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234 · May 2016
Time
Barker May 2016
Time changes everything - it creates ruin out of beauty over and over until the two become so intertwined one cannot tell them a part.
Barker Sep 2017
People often tell me I'm a lot like my father.
I don't like my father,
But I don't hate him.
I often get so carried away trying to not become my father
That I forgot who I really was.
(c)ibarker
232 · May 2021
A drop
Barker May 2021
In a world full of black and white
She’s the only colour I need
(c)ibarker
231 · Sep 2018
News
Barker Sep 2018
Learning your mom might die is one of the hardest things in life.
(c)ibarker
231 · Apr 2022
Change
Barker Apr 2022
Don’t be so foolish as to mistake who I am,
With who I was
(c)ibarker
229 · Sep 2018
Regret
Barker Sep 2018
Regret is one of the worst emotions out there.
(c)ibarker
Barker Oct 2017
I'll live for something worth living for,
Otherwise life is pointless and death is the point.
227 · Jun 2017
Missed Nights
Barker Jun 2017
I miss the nights
Where I would look up at the stars
And everything seemed possible
& life seemed infinite.
(c)Ibarker
227 · May 2018
You IX
Barker May 2018
When I look at you
I see your beauty and grace
And I know I have spent
Every life before this one
Searching for you,
Not someone like you,
But you
(c)ibarker
225 · Oct 2017
God values
Barker Oct 2017
If god values good people,
Then why are
The innocents locked up and the guilty free
The crooked, rich and the sweet, poor
The heartless, full and the full hearted, empty
(c)ibarker
225 · Apr 2018
Break
Barker Apr 2018
I'm standing here,
Gun in my hand.
The pain,
Is unbearable.
I need to take a break,
But that's the thing,
Life doesn't give breaks.
(c)ibarker
224 · Oct 2017
Cured with words
Barker Oct 2017
I hope one day
I would have saved someone's life
With my words
(c)ibarker
223 · Dec 2019
The Way I Love
Barker Dec 2019
It would be too simple and too wrong to say I love someone.
You see it's so much more complicated than that.
After you weave through the layers and layers of walls and barricades that I have put,
You'll see that when I love someone, it isn't just that I love them,
It's that I love how they speak, the way they can manipulate words with their tongue.
That the words that they speak capture the attention of everyone in the room.
It's that I love how their smile seems to sparkle and the way their lip seems to tug more upwards on one side than the other.
That the world seems a bit happier when they smile.
You see when I love, it's more like that feeling when you find a really good book that never seems to end and that you don't want to end.
A book that you can never really put down for that long without feeling lost and empty.
I cannot tell you exactly how or why I love them and I cannot tell you why I love them the way I do.
I just do.
(c)ibarker
223 · Oct 2018
To You
Barker Oct 2018
After all this time,
Why now?

After everything you've done to me,
Do you think that it could all be forgiven through two words?

After leaving me on the side of the road in the middle of winter,
You think I would go out of my way to help you?

Well, you're **** ******* right.
(c)ibarker
223 · Jun 2018
Records
Barker Jun 2018
Your heart is like a record and your soul mate will be the needle
Listening to the song hidden in the scratches
(c)ibarker
223 · Nov 2017
You III
Barker Nov 2017
I've been so close to dying
So close on the verge of death
I go down my list of reasons I live for
And it's always you
That ends up stopping me
(c)ibarker
222 · Jun 2018
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(c)ibarker
222 · Jul 2018
Waves
Barker Jul 2018
I want someone who’s hugs bring me back home
And the feeling of being overcome by happy memories fills my mind
(C)ibarker
221 · Apr 2018
Walking On Cars
Barker Apr 2018
If this is what you want
Then why didn't you say?

You didn't say goodbye
Now you've gone away.

