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Audrey Illena Feb 2014
Maybe if I go to sleep,
then my mind will rest.
It's wide awake and won't shut up,
though I've tried my best.
To silence thoughts inside my head
is harder than it should be.
My emotions drown my logic out,
oh, dark rest come quickly.
Close my eyes and tuck me in,
wrap me in the night.
Filter through the loudest thoughts,
let quiet win the fight.
Once the night is tangled up
inside my weary head,
maybe then I'll get some sleep
and wake up in a silent bed.
Audrey Illena Feb 2014
My lips pressed to your lips
Your hand on my bare back
I know tomorrow I'll regret this
But right now I'll forget the facts
Your tongue tastes so sweet
Though I don't know where it's been
I told myself I'd never do this
leave my heart left to defend
Something down right senseless  
It's hard to justify this sin.

Why do the wrong things
Always feel so right?
Why do our temptations
Always win the fight?
The child always reaches
For the kettle when it's hot
One day the burns and scars
will show her she should not
So foolish I was to think
That lust was not my sickness
Because an unguarded strength
Is really a double weakness.
Audrey Illena Feb 2014
Your mother told you something wise
I think the saying involved the eyes
She said find a girl with a pair so bright
Cause all her days she'll do you right
Her eyes are the only thing that never age
They may grow blurry but brightness never fades
So catch her stare and never look away
Cause in your chest her heart will always stay

(My eyes are green, I hope that's ok)
Audrey Illena Jan 2014
The clouds are breaking off
Pieces are floating to the ground
The earth is covered in frosting
And the air has no sound
I look outside my window
With longing in my soul
Because I yearn for that silence
Maybe that will make me whole
But the silence cannot do
What I want for it to
My mind is too loud
For silence to break through
Audrey Illena Jan 2014
I did it again  
This heart's bound to loose
Before it can win
So pack your bags
And cover your eyes
I don't want them to
See me cry

Why do I fall like the water from my eyes?
Why do i crawl for the ones that tell me lies?
This is my new point of view:
I'm better off without you.

I did it again
I played with fire
And I got singed
Don't bring a bandage
I want to bleed
To remind me
What I do not need

Why do I burn for the ones that are so cold?
Why do I yearn for the story that's been told?

I did it again
That sweet talker
He lured me in
So quit your fishing
Cut your bait
I should have known
To hesitate

Why do I bite the ones that have a hook?
Why do I fight when I know I'll Just be cooked?

My heart is Clumsy
It tends to Fall
It makes me mad
It's such a know it all
The next boy
Why not tell me first
Before I fall prey to
Your own curse

This is my new point of view:
I'm better off without you.
Audrey Illena Jan 2014
The odds were against the man from the start
The devil’s hard hand had a hold on the hearts
Of the family that raised him in a smokey old home
An absent father left him feeling alone

Lost and neglected is all a child could be
When a father drinks whiskey instead of sweet tea
The kid was determined is what they all say
He decided that in this life he’d find his way

He found a father that gave him his life
Trusting He was bigger than his family strife
A few years later he got a degree
The first in his broken family tree

Alongside this man came a beautiful wife
That gave birth to four more beautiful lives
God gave him a chance to show three men
That your future counts, it doesn’t matter where you’ve been

The last child was a little girl
Raised by a father who loved her like a prized pearl
She didn’t deserve it, none of us did
But God had his hands on the heart of that kid.
Audrey Illena Jan 2014
Idle minds
Make idle hands
Idle time's
In high demand
I thought I needed
to relax
But now I'm begging
Take it back
The time
I wasted.
Time spent well
Is time in use
Not standing still
On an excuse
Idleness
A dreadful trap
Your heart begins
to form a gap
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