them....
Somehow they always come up smelling like roses....
But yet, people that bust their ***, do anything and everything possible, work hard, etc..
One wrong thing and we get criticized, screamed at and told..
“ now come on, you know better, you shouldn’t have done that...
***!
Anyone else with me?
Ashly Kocher May 2019
One day
We will
All fade
Away
Come what
May
But until
That day
I will
Be brave
Seize the
Day
Not be
Shamed
On who
I am
What I’ve
Become
Where I’ll
Go
What’s my
Plan
I’ll take
A
Stand
Live my
Life
Be happy
For all
I have
How hard
I worked
What I’ve
Got
Positivity is
Key
Take it
From me
I wouldn’t
Be here
If I
Wasn’t a
MIRACLE
Or how
My parents
Raised me
Wish
And
Dream
Everyday
Don’t let
Anyone
Put you
Down
Or tell
You
Any other
Way
Not everyday
Is a guarantee
I have
My future
Ahead of
Me
Ashly Kocher Aug 2020
You’ll never feel
Comfortable in your own skin
Until you accept yourself from within
Ashly Kocher Feb 2020
When you walk into a place that your ever so comfortable at but yet so uncomfortable you can cut the tension with a knife leaving you feel unwanted...
Ashly Kocher Jul 2021
She stepped out of her comfort zone and started to understand
That the fulfillment of life is and always was in the palm of her own hands
Ashly Kocher Jul 2021
She stepped out of her comfort zone and started to understand
That the fulfillment of life is and always was in the palm of her own hands
Ashly Kocher Feb 2018
Talking without words

Knowing exactly what we both are saying

Communication at its finest
Anyone else feel this way?
Ashly Kocher Apr 2019
I would like your company
Would you come and sit next to me?
Ashly Kocher Jul 2019
I sit on the patio
Alone as can be
Wishing you were here
Keeping each other company
Only miles apart
Separate us
But our connections
Are always in our hearts
My sister-in-law went back to Florida after we said our Final goodbye to her husband and my brother-in-law. It’s been an emotional weekend.
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Playing in puddles
Not so deep
Having fun
Beating the heat
There’s one puddle
That out of the blue
Stops you dead
In your tracks
Electrifying you
Stinging you
Like a jellyfish
Don’t see it coming
This wasn’t pure bliss
This is life
You  just never know
Which puddles
Are poisoned
Sending shock waves
Directly at your heart
Like a shark bite
Leaving it’s mark
Of the battle wombs
We all encounter
Leaving us with scars
And our stories to tell...
Tried something different to show how life works and the troubles we all face with relaying it with real life situations somewhat.
Ashly Kocher Feb 2020
Your conscience is your compass of the imagination inside your head
Ashly Kocher Feb 2020
Compassionate so am I
sometimes haunting me
catching a surprise
when I see the lies behind someone’s eyes but compassion is my guilty demise
Ashly Kocher Jan 2021
The day that broke me was the day that half completed me
Ashly Kocher Jun 2019
You can build anything
Bring it up to be
But without the right foundation
It may come crumbling down
Leaving you left with nothing
Starting back at the beginning
Making you feel completely empty
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
We all can look at the same tangible object or picture
Yet we both see something completely different
Who is wrong?
Who is right?
Do we truly understand the beauty in which we both see?
Do we argue about who is right?

Just because we all don’t agree or we have are own opinions
Doesn’t mean we all can’t get along
Understanding everyone’s point of view
Ashly Kocher Nov 2020
Complicated life
Twisted lies
Road map leading
To the other side
Work in progress but loving this write.
Ashly Kocher Sep 2019
Crowd control
Follow me
Blindfolded
You can’t see
Just keep breathing
Even through the fog
At least your with family
After all
Young and old
Tall and small
No one hears you
Screaming and crying
Just close your eyes
Go to sleep
The bodies pile up
Knee deep
No emotions, no cares
Concentration camps
Dungeon lairs
Fill in all the space
Splitting up
Face to face
No rhyme or reason
Who was chosen
These terrifying acts
Completely frozen
All those souls
Unmasked fears
The last thing they did
Was cry scared tears ....
Ashly Kocher Oct 2019
I must confess why I write...
....instead of me, my pen cries...
Ashly Kocher Jul 2020
All
Alone
Listening
To
My
Thoughts
Have
A
Party
As
Confetti
Falls
From
My
Eyes
Piling
Up
Upon
My
Shirt
Ashly Kocher Aug 2019
Failing isn’t losing
Losing is never trying
Trying makes you learn
Learning helps you live
Living builds up strength
Strength makes you confident
Confidence is beautiful
Beautiful are you....
Ashly Kocher Dec 2020
She believed in herself
Trusting her instincts
So why is it so hard for her
To be confident and fly
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
In all the confusion we face today
Should I stand up and speak or just sit quietly and pray
We shake the snow globe of life as we call it
As we watch the flakes fall gently back in place
Never landing in the same spot again
Will the path I lead now be to a new beginnings end?
I'll stand in the background and watch the pieces fall
In the end I'll be the bigger person after all
Ashly Kocher Sep 2020
Different walks of life yet somehow the same
End result is healing from the pain
Staying connected, our hearts our tangled together
Always know that we have one another...
Ashly Kocher Dec 2020
Long distance is hard but we’re always connected at the heart...
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