I'll always be with you
221 · Sep 2017
Horrors
Barker Sep 2017
The ones who have seen the worst horrors
And who are still standing tall
Are the ones who are the bravest and the most courageous
(c)Ibarker
219 · Dec 2017
Voice
Barker Dec 2017
You stole my voice when I wanted to speak and now I am voiceless.
(c)ibarker
218 · Jul 2020
Diamond in the Rough
Barker Jul 2020
Beneath my hard edges.
Beneath my torn, battered heart.
Beneath my sunbathed flesh 
and these worn bones

Please believe, 
that somewhere in me,
there is a love song
and it is the kind you listen to
while driving back home
217 · Aug 2019
Words II
Barker Aug 2019
If I could only find a way to say sorry to you in a way you'd understand, I would.
(c)ibarker
217 · Jul 2018
History
Barker Jul 2018
My history could use a change in scenery.
The ones I care about, they always leave.
The girl before you might have gotten rid of the best of me.

I push away the people that I love and care about
Because I’ve already scarred people with my past,
And now they are trapped in the darkness because of me
(C)ibarker
217 · Jun 2018
Songs We Sing
Barker Jun 2018
Back at home,
Downstairs playing the piano,
But for some reason it’s not the same
As playing piano for you
Back at the Psych Ward.

Back at home,
Playing that song.
Which I taught you,
And where you asked me to sing for you,

Back at home,
Away from you.
(c)ibarker
216 · Jun 2018
Love VIV
Barker Jun 2018
Our memories take a picture of the time where our heart says,
"This is love"
(c)ibarker
215 · Sep 2017
I am II
Barker Sep 2017
I remember the pain
I went through
I remember the anger
I had
I remember the emotions
I felt
I remember the lies
I was told
I remember the shock of being stabbed in the back
I remember who
I was
I remember how this has shaped me into the person
I Am
(c)Ibarker
214 · May 2018
Things that kill
Barker May 2018
You are everywhere but here and it’s killing me
(C)ibarker
214 · Jul 2018
Summer
Barker Jul 2018
Summer reminds me of the feeling of freedom and no worries.
It reminds me of the smell of camp fires and the sound of the water.
Summer reminds me of all the sunset and sunrises.
The sound of the wind.
It reminds me of warmth and all the fun of being around your friends.
Summer reminds me of myself
(C)ibarker
214 · Feb 2021
This One's For You
Barker Feb 2021
I am never good at apologies,
But this one is long over due.

I was bitter when we broke up,
But I shouldn't have taken it out on you.

The circumstances we were stuck in were unfortunate,
And I know that our love took a toll on both of our wellbeing.

There's a lot that I wish I could say to you,
But I know that I severed the connection we had.

I want to say that I do not regret the time we had together,
Perhaps our paths will cross again,

Although I hope that it will happen sooner rather than later,
So I can tell you everything that I never said.

And perhaps by some miracle you will forgive me for the mistakes that I made.

I was so caught up in my own depression that I forgot how much you meant to me.

I am sorry for closing up and shutting you out,
I know that I hurt you.

I never meant to and I know that sounds like an over used line,
But I mean it, I pinky promise.

I just want to say that I am sorry,
From the bottom of my tattered and torn apart heart.

If I could give the remains of my heart I would,
Although I know you deserve more.
213 · Nov 2017
Here
Barker Nov 2017
Your smile
Your laugh
Your devilish grin
Your sense of humour
Your eyes
Your personality
Are the reason
I'm still here
(c)ibarker
212 · Jun 2018
Untitled
Barker Jun 2018
Thank you,
For all that you’ve done,
212 · Sep 2017
Limits, No Limits
Barker Sep 2017
Imagination is your only limit to success
(c)Ibarker
211 · May 2021
Untitled
Barker May 2021
I missed my chance with a girl that I wanted to spend forever with.
(c)ibarker
210 · Jun 2018
You XV
Barker Jun 2018
You felt familiar when I first met you.
My heart said "Oh, hello, there you are. Where have you been? I've been looking for you."
(c)ibarker
209 · May 2018
Love IV
Barker May 2018
Although you may never know what I was like
Or how my story went,
The most important thing is that I loved
(c)ibarker
208 · May 2021
Untitled
Barker May 2021
I have lived a hundred lives within this one life,







