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 Oct 2016 Bailey
Samm Marie
i'm so accustomed
to inhaling everyone's smoke rings
i allow their own stresses
to course throughout my veins
i'm broken because my decisions are poor
much like my family
too far below the poverty line
facing eviction
something no
16
13
11
or
8
year old child should have to be afraid of
i let the relationships around me
serve as platform to my self pity
for relationships i could not make work
i sit here
all too aware
of the noxious poisons i inhale
i am forced to fear for my life
and those of my siblings
those of my friends
that of my father
of my mother
simply because
i am the lowercase girl
quietly breathing in everyone's
choke worthy secondhand smoke
 Oct 2016 Bailey
Samm Marie
Don't play Russian roulette with a full chamber
 Oct 2016 Bailey
Samm Marie
I have heard and seen it all
In the high school girls' bathroom stalls
Somebody's boyfriend loves them
But only if they "take it in the ****"
Somebody believes herself to be
Strong like the ocean
Another wishes someone would just **** her already
Someone has just given up
Their "vandalism virginity"
Someone really enjoys spurting male anatomy
Some girl cuts herself just to feel something
Another one forces the food up her throat
Every time she eats
I, too, am guilty of writing in ink
"I am broken, but don't want to be fixed"
"All you need is faith, trust, and a little gay lust"
"I'm ready to shoot myself"
I've added to that petty hottie list
And I've dented the wall with a fist
A time or two before
But this isn't about me
It's about the honesty
The opening up
That only comes with anonymity
In the high school girls' bathroom stalls
 Oct 2016 Bailey
Samm Marie
October
 Oct 2016 Bailey
Samm Marie
It's finally here
My favorite month of the year
The leaves,
The scent,
The love,
The warmth,
The cold,
All of it swaddles me like a baby blanket
It's glorious
The truth comes out
On the final night
Throughout the month
Celebrations galore
October, October
It means so much more
Than given credit for
 Oct 2016 Bailey
JD
Turn off all the lights
Just close your eyes and hold me tight.
Turn off all the lights
I promise everything's alright.

We can go to missippi
Or maybe Italy
I know we ain't got a lot of money
But, that's okay when you're with me.

Turn off all the lights.
Just close your eyes and hold me tight.
Turn off all the lights
I promise everything's alright.

I know we ain't got much
But, love is what we've got.
We can go anywhere,
Just close your eyes.

If I could make your dreams
all come true,
Then I'd do it all for you.
Just to see that smile,
for only a moment..
All my problems go away.
And when you're with me
I feel so free,
You make me happy.
Just promise me
that you'll never leave
So we can be a family.

just turn off all the lights
close your eyes and hold me tight.
Turn off all the lights
I promise everything's alright.
 Oct 2016 Bailey
ryn
Nightfall
 Oct 2016 Bailey
ryn
Weak is the light
dancing upon the thread...
That makes the horizon.

Lacklustre is the moon
that rose up proud...
But failed to inflate whole.

Dim are the stars.
Twinkling feeble
that seem further than far.

Dark is this night
soundless and still...
And black as coal.
 Oct 2016 Bailey
taia
right before you kiss
that fraction of a second
words cannot describe
 Oct 2016 Bailey
S G Arndt
I see you here and there
You are everywhere
Wherever I go
Your face will show
No matter what I do
I can't stop seeing you

☁️
 Oct 2016 Bailey
S G Arndt
How many poems can I write
How many poems can I write
About the girl I want to call mine
Maybe one more time
I can write
Until she finds me
She will one day see
All these poems that I write
All these poems that  I write
Were all for her
Just please girl don't ask for anymore

☁️
 Oct 2016 Bailey
S G Arndt
Please
No more of this pain you left me in today
I've seen to many tears hit the floor
You know every word that I will say
Girl I thought you said you wanted more
Baby please don't leave me this way
Please don't walk out that door
Just give me one more day
But without tears hitting the floor

☁️
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