I'm still not sure which one was the real me.
(c)ibarker
208 · Jan 2018
Dissipating
Barker Jan 2018
The vision of you slowly starts to disappear with every display of kindness that she gives me
(c)ibarker
Barker Jul 2018
You’ve asked me to write you a poem,
But it seems that I have lost my words.
There’s been a disruption in the flow of my ink.
I need to get out of here and go somewhere where I can clear my mind,
But you see,
I am tied down to this house where I get flashbacks of my past,
Angry outbursts and drunken rages fill my mind.
You said to tell you how to comfort me so here it is
Come and break my chains,
Let’s run away together to the ocean where we can watch the sun set and rise.
Just you and me.
(C)ibarker
208 · Oct 2017
Mistake II
Barker Oct 2017
You liked me a lot more than I did,
So I made the mistake of thinking I didn't like you.
(c)ibarker
207 · May 2016
Goodbyes
Barker May 2016
As we part -
And say our goodbyes,
I try to memorize every detail of your face.
There are some moments in life
That are unforgettable,
And this - my darling
Is one of them
207 · May 2018
Frankenstein
Barker May 2018
You've caused me to become a demon,

I don't know what's wrong with me,

I just know that I don't care about anything anymore.

My feelings are as cold as ice,

What do you see when you look into my eyes?

Do you see hatred?

Or am I a stranger?

The old me is dead,

You've murdered me,

And now, I am your nightmare.
(c)ibarker
206 · Sep 2017
Don't fall
Barker Sep 2017
Don't fall in love
For it will just cause more pain
(c)Ibarker
206 · Dec 2022
To My Love IV
Barker Dec 2022
I have felt a resemblance of home with others,
But it always felt like I was missing something,
For some reason it seems like you hold it
(c)barker
206 · Jul 2017
Life
Barker Jul 2017
Life can get pretty crazy at times. It can be hectic, confusing, stressful, and that's on a good day. Life can be full of happiness and full of sadness. One moment you're on top of the world and nothing can go wrong. The next, it feels as if nothing will ever be right again. I guess it depends where you are right now on your ride through life whether you smile when you read this or fight back tears.
I do not own this
Barker Aug 2019
Walking and thinking about too much of everything.
(c)ibarker
205 · Jul 2018
Pain V
Barker Jul 2018
You see that’s the thing about pain,
It forces you to feel it.
When you embrace pain,
Then you can move forward from it
(C)ibarker
205 · Nov 2018
Feelings
Barker Nov 2018
The image of me loving someone else while you stand and watch,
Well, it's killing me because I loved you,
But you threw it away, and I know you're sorry
And I forgive you,
But forgiving is only half the battle,
And I want to be happy, and I want you to be happy,
But they collide, and I feel like if I were to stay
We would be happy at first, but time will catch up, and I'll become unhappy, and it would spread like a virus,
And If I am happy with someone else, then I'm really sorry.
I am not blaming you per se, but I do wish you would have stopped,
And it's hard to cope when there are so many people interested in me,
Because they make me believe in their vows and promises
And that's more than what you gave me.
He's kind, and he's nice, and I know him beyond his masks.
She's funny, and she knows me and knows what I need and want.
And then there's you,
You are sweet, and sometimes you can make me happy, but that's it.
And I need something more than that because you also cause me so much pain,
More pain than the positives you give me.
This last call could be all we can do for each other.
It's time to let you go
(c)ibarker
205 · Oct 2017
What I want vs My thoughts
Barker Oct 2017
I don't know if I want you
or
If I think that I want you
(c)ibarker
205 · May 2018
Despair II
Barker May 2018
It was during times where we would fight over the smallest thing,
That I knew I loved you,
Because at that time I wanted to scream and cry,
But I also wanted to wrap you up in a tight hug,
And whisper how much I love you
(c)ibarker